- Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Ayr Burghs
Type = Burgh
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1950
members = oneAyr Burghs was a
district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of theParliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of theParliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. The list ofparliamentary burgh s represented by the constituency changed in 1832 and again in 1918:* 1708 to 1832: the
Ayrshire burghs ofAyr and Irvine, theArgyllshire burghs ofCampbeltown andInverary and theButeshire burgh of Rothesay
* 1832 to 1918: the Ayrshire burghs of Ayr and Irvine and the Argyllshire burghs of Cambeltown, Inverary andOban
* 1918 to 1950: the Ayrshire burghs ofArdrossan , Ayr, Irvine,Prestwick ,Saltcoats andTroon 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.Member of Parliament
*1708 James Campbell
*1710Charles Oliphant
*1720 Thomas Kennedy
*1721 Duncan Forbes
*1722William Steuart
*1734 James Stuart
*1741 The Earl of Granard
*1747 Charles Erskine
*1749 Sir Henry Erskine*1754
James Stuart-Mackenzie
*1761 Frederick Campbell
*1761 Alexander Wedderburn
*1768James Archibald Stuart
*1774 Sir George Macartney
*1776Frederick Stuart
*1780 Archibald Edmonstone
*1790 Charles Stuart
*1794 John Campbell
*1807 John Campbell
*1809 Duncan Campbell
*1818Thomas Francis Kennedy
*1834Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart
*1852Edward Henry John Crauford
*1874 Sir William Montgomery-Cuninghame
*1880Richard Frederick Fotheringham Campbell
*1888 John Sinclair
*1890James Somervell
*1892William Birkmyre
*1895Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
*1904Joseph Dobbie
*1906 Sir George Younger
*1922 Sir John Baird
*1925 Thomas Moore, Conservative (Sir Thomas was elected, in 1950, as the first MP for the then new constituency of Ayr)Election results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Thomas Moore CBE
votes = 25,893
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A.W. Brady
votes = 13,274
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lt Col Thomas Moore CBE
votes = 28,256
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mrs C. McNab Shaw
votes = 9,974
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Younger, Bt
votes = 9,565
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Major M. Wood
votes = 5,410
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = RevCampbell Stephen
votes = 4,534
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Younger
votes = 3,766
percentage =
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party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate =Joseph Dobbie
votes = 3,505
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate =William Birkmyre
votes = 2,760
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Somervell
votes = 2,753
percentage =
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party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Sinclair
votes = 2,321
percentage =
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party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Hon.Evelyn Ashley
votes = 2,268
percentage =
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party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Richard Frederick Fothringham Campbell
votes = 2,673
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Capt. John Sinclair
votes = 1,498
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Frederick Fothringham Campbell
votes = 2,460
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Low
votes = 2,118
percentage =
change =Notes
See also
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List of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom
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