Bute and Northern Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Bute and Northern Ayrshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Buteshire, Ayrshire |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Buteshire North Ayrshire |
Replaced by | Argyll & Bute Cunninghame North Cunninghame South[1] |
Bute and Northern Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
History
The constituency was formed by combining Buteshire with part of North Ayrshire. The rest of Ayrshire North was merged into Kilmarnock.
In 1918 the constituency consisted of "The county of Bute, inclusive of all burghs, situated therein, and the county district of Northern Ayr, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except insofar as included in the Ayr District of Burghs".
In 1950 some of the constituency was transferred to the then new constituency of Central Ayrshire.
In 1983 Bute and Northern Ayrshire was divided between Argyll and Bute and Cunninghame North.
Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | | 1918 | Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | | 1935 | Sir Charles MacAndrew | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | | 1959 | Sir Fitzroy Maclean | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | John Corrie | Conservative |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Argyll and Bute & Cunninghame North |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 12,638 | n/a | |||
Labour | Robert Smith | 5,848 | n/a | ||
Liberal | Hugh Fraser Campbell | 2,059 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Unionist win |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston | 14,368 | 60.6 | ||
Labour | John Paton | 9,323 | 39.4 | ||
Majority | 5,045 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 23,691 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston | 12,320 | |||
Labour | Peter Campbell Stephen | 9,855 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston | 16,203 | |||
Labour | Peter Campbell Stephen | 10,075 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston | 18,331 | 56.2 | ||
Labour | Alexander Sloan | 14,294 | 43.8 | ||
Majority | 4,037 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 32,625 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston | 24,467 | 70.5 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Alexander Sloan | 10,227 | 29.5 | ||
Majority | 14,240 | 41.0 | |||
Turnout | 34,694 | 67.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew | 22,391 | 62.3 | ||
Labour | M. Shinwell | 13,358 | 37.4 | ||
Majority | 9,033 | 33.3 | |||
Turnout | 35,749 | 66.6 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew
- Labour:
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Col. Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew | 21,652 | 53.0 | ||
Labour | Capt. John Wheatley | 19,209 | 47.0 | ||
Majority | 2,443 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 68.6 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew | 22,019 | 64.2 | ||
Labour | G Aitken | 12,243 | 35.7 | ||
Majority | 9,776 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew | 22,361 | 64.2 | ||
Labour | Jesse Dickson Mabon | 12,492 | 35.8 | ||
Majority | 9,869 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Charles Glen MacAndrew | 20,338 | 64.5 | ||
Labour | David Lambie | 11,183 | 35.5 | ||
Majority | 9,155 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 31,521 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean | 20,270 | 62.4 | ||
Labour | David Lambie | 12,218 | 37.6 | ||
Majority | 8,052 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | 32,488 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean | 16,497 | 49.8 | ||
Labour | David Lambie | 11,934 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal | Richard J Gammon | 4,671 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 4,563 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 33,102 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean | 16,138 | 48.7 | ||
Labour | David Lambie | 13,482 | 40.7 | ||
Liberal | Robert P Cochrane | 3,539 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 2,656 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,159 | 76.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean | 18,853 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Hugh G Millar | 12,459 | 35.4 | ||
SNP | Peggy Macrae | 3,852 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | 6,394 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 35,164 | 73 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Alexander Corrie | 17,166 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | Raymond D Donnelly | 10,436 | 27.8 | ||
SNP | John A. Murphy | 6,104 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal | R. Stevenson | 3,832 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 6,730 | 17.9 | |||
Turnout | 77.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Alexander Corrie | 13,599 | 38.9 | ||
Labour | J.N. Carson | 10,093 | 28.9 | ||
SNP | John A. Murphy | 9,055 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal | R. Stevenson | 2,224 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 3,506 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Alexander Corrie | 17,317 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | MG Smith | 13,004 | 34.3 | ||
SNP | M Brown | 5,272 | 13.9 | ||
Liberal | P Giffney | 2,280 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 4,313 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 75.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ "'Ayrshire North and Bute', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
- ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1977