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South Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1983

South Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1983

FieldValue
nameSouth Ayrshire
parliamentuk
year1868
abolished1983
typeCounty
elects_howmanyOne
previousAyrshire
nextCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
regionScotland
countyAyrshire

South Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1983, when it was abolished. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the new South Ayrshire constituency was to consist of the District of Kyle and Carrick, consisting of the parishes of Auchinleck, Ayr, Ballantrae, Barr, Colmonell, Coylton, Craigie, Dailly, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Dundonald, Galston, Girvan, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Mauchline, Maybole, Monkton and Prestwick, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Newton-on-Ayr, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, Riccarton, St Quivox, Sorn, Stair, Straiton, Symington and Tarbolton, minus the burghs of Ayr, Prestwick and Troon, which formed a part of the Ayr Burghs constituency.

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county districts of Ayr and Carrick, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except insofar as included in the Ayr District of Burghs."

Members of Parliament

YearMemberWhip
1868constituency created, see Ayrshire
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1868Sir David Wedderburn
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1874Claud Alexander
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1885Eugene Wason
Liberal Unionist Party}}"1886Greville Vernon
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1892Eugene Wason
Liberal Unionist Party}}"1895Sir William Arrol
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1906Sir William Beale
Labour Party (UK)}}"1918James Brown
Unionist Party (Scotland)}}"1931James MacAndrew
Labour Party (UK)}}"1935James Brown
Labour Party (UK)}}"1939Alexander Sloan
Labour Party (UK)}}"1946Emrys Hughes
Labour Party (UK)}}"1970Jim Sillars
Scottish Labour Party (1976)}}"1976Scottish Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"1979George Foulkes
1983constituency abolished, see Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Election results

South Ayrshire electoral history

Election in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 3,370

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 3,547

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 3,865 |reg. electors = 15,109 |reg. electors = 15,109

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 14,912

Arrol

|reg. electors = 15,463

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 15,941

Beale

|reg. electors = 17,497

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 18,272 |reg. electors = 18,733 General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: William Robertson
  • Unionist:
  • Labour: James Brown

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

|reg. electors = 43,350 |reg. electors = 44,999 |reg. electors = 46,007 |reg. electors = 48,063

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

References

  1. "'Ayrshire South', Feb 1974 – May 1983". Cognitive Computing Limited.
  2. {{Rayment-hc. a. 3. (March 2012)
  3. Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
  4. The Times, 29 April 1880
  5. (1977). "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885". Macmillan Press.
  6. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
  7. (1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918". Macmillan Press.
  8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  9. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  10. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  11. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  12. Daily Record 14 Sep 1914
  13. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  14. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
  15. The Times, 17 November 1922
  16. The Times, 8 December 1923
  17. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
  18. The Times, 1 June 1929
  19. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  20. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  21. Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
  22. Scottish Conservative and Unionist Central Office, ''The Yearbook for Scotland'' (1967), p.86
  23. "UK General Election results 1950".
  24. "UK General Election results 1951".
  25. "UK General Election results 1955".
  26. Whitaker's Almanack 1963
  27. The Times House of Commons, 1964
  28. The Times House of Commons, 1966
  29. "UK General Election results 1970".
  30. "UK General Election results February 1974".
  31. Whitaker's Almanack 1977
  32. "UK General Election results October 1974".
  33. "UK General Election results 1979".
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