Kilmarnock Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kilmarnock Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Kilmarnock Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.
Kilmarnock county constituency was created when the district of burghs constituency was abolished.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency consisted five parliamentary burghs: Kilmarnock in the county of Ayr, Dumbarton in the county of Dumbarton, Rutherglen in the county of Lanark and Renfrew and Port Glasgow in the county of Renfrew.
The Kilmarnock burgh was previously within the Ayrshire constituency and Port Glasgow was previously within the Renfrewshire constituency. Dumbarton, Rutherglen and Renfrew were transferred from Glasgow Burghs.
In 1918 the burgh of Kilmarnock was merged into the then new Kilmarnock county constituency, which included areas previously within North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The new Kilmarnock constituency 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 West Renfrewshire, the burgh of Renfrew into East Renfrewshire and the burgh of Rutherglen into the Rutherglen constituency.
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | John Dunlop | ||
| 1835 | John Bowring | Radical | |
| 1837 | John Campbell Colquhoun | ||
| 1841 | Alexander Johnston | ||
| May 1844 | Edward Pleydell Bouverie | Liberal | |
| Feb 1874 | James Fortescue Harrison | ||
| 1880 | John Dick Peddie | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Peter Sturrock | Conservative | |
| 1886 | Stephen Williamson | Liberal | |
| 1895 | John McAusland Denny | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Adam Rolland Rainy | Liberal | |
| Sep 1911 | William Glynne Charles Gladstone | Liberal | |
| May 1915 | Alexander Shaw | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Kilmarnock | ||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Kilmarnock Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Adam Rolland Rainy MB | 8,268 | |||
| Conservative | Thomas McIntyre | 5,743 | |||
| General Election 1886: Kilmarnock Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Stephen Williamson | 4,664 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Sturrock | 3,870 | |||
| General Election 1885: Kilmarnock Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Sturrock | 3,645 | |||
| Liberal | John Dick Peddie | 3,513 | |||
| Liberal | Viscount Dalrymple | 1,862 | |||
| Conservative | John Steven Storr | 55 | |||
