Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Ayrshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Ayrshire
1708–1868
Seats	One
Created from	Ayrshire
Replaced by	North Ayrshire South 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

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color;width:0.5pt" |	1708	Francis Montgomerie
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1710	John Montgomerie
1713
1715
1722
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |	1727	James Campbell	Whig
1734
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1741	Patrick Crauford
1747
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1754	James Mure-Campbell, later Earl of Loudoun
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |	1761	Archibald Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton	Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1768	David Kennedy, later Earl of Cassillis
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1774	Sir Adam Fergusson
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1780	Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1781	Sir Adam Fergusson
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1784	Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1789	William MacDowall (Ayrshire MP)
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1790	Sir Adam Fergusson
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1796	Hugh Montgomerie, later Earl of Eglinton
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |	1796	William Fullarton	Whig
1801
1802
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1803	Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
1806
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1807	David Boyle
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1811	Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
1812
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1818	James Montgomerie
1820
1826
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |	1829	William Blair	Tory
1830
1831
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |	1832	Richard Alexander Oswald	Whig
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |	1835	John Dunlop	Whig
1837
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1839	Viscount Kelburn, later Earl of Glasgow	Conservative
1841
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1843	Alexander Haldane Oswald	Conservative
1847
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1852	James Hunter Blair	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1854	Sir James Fergusson	Conservative
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1857	Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart	Liberal
1859
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1859	Sir James Fergusson	Conservative
1865

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)

See also

• Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies