Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Ayr Burghs | |
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Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Ayrshire, Argyllshire |
1708–1950 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray, Irvine, Rothesay |
Replaced by | Ayr, Central Ayrshire, Bute and Northern Ayrshire |
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.
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:
- 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
Election | Member | Party | |
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1708 | Hon. James Campbell | ||
1710 | Charles Oliphant | ||
1720 by-election | Thomas Kennedy | Tory | |
1721 by-election | Duncan Forbes | Whig | |
1722 | William Steuart | ||
1734 | James Stuart | ||
1741 | The Earl of Granard | ||
1747 | Charles Erskine | ||
1749 by-election | Sir Henry Erskine | ||
1754 | James Stuart-Mackenzie | ||
1761 | Lord Frederick Campbell | ||
1761 by-election | Alexander Wedderburn | ||
1768 | James Stuart | ||
1774 | Sir George Macartney | ||
1776 by-election | Frederick Stuart | ||
1780 | Archibald Edmonstone | Tory | |
1790 | Charles Stuart | ||
1794 by-election | John Campbell of Liston Hall | ||
1807 | John Campbell of Shawfield and Islay | ||
1809 by-election | Duncan Campbell | Whig | |
1818 | Thomas Francis Kennedy | Whig[6] | |
1834 by-election | Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart | Whig[6][7][8] | |
1852 | Edward Craufurd | Radical[9][10][11] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1874 | Sir William Montgomery-Cuninghame | Conservative | |
1880 | Richard Campbell | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1888 by-election | John Sinclair | Liberal | |
1890 by-election | James Somervell | Conservative | |
1892 | William Birkmyre | Liberal | |
1895 | Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing | Conservative | |
1904 by-election | Joseph Dobbie | Liberal | |
1906 | Sir George Younger | Conservative | |
1922 | Sir John Baird | Conservative | |
1925 | Thomas Moore | Conservative | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Sir Thomas was elected, in 1950, as the first MP for the then new constituency of Ayr
Elections
Decades: |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Francis Kennedy | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Francis Kennedy | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Kennedy was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Francis Kennedy | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Francis Kennedy | 375 | 65.6 | ||
Radical | John Taylor | 164 | 28.7 | ||
Tory | James Cruickshanks | 33 | 5.8 | ||
Majority | 211 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 572 | 90.6 | |||
Registered electors | 631 | ||||
Whig hold |
Kennedy resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Patrick Crichton-Stuart | 305 | 58.9 | −6.7 | |
Radical | John Taylor | 213 | 41.1 | +12.4 | |
Majority | 92 | 17.8 | −19.1 | ||
Turnout | 518 | 73.9 | −16.7 | ||
Registered electors | 701 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Patrick Crichton-Stuart | 339 | 51.2 | −14.4 | |
Radical | Alexander Johnstone[14] | 323 | 48.8 | +20.1 | |
Majority | 16 | 2.4 | −34.5 | ||
Turnout | 662 | 78.1 | −12.5 | ||
Registered electors | 848 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −17.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Patrick Crichton-Stuart | 368 | 50.9 | −0.3 | |
Radical | Alexander Johnstone | 355 | 49.1 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.8 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 723 | 70.2 | −7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,030 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Patrick Crichton-Stuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,097 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Patrick Crichton-Stuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,051 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Edward Craufurd | 338 | 50.7 | New | |
Conservative | Archibald Thomas Boyle[15] | 329 | 49.3 | New | |
Majority | 9 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 667 | 64.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,039 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Edward Craufurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,136 | ||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Craufurd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,203 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Craufurd | 567 | 53.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alexander Haldane Oswald[16] | 501 | 46.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 66 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,068 | 79.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,340 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Craufurd | 1,116 | 52.1 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | James Anderson | 1,025 | 47.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 91 | 4.2 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,141 | 83.5 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,565 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Montgomery-Cuninghame | 1,697 | 50.2 | New | |
Liberal | Edward Craufurd | 1,683 | 49.8 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 14 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,380 | 82.6 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,092 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Campbell | 2,303 | 61.9 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | William Montgomery-Cuninghame | 1,420 | 38.1 | −12.1 | |
Majority | 883 | 23.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,723 | 86.6 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,297 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Campbell | 2,460 | 53.7 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Low | 2,118 | 46.3 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 342 | 7.4 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,578 | 84.0 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,449 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Richard Campbell | 2,673 | 64.1 | +17.8 | |
Liberal | John Sinclair | 1,498 | 35.9 | −17.8 | |
Majority | 1,175 | 28.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,171 | 76.5 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,449 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.8 |
Campbell's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sinclair | 2,321 | 50.6 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Evelyn Ashley | 2,268 | 49.4 | −14.7 | |
Majority | 53 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,589 | 84.1 | +7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,458 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +14.7 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Somervell | 2,610 | 51.3 | −12.8 | |
Liberal | E. Routledge[21] | 2,480 | 48.7 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 130 | 2.6 | −25.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,090 | 87.8 | +11.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,798 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Birkmyre | 2,760 | 50.1 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | James Somervell | 2,753 | 49.9 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,513 | 88.3 | +11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,245 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +14.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Orr-Ewing | 3,057 | 52.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | William Birkmyre | 2,722 | 47.1 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 335 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,779 | 88.9 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,498 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.0 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Orr-Ewing | 3,101 | 55.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Edmond Charles Browne | 2,511 | 44.7 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 590 | 10.6 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,612 | 82.3 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,819 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Dobbie | 3,221 | 50.3 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | George Younger | 3,177 | 49.7 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 44 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,398 | 88.4 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,240 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Younger | 3,766 | 51.8 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | Joseph Dobbie | 3,505 | 48.2 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 261 | 3.6 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,271 | 90.5 | +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,031 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Younger | 3,647 | 50.4 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | William Robertson | 3,594 | 49.6 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 53 | 0.8 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,241 | 89.8 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,067 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Younger | 3,852 | 51.6 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | William Robertson | 3,620 | 48.4 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 232 | 3.2 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,472 | 90.7 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,236 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Younger | 9,565 | 49.1 | −2.5 |
Liberal | Murdoch McKenzie Wood | 5,410 | 27.7 | −20.7 | |
Labour | Campbell Stephen | 4,534 | 23.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,155 | 21.4 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,509 | 62.2 | −28.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Baird | 11,179 | 44.5 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Raffan | 7,402 | 29.5 | +1.8 | |
Labour | John McDiarmid Airlie | 6,533 | 26.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 3,777 | 15.0 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,114 | 71.1 | +8.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Baird | 10,206 | 41.8 | −2.7 | |
Labour | John McDiarmid Airlie | 7,732 | 31.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | William Pringle | 6,467 | 26.5 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 2,474 | 10.1 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | 24,405 | 70.0 | −1.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Baird | 16,153 | 62.3 | +20.5 | |
Labour | John McDiarmid Airlie | 9,787 | 37.7 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 6,366 | 24.6 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,940 | 73.5 | +3.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Thomas Moore | 11,601 | 46.2 | -16.1 | |
Labour | Patrick Dollan | 8,813 | 35.2 | -2.5 | |
Liberal | William Pringle | 4,656 | 18.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,788 | 11.0 | -13.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,070 | 71.0 | -2.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Thomas Moore | 16,874 | 45.9 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Clarice Shaw | 13,429 | 36.5 | -1.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Lorimer | 6,479 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,445 | 9.4 | -15.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,782 | 74.8 | +3.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Thomas Moore | 28,256 | 73.9 | +28.0 | |
Labour | Clarice Shaw | 9,974 | 26.1 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 18,282 | 47.8 | +38.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,230 | 76.9 | +2.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Thomas Moore | 25,893 | 66.1 | -7.8 | |
Labour | Arthur Brady | 13,274 | 33.9 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 12,619 | 32.2 | -15.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,167 | 73.0 | -3.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Thomas Moore | 22,593 | 50.8 | -15.3 | |
Labour | William Ross | 21,865 | 49.2 | +15.3 | |
Majority | 728 | 1.6 | -30.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,458 | 71.5 | -1.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
See also
References
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