Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency) (original) (raw)

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1950

Ayr Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray, Irvine and Rothesay.

The list of parliamentary burghs represented by the constituency changed in 1832 and again in 1918:

• 1708 to 1832: the Ayrshire burghs of Ayr and Irvine, the Argyllshire burghs of Campbeltown and Inveraray and the Buteshire burgh of Rothesay[1][2][3][4][5]
• 1832 to 1918: the Ayrshire burghs of Ayr and Irvine and the Argyllshire burghs of Campbeltown, Inveraray and Oban
• 1918 to 1950: the Ayrshire burghs of Ardrossan, Ayr, Irvine, Prestwick, Saltcoats and Troon

When the Ayr Burghs constituency was abolished in 1950, the Ayr and Prestwick burghs were merged into the county constituency of Ayr. Ardrossan and Saltcoats were merged into Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Irvine and Troon were merged into Central Ayrshire.

Members of Parliament

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Sir Thomas was elected, in 1950, as the first MP for the then new constituency of Ayr

Elections in the 1830s

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Kennedy was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Kennedy resigned, causing a by-election.

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Elections in the 1870s

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Elections in the 1880s

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Campbell's death caused a by-election.

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Elections in the 1900s

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Dobbie

Younger

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Elections in the 1920s

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Sir John Baird

Patrick Dollan

William Pringle

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• List of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom

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18. ^ The Times, 29 April 1880
19. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
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22. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
23. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
24. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
25. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
26. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
27. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
28. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
29. ^ Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
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31. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
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33. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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