North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 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

In 1918 North Ayrshire was divided between Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock.

Election results

General Election 1886: Hon Hugh Frederick Hyslop Elliot elected unopposed as Liberal Unionist

See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

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