Kilmarnock Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kilmarnock Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It represented the Ayrshire burgh of Kilmarnock, the Dumbartonshire (now Dunbartonshire) burgh of Dumbarton, the Lanarkshire burgh of Rutherglen and the Renfrewshire burghs of Renfrew and Port Glasgow.

The Kilmarnock burgh was previously within the Ayrshire constituency, Port Glasgow was within the Renfrewshire constituency, and Dumbarton, Rutherglen and Renfrew were components of Glasgow Burghs.

In 1918 the burgh of Kilmarnock was merged into a new Kilmarnock constituency, a county constituency which included areas previously within Ayrshire North and Ayrshire South. It consisted of "The county district of Kilmarnock, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except in so far as included in the Ayr District of Burghs." The burgh of Dumbarton was transferred to Dumbarton Burghs, the burgh of Port Glasgow was merged into Renfrewshire West, the burgh of Renfrew into Renfrewshire East and the burgh of Rutherglen into the Rutherglen constituency.

In 1950 part of the Kilmarnock constituency was transferred to a new constituency, Ayrshire Central, which also included an area taken from Ayshire North.

In 1974 the boundary between the Kilmarnock and Ayrshire Central constituencies was redrawn to enlarge Kilmarnock.

In 1983 the Kilmarnock constituency was merged into Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

1 Member of Parliament
- 1.1 Kilmarnock Burghs (1832 to 1918)
- 1.2 Kilmarnock (1918 to 1983)
2 Election results
3 Politics and history of the constituency
4 See also

[edit] Member of Parliament

[edit] Kilmarnock Burghs (1832 to 1918)

Kilmarnock Burghs Burgh constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons

Year	Member	Party
1832	John Dunlop
1835	John Bowring	Conservative
1837	John Campbell Colquhoun
1841	Alexander Johnston
1844	Edward Pleydell Bouverie
1874	James Fortescue Harrison
1880	John Dick Peddie
1885	Peter Sturrock
1886	Stephen Williamson	Liberal
1895	John McAusland Denny	Conservative
1906	Adam Rolland Rainy	Liberal
1911	William Glynne Charles Gladstone
1915	Alexander Shaw, later Baron Craigmyle

[edit] Kilmarnock (1918 to 1983)

Kilmarnock Burgh constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons

Year	Member	Party
1918	Alexander Shaw, later Baron Craigmyle
1923	Robert Climie
1924	Charles Glen MacAndrew	Scottish Unionist Party
1929	Robert Climie
1929	Craigie Mason Aitchison	Labour, later National Labour
1933	Kenneth Martin Lindsay	National Labour
1945	Clarice Marion McNab Shaw	Labour
1946	William Ross	Labour
1979	William McKelvey	Labour