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Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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Creation

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.

Boundaries

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

  • 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.

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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

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Elections in the 1830s

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

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Kennedy resigned, causing a by-election.

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Elections in the 1860s

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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 1890s

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Elections in the 1900s

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Dobbie
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Younger
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Elections in the 1910s

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Elections in the 1920s

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Sir John Baird
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Patrick Dollan
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William Pringle
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Elections in the 1930s

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Elections in the 1940s

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