Subdivisions of Scotland Buteshire, Ayrshire | Number of members 1 | |
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Created from Buteshire
North Ayrshire Replaced by Buteshire, North Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South | ||
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.
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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.
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;