South Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Ayrshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Ayrshire
1868–1983
Number of members	One

South Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1983, when it was abolished. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the new South Ayrshire constituency was to consist of the District of Kyle and Carrick, consisting of the parishes of Auchinleck, Ayr, Ballantrae, Barr, Colmonell, Coylton, Craigie, Dailly, Dalmellington, Dalrymple, Dundonald, Galston, Girvan, Kirkmichael, Kirkoswald, Mauchline, Maybole, Monkton and Prestwick, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Newton-on-Ayr, Ochiltree, Old Cumnock, Riccarton, St Quivox, Sorn, Stair, Straiton, Symington and Tarbolton.

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county districts of Ayr and Carrick, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except insofar as included in the Ayr District of Burghs."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[1]	Party
	1868	Sir David Wedderburn, Bt	Liberal
	1874	Claud Alexander	Conservative
	1885	Eugene Wason	Liberal
	1886	Greville Richard Vernon	Liberal Unionist
	1892	Eugene Wason	Liberal
	1895	Sir William Arrol	Liberal Unionist
	1906	Sir William Beale, Bt	Liberal
	1918	James Brown	Labour
	1931	James Orr MacAndrew	Unionist
	1935	James Brown	Labour
	1939 by-election	Alexander Sloan	Labour
	1946 by-election	Emrys Hughes	Labour
	1970 by-election	Jim Sillars	Labour
	1976	Jim Sillars	Scottish Labour Party
	1979	George Foulkes	Labour Co-operative
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1860s

General Election 1868: Ayrshire South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir David Wedderburn	1,201
	Conservative	Claud Alexander	1,176
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Ayrshire South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claud Alexander	1,830
	Liberal	Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton	1,583
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Ayrshire South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	7,357	55.3
	Conservative	Claud Alexander	5,447	44.7
Majority			1,411	10.6
Turnout				88.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1886: Ayrshire South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Hon. Greville Richard Vernon	6,123	50.0	+5.3
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	6,118	50.0	-5.3
Majority			5	0.0	10.6
Turnout				81.0
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Ayrshire South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	6,535	50.8	+0.8
	Liberal Unionist	Sir William Arrol	6,338	49.2	-0.8
Majority			197	1.6	1.6
Turnout				86.3	+5.3
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+0.8

General Election 1895: Ayrshire South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Sir William Arrol	6,875	52.1	+2.9
	Liberal	Eugene Wason	6,325	47.9	-2.9
Majority			550	4.2	5.8
Turnout				85.4
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Ayrshire South^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Sir William Arrol	6,615	53.5	+1.4
	Liberal	Edward Alexander James Johnson-Ferguson	5,753	46.5	-1.4
Majority			862	7.0	+2.8
Turnout				77.6	-7.8
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+1.4

General Election 1906: Ayrshire South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Phipson Beale	7,853	54.3
	Conservative	James J. Bell	6,611	45.7
Majority			1,242	8.6
Turnout				82.7
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Ayrshire South ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Phipson Beale	8,833	56.5
	Conservative	Thomas Walker McIntyre	6,793	43.5
Majority			2,040	13.0
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Dec 1910: Ayrshire South ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Phipson Beale	8,715	56.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Thomas Walker McIntyre	6,835	44.0	+0.5
Majority			1,880	12.0	-1.0
Turnout				83.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: William Robertson^[12]
Unionist:
Labour: James Brown

General Election 1918: Ayrshire South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Brown	6,358	37.3
	Unionist	Brig-Gen. John B Pollok-McCall	5,495	32.2
	Liberal	William Robertson	4,555	26.7
	Independent	Lt-Col. Hugh Robert Wallace	627	3.6
Majority			863	5.1
Turnout			17,035
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Ayrshire South^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Brown	11,511
	Unionist	Sir William Reid	9,180

General Election 1923: Ayrshire South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Brown	11,169
	Unionist	Sir Charles Fergusson	8,807

General Election 1924: Ayrshire South^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Brown	11,313
	Unionist	C.I.A. Dubs	11,136

General Election 1929: Ayrshire South^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Brown	16,981	58.1
	Unionist	C.I.A. Dubs	12,240	41.9
Majority			4,741	16.2
Turnout			29,221
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Ayrshire South^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Orr MacAndrew	16,657
	Labour	Rt Hon. James Brown	13,733

General Election 1935: Ayrshire South^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. James Brown	18,190
	Unionist	James Orr MacAndrew	13,396

By-election 1939: Ayrshire South^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	17,908
	Unionist	Dr Catherine Gavin	12,986

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Ayrshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Sloan	21,235	61.34
	Unionist	Robert Mathew	13,382	38.66
Majority			7,853	22.69
Turnout				75.17
	Labour hold		Swing

South Ayrshire by-election, 1946^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emrys Hughes	20,434	61.7	+0.4
	Unionist	Robert Mathew	13,382	40.3	-0.4
Turnout			33,816
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Ayrshire South^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emrys Hughes	24,774
	Unionist	William Hill Hunter	14,105

Elections in the 1970s

South Ayrshire by-election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Sillars	20,664	52.68	-14.57
	Conservative	Christopher Graves	9,778	24.93	-7.82
	SNP	Sam Purdie	7,785	19.85	N/A
Turnout			39,227
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election Oct 1974: Ayrshire South ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Sillars	22,329
	SNP	Roger Mullin	7,851
	Conservative	Mrs J. Armstrong	7,402
	Liberal	R. Mabon	2,130

General Election 1979: Ayrshire South ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Foulkes	14,271	35.2
	Scottish Labour	James Sillars	12,750	31.45
	Conservative	G Young	10,287	25.4
	SNP	C Cameron	3,233	8.0

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
↑ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
↑ The Times, 29 April 1880
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
↑ Daily Record 14 Sep 1914
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
↑ The Times, 1 june 1929
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
↑ Scottish Conservative and Unionist Central Office, The Yearbook for Scotland (1967), p.86
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1977
↑ Political Resources.net

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Carrick

Settlements	Former burghs Ballantrae Girvan Maybole Others Auchencrosh Balkissock Bargany Barr Colmonell Crosshill Dailly Drumshang Dunure Greenan Kirkmichael Kirkoswald Maidens Minishant Old Dailly Patna Pinmore Pinwherry Smyrton Straiton

Administration	National subdivisions Ayrshire and Arran lieutenancy area Carrick earldom Kyle and Carrick local government district Sheriffdom and County of Ayr South Ayrshire Council area Parliamentary seats (Scotland) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Parliamentary seats (UK) Ayrshire (1708–1868) South Ayrshire (1868–1983) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (1983–2005) Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (2005–)

Culture	Gaelic in Carrick and Galloway Sawney Bean

Geography	Islands Ailsa Craig Lochs Craigdow Loch Loch Bradan Loch Doon Loch Dornal Loch Finloch Loch Goosey Loch Spaig Loch Spallander Loch Spouts Rivers River Doon River Stinchar Water of App Water of Girvan Water of Tig

History	Heritage sites Blairquhan Castle Crossraguel Abbey Culzean Castle Dinvin Motte Dunduff Castle Dunure Castle Glenapp Castle Greenan Castle Kirkoswald Parish Church Knockdolian Maybole Collegiate Church Penkill Castle Turnberry Castle People Abbots of Crossraguel Clan Kennedy Earls or mormaers of Carrick Marquesses of Ailsa and their predecessors

Sport	Girvan F.C. Maybole F.C. Turnberry golf course

Transport	Railway lines Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Maybole and Girvan Railway Railway stations Barrhill railway station Girvan railway station Maybole railway station Roads A77 A714

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