Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ayr County constituency |
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| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Ayr was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created by merging the Ayr burgh and Prestwick burgh components of the Ayr District of Burghs constituency with parts of the South Ayrshire and Kilmarnock constituencies.
After the 1992 General Election, the boundaries in Ayr Constituency were substantially altered in a move which saw the suburbs of Alloway and Doonfoot being transferred to the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency. This change led to a substantial alteration in the demographic of the constituency with the Labour Party being the main beneficiaries.
In 2005 the constituency was divided between the new Central Ayrshire and Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituencies.
The Scottish Parliament constituency of Ayr, which was created in 1999, continues in existence unaltered.
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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| 1950 | Sir Thomas Moore, Bt. | Conservative | Until the 1950 election, Sir Thomas had been MP for Ayr Burghs | |
| 1964 | George Younger | Conservative | later Viscount Younger of Leckie | |
| 1992 | Phil Gallie | Conservative | Later elected as an MSP | |
| 1997 | Sandra Osborne | Labour | In 2005, Osborne was elected as MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | |||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2001: Ayr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sandra Osborne | 16,801 | 43.6 | -4.9 | |
| Conservative | Phil Gallie | 14,256 | 37.0 | +3.2 | |
| Scottish National Party | Jim Mather | 4,621 | 12.0 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stuart Richie | 2,089 | 5.4 | +0.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | James Stewart | 692 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Joseph Smith | 101 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,545 | 6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 38,560 | 69.3 | -10.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Ayr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Phil Gallie | 22,172 | |||
| Labour | Alastair Osborne | 22,087 | |||
| Scottish National Party | Mrs B. Mullin | 5,949 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | J. Boss | 4,067 | |||
| Natural Law | R. Scott | 132 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 85 | ||||
| Turnout | 83.03 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
