Bute and Northern Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bute and Northern Ayrshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
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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[edit] History
The constituency was formed by combining Buteshire with part of North Ayrshire. The rest of Ayshire 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston | Unionist | |
| 1935 | Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew | Unionist | |
| 1959 | Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean | Conservative | |
| 1974 | John Alexander Corrie | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Argyll & Bute and Cunninghame North | ||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1959: Bute & North Ayrshire [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bt CBE MC | 20,270 | |||
| Labour | David Lambie | 12,218 | |||
| General Election 1935: Bute & Northern Ayrshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Col Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew TD | 22,391 | |||
| Labour | Emanuel Shinwell | 13,358 | |||
| General Election 1931: Bute & Northern Ayrshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Lt Gen Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO | 24,467 | |||
| Labour | A. Sloan | 12,758 | |||
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