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Encyclopedia > Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)

Ayr was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 2005. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...


Members of Parliament

  • 1708 James Campbell
  • 1710 Charles Oliphant
  • 1720 Thomas Kennedy
  • 1721 Duncan Forbes
  • 1722 William Steuart
  • 1734 James Stuart
  • 1741 George Forbes, Earl of Granard
  • 1747 Charles Erskine
  • 1749 Sir Henry Erskine
  • 1754 James Stuart-Mackenzie
  • 1761 Frederick Campbell
  • 1768 James Archibald Stuart
  • 1776 Frederick Stuart
  • 1780 Alexander Edmonstone
  • 1790 Charles Stuart
  • 1794 John Campbell
  • 1807 John Campbell
  • 1809 Duncan Campbell
  • 1818 Thomas Francis Kennedy
  • 1834 Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart
  • 1852 Edward Henry John Crauford
  • 1874 Sir William James Montgomery-Cuninghame
  • 1880 Richard Frederick Fotheringham Campbell
  • 1888 John Sinclair
  • 1890 James Somervell
  • 1892 William Birkmyre
  • 1895 Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
  • 1904 Joseph Dobbie
  • 1925 Sir Thomas Cecil Russell Moore Conservative

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Ayr Burghs: Information from Answers.com (269 words)
1708 to 1832: the Ayrshire burghs of Ayr and Irvine, the Argyllshire burghs of Campbeltown and Inverary and the Buteshire burgh of Rothesay
1832 to 1918: the Ayrshire burghs of Ayr and Irvine and the Argyllshire burghs of Cambeltown, Inverary and Oban
1918 to 1950: the Ayrshire burghs of Ardrossan, Ayr, Irvine, Prestwick, Saltcoats and Troon
BIGpedia - Ayr - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (317 words)
Ayr in the south-west of Scotland is a town situated on the Firth of Clyde.
To the north of Ayr is the adjoining town of Prestwick, famous for its golf, and its thriving aviation industry, thanks to the presence of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport.
The Westminster constituency of Ayr is currently held by the Labour Party, the Member of Parliament being Sandra Osborne.
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