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.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.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; *Chalmers was supported by the Union of Democratic Control and contested the 1918 general election as a Labour Party candidate.
county constituencyHouse of CommonsSubdivisions of ScotlandAyrshireBute and Northern AyrshireKilmarnockParliament of the United KingdomMember of Parliamentfirst-past-the-postRepresentation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868CunninghamArdrossanDreghornFenwickIrvineKilbirnieKilmaursKilwinningLoudounStevenstonStewartonWest KilbrideDunlopWilliam FinnieLiberalRoger MontgomerieConservativeRobert Cochran-PatrickHugh ElliotLiberal UnionistThomas CochraneAndrew AndersonDuncan CampbellUnionistAylmer Hunter-WestonGeneral election 1868TurnoutRegistered electorsGeneral election 1874General election 1880John BalfourGeneral election 1885General election 1886General election 1892William WedderburnGeneral election 1895General election 1900General election 1906Scottish WorkersJames BrownGeneral election January 1910LabourGeneral election December 19101911 North Ayrshire by-election1916 North Ayrshire by-electionUnion of Democratic ControlFormer United Kingdom Parliament constituenciesCraig, F. W. S.Scottish Westminster constituencies1708 to 18321832 to 18681868 to 18851885 to 19181918 to 19501950 to 19551955 to 19741974 to 19831983 to 19971997 to 20052005 to 2024Aberdeen NorthAberdeen SouthAberdeenshire North and Moray EastAirdrie & ShottsAlloa & GrangemouthAngus & Perthshire GlensArbroath & Broughty FerryArgyll, Bute & South LochaberAyr, Carrick & CumnockBathgate & LinlithgowBerwickshire, Roxburgh & SelkirkCaithness, Sutherland & Easter RossCentral AyrshireCoatbridge & BellshillCowdenbeath & KirkcaldyCumbernauld & KirkintillochDumfries & GallowayDumfriesshire, Clydesdale & TweeddaleDundee CentralDunfermline & DollarEast Kilbride & StrathavenEast RenfrewshireEdinburgh East & MusselburghEdinburgh North & LeithEdinburgh SouthEdinburgh South WestEdinburgh WestFalkirkGlasgow EastGlasgow NorthGlasgow North EastGlasgow SouthGlasgow South WestGlasgow WestGlenrothes & Mid FifeGordon & BuchanHamilton & Clyde ValleyInverclyde & Renfrewshire WestInverness, Skye & West Ross-shire Kilmarnock & LoudounLivingstonLothian EastMid DunbartonshireMidlothianMoray West, Nairn & StrathspeyMotherwell, Wishaw & CarlukeNa h-Eileanan an IarNorth Ayrshire & ArranNorth East FifeOrkney & ShetlandPaisley & Renfrewshire NorthPaisley & Renfrewshire SouthPerth & Kinross-shireRutherglenStirling & StrathallanWest Aberdeenshire & Kincardine