Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1868
Ayrshire was a county 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 until 1868, when it was divided into North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire .
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 shire constituency of Ayrshire .
Boundaries
The Ayrshire constituency represented the county of Ayrshire , minus the parliamentary burghs of Ayr and Irvine , which were components of the Ayr Burghs constituency .
History
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was divided into North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire for the 1868 general election .[1]
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Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Oswald's resignation caused a by-election.
Dunlop's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Carr-Boyle succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl of Glasgow and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Blair's death caused a by-election.
Crichton-Stuart's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
References
^ "Ayrshire" . History of Parliament Online (1690–1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Ayrshire" . History of Parliament Online (1715–1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Ayrshire" . History of Parliament Online (1754–1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Ayrshire" . History of Parliament Online (1790–1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Ayrshire" . History of Parliament Online (1820–1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ Jenkins, Terry. "MONTGOMERIE, James (1755-1829), of Wrighthill, Ayr" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 196. Retrieved 5 September 2018 .
^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . p. 78. Retrieved 17 August 2019 – via Google Books .
^ "Leicester Herald" . 11 July 1835. p. 5. Retrieved 17 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Smith, Henry Stooks (1841). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 196–197. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via Google Books .
^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836 . p. 216. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via Google Books .
^ "Election Prospects" . Morning Post . 22 June 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b Jenkins, Terry. "Ayrshire" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ "Ayrshire Election" . Yorkshire Gazette . p. 5. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Polls on Wednesday" . Greenock Advertiser . 10 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Ayrshire County Election" . Glasgow Herald . 27 October 1859. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
See also
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Airdrie & Shotts
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Banff & Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Central Ayrshire
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermline & West Fife
East Dunbartonshire
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North & Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Falkirk
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gordon
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Lanark & Hamilton East
Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Livingston
Midlothian
Moray
Motherwell & Wishaw
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
North Ayrshire & Arran
North East Fife
Ochil & South Perthshire
Orkney & Shetland
Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Perth & North Perthshire
Ross, Skye & Lochaber
Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Stirling
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
West Dunbartonshire
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