North Ayrshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | Ayrshire |
1868–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock |
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 1886: Ayrshire North
Hugh Elliot elected unopposed as a Liberal Unionist