North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North Ayrshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
North Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.
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[edit] Boundaries
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the new North Ayrshire constituency was to consist of the District of Cunningham, consisting of the parishes of Ardrossan, Dalry, Dreghorn, Fenwick, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Kilwinning, Largs, Loudoun, Stevenston, Stewarton, West Kilbride and Beith, and the parish of Dunlop so far as situated within the County of Ayr.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1868 William Finnie
- 1874 Roger Montgomerie
- 1880 Robert William Cochran-Patrick Conservative
- 1885 Hugh Elliot Liberal, Liberal Unionist
- 1892 Thomas Cochrane Conservative
- 1910 Andrew Macbeth Anderson
- 1911 Duncan Frederick Campbell
- 1916 Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston
In 1918 North Ayrshire was divided between Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock.
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Ayrshire North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Hon Thomas Cochrane | 5,603 | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Macbeth Anderson | 4,587 | |||
| Labour | J. Brown | 2,684 | |||
General Election 1886: Hon Hugh Frederick Hyslop Elliot elected unopposed as Liberal Unionist
| General Election 1885: Ayrshire North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Hon Hugh Elliot | 5,700 | |||
| Conservative | Robert William Cochran-Patrick | 4,740 | |||
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