Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1918
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), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
John Balfour
Elections in the 1890s
Wedderburn
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Hunter-Weston
*Chalmers was supported by the Union of Democratic Control and contested the 1918 general election as a Labour Party candidate.
See also
References
^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ The Times, 29 April 1880
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
^ a b c d e f Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 .
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ a b c d Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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