Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868, when it was divided into North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire.
Ayrshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Ayrshire |
1708–1868 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Ayrshire |
Replaced by | North Ayrshire South Ayrshire. |
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Ayrshire.
The Ayrshire constituency represented the county of Ayrshire, minus the parliamentary burghs of Ayr and Irvine, which were components of the Ayr Burghs constituency.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was divided into North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire for the 1868 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | William Blair (Ayrshire MP) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 185 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | William Blair (Ayrshire MP) | 73 | 67.0 | ||
Whig | Richard Alexander Oswald | 36 | 33.0 | ||
Majority | 37 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 109 | 58.9 | |||
Registered electors | 185 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Richard Alexander Oswald | 2,152 | 86.9 | +53.9 | |
Tory | William Blair (Ayrshire MP) | 324 | 13.1 | −53.9 | |
Majority | 1,828 | 73.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,476 | 78.6 | +19.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,150 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +53.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Richard Alexander Oswald | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,171 | ||||
Whig hold |
Oswald's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Radical | John Dunlop | 1,435 | 63.4 | ||
Conservative | John Cathcart | 829 | 36.6 | ||
Majority | 606 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,264 | 71.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,171 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Radical | John Dunlop | 1,559 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | James Carr-Boyle | 1,370 | 46.8 | ||
Majority | 189 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,929 | 73.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,985 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Dunlop's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Carr-Boyle | 1,758 | 56.7 | +9.9 | |
Whig | James Campbell | 1,296 | 41.8 | New | |
Chartist | Hugh Craig[15] | 46 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 462 | 14.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,100 | 73.1 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,242 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Carr-Boyle | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,274 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Carr-Boyle succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl of Glasgow and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alexander Haldane Oswald | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alexander Haldane Oswald | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,305 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hunter-Blair | 1,301 | 52.0 | N/A | |
Peelite | Edward Cardwell[16] | 1,200 | 48.0 | New | |
Majority | 101 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,501 | 65.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,823 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Blair's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Fergusson | 1,510 | 52.2 | +0.2 | |
Peelite | Alexander Haldane Oswald | 1,381 | 47.8 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 129 | 4.4 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,891 | 75.6 | +10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,823 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Patrick Crichton-Stuart | 1,663 | 53.3 | New | |
Conservative | James Fergusson | 1,458 | 46.7 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 205 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,121 | 78.5 | +13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,976 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Patrick Crichton-Stuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,939 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Crichton-Stuart's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Fergusson | 1,687 | 50.7 | New | |
Liberal | James Campbell[17] | 1,641 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 46 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,328 | 81.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,072 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Fergusson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,642 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |