Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Ayr Burghs
Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Ayrshire, Argyllshire
1708–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Ayr, Central Ayrshire, Bute and Northern Ayrshire
Created from	Ayr, Campbeltown, Inveraray, Irvine, Rothesay

Ayr Burghs was a district of burghs 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 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

The list of parliamentary burghs represented by the constituency changed in 1832 and again in 1918:

When the Ayr Burghs constituency was abolished in 1950, the Ayr and Prestwick burghs were merged into the county constituency of Ayr. Ardrossan and Saltcoats were merged into Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Irvine and Troon were merged into Central Ayrshire.

Sir Thomas was elected, in 1950, as the first MP for the then new constituency of Ayr