Bute and Northern Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Bute and Northern Ayrshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Buteshire, Ayrshire
1918 (1918)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Argyll & Bute Cunninghame North
Created from	Buteshire North Ayrshire

Bute and Northern Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was formed by combining Buteshire with part of North Ayrshire. The rest of Ayrshire North was merged into Kilmarnock.

In 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county of Bute, inclusive of all burghs, situated therein, and the county district of Northern Ayr, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except insofar as included in the Ayr District of Burghs"

In 1950 some of the constituency was transferred to the then new constituency of Central Ayrshire.

In 1983 Bute and Northern Ayrshire was divided between Argyll and Bute and Cunninghame North.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston	Unionist
	1935	Sir Charles MacAndrew	Unionist
	1959	Sir Fitzroy Maclean	Unionist
	Feb 1974	John Corrie	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Argyll and Bute & Cunninghame North

Election results

General Election 1979: Bute & North Ayrshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Corrie	17,317	45.7
	Labour	M Smith	13,004	34.3%
	SNP	M Brown	5,272	13.9%
	Liberal	P Giffney	2,280	6.0%

General Election Oct 1974: Bute & North Ayrshire [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Corrie	13,599
	Labour	J.N. Carson	10,093
	SNP	J.A. Murphy	9,055
	Liberal	R. Stevenson	2,224

General Election 1959: Bute & North Ayrshire [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bt CBE MC	20,270
	Labour	David Lambie	12,218

General Election 1935: Bute & Northern Ayrshire [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Col Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew TD	22,391
	Labour	Manny Shinwell	13,358

General Election 1931: Bute & Northern Ayrshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lt Gen Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO	24,467
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	12,758

General Election 1929: Bute & Northern Ayrshire[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston	18,331
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	14,294

General Election 1924: Bute & Northern Ayrshire [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lt Gen Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston	16,203
	Labour	P. Stephen	10,075

General Election 1923: Bute & Northern Ayrshire [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lt Gen Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston	12,320
	Labour	P. Stephen	9,855

General Election 1922: Bute & Northern Ayrshire [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lt Gen Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston	14,368
	Labour	John Paton	9,323

General Election 1918: Bute & Northern Ayrshire [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Unionist	Lt Gen Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO	12,638
	Labour	R. Smith	5,848
	Liberal	H.F. Campbell	2,059

See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1977
2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
5. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
6. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
7. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
8. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)