Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Ayrshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | Ayrshire |
1708–1868 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | North Ayrshire South Ayrshire. |
Created from | Ayrshire |
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.
It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
The Ayrshire constituency represented the county of Ayrshire, minus the parliamentary burghs of Ayr and Irvine, which were components of the Ayr Burghs constituency.
Members of Parliament
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
See also
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1708
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1868
- Ayrshire