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Sheffield Park
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	West Riding of Yorkshire, then South Yorkshire
1918–1983
Created from	Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Ecclesall and Sheffield Central
Replaced by	Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Central^[1]

Sheffield Park was a Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield, England. The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1983. The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Sheffield Central constituency.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Heeley and Park.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Manor, Moor, Park, and Sharrow.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Manor, Moor, and Park.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Park, and Sharrow.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
	1918	Henry Stephenson	Liberal
	1922	National Liberal
	1923	Richard Storry Deans	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1929	George Lathan	Labour
	1931	Sir Arthur Benn, later Baron Glenravel	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1935	George Lathan	Labour
	1942 by-election	Thomas Burden	Labour
	1950	Fred Mulley	Labour
1983	constituency abolished: see Sheffield Central

In the 1942 by-election, Thomas Burden was elected unopposed.

^ "'Sheffield Park', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.