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Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Subdivisions of Scotland
  
Ayrshire, Argyllshire

Number of members
  
1

Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Created from
  
Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray, Irvine, Rothesay

Replaced by
  
Campbeltown, 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.

Contents

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
  • 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

    Sir Thomas was elected, in 1950, as the first MP for the then new constituency of Ayr

    Elections in the 1910s

  • endorsed by Coalition Government

    • References

    Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia
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