Kilmarnock Burghs | |
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Former
District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Dumbartonshire, Renfrewshire |
Major settlements | Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Rutherglen, Renfrew, Port Glasgow |
1832– 1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Ayrshire constituency Renfrewshire Glasgow Burghs |
Replaced by |
Kilmarnock Dumbarton Burghs West Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire Rutherglen |
Kilmarnock Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Kilmarnock county constituency was created when the district of burghs constituency was abolished.
The constituency consisted of five parliamentary burghs: Kilmarnock in the county of Ayr, Dumbarton in the county of Dumbarton, Rutherglen in the county of Lanark and Renfrew and Port Glasgow in the county of Renfrew.
The Kilmarnock burgh was previously within the Ayrshire constituency and Port Glasgow was previously within the Renfrewshire constituency. Dumbarton, Rutherglen and Renfrew were transferred from Glasgow Burghs.
In 1918 the burgh of Kilmarnock was merged into the then new Kilmarnock county constituency, which included areas previously within North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The new Kilmarnock constituency consisted of "The county district of Kilmarnock, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except in so far as included in the Ayr District of Burghs." The burgh of Dumbarton was transferred to Dumbarton Burghs, the burgh of Port Glasgow was merged into West Renfrewshire, the burgh of Renfrew into East Renfrewshire and the burgh of Rutherglen into the Rutherglen constituency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | John Dunlop | 535 | 50.3 | ||
Whig | James Campbell | 528 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 7 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,063 | 92.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,155 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | John Bowring | 520 | 54.8 | New | |
Whig | John Dunlop | 276 | 29.1 | −21.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Downie | 153 | 16.1 | New | |
Majority | 244 | 25.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 949 | 75.3 | −16.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,261 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Campbell Colquhoun | 509 | 53.7 | +37.6 | |
Radical | John Bowring | 438 | 46.3 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 71 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 947 | 65.3 | −10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,451 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +23.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Johnston | 490 | 50.6 | New | |
Conservative | John Campbell Colquhoun | 479 | 49.4 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 969 | 76.8 | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,262 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Johnston's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 389 | 44.9 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Thoby Prinsep | 379 | 43.8 | −5.6 | |
Chartist | Henry Vincent | 98 | 11.3 | New | |
Majority | 10 | 1.1 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 866 | 67.2 | −9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,289 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,243 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 558 | 64.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Archibald Campbell [7] | 302 | 35.1 | New | |
Majority | 256 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 860 | 62.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,380 | ||||
Whig hold |
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,414 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,449 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,645 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 2,892 | 57.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edwin Chadwick | 1,148 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | Robert Thomson [9] [10] | 999 | 19.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,744 | 34.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,039 | 77.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,531 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Fortescue Harrison | 3,316 | 52.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 3,019 | 47.7 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 297 | 4.6 | −30.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,335 | 79.0 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,020 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dick Peddie | 3,320 | 49.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Neilson Cuthbertson [11] | 2,005 | 29.9 | New | |
Independent Liberal | Robert Malcolm Kerr [12] | 1,384 | 20.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,315 | 19.6 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,709 | 87.1 | +8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,700 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Sturrock | 3,645 | 40.2 | +10.3 | |
Liberal | John Dick Peddie | 3,513 | 38.7 | −10.8 | |
Independent Liberal | John Dalrymple | 1,862 | 20.5 | -0.1 | |
Ind. Conservative | John Steven Storr | 55 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 132 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,075 | 86.6 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,475 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Williamson | 4,664 | 55.2 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Sturrock | 3,870 | 44.8 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 884 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,444 | 80.6 | −6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,475 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Williamson | 5,110 | 54.1 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Dickson | 4,335 | 45.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 775 | 8.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,445 | 84.2 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,216 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Denny | 5,432 | 51.8 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Stephen Williamson | 5,051 | 48.2 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 381 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,483 | 87.2 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,027 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Denny | 6,076 | 51.6 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 5,692 | 48.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 384 | 3.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,768 | 86.4 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 13,621 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 8,268 | 59.0 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas W McIntyre | 5,743 | 41.0 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 2,525 | 18.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,011 | 87.4 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 16,024 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 8,937 | 61.1 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | John James Bell | 5,701 | 38.9 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 3,236 | 22.2 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,638 | 88.9 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 8,657 | 60.9 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | James Buyers Black | 5,569 | 39.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 3,088 | 21.8 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,226 | 86.4 | -2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Will Gladstone | 6,923 | 48.3 | -12.6 | |
Conservative | John Rees | 4,637 | 32.4 | -6.7 | |
Labour | Thomas McKerrell | 2,761 | 19.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,286 | 15.9 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 14,321 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Shaw | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Kilmarnock Burghs | |
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Former
District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Dumbartonshire, Renfrewshire |
Major settlements | Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Rutherglen, Renfrew, Port Glasgow |
1832– 1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Ayrshire constituency Renfrewshire Glasgow Burghs |
Replaced by |
Kilmarnock Dumbarton Burghs West Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire Rutherglen |
Kilmarnock Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Kilmarnock county constituency was created when the district of burghs constituency was abolished.
The constituency consisted of five parliamentary burghs: Kilmarnock in the county of Ayr, Dumbarton in the county of Dumbarton, Rutherglen in the county of Lanark and Renfrew and Port Glasgow in the county of Renfrew.
The Kilmarnock burgh was previously within the Ayrshire constituency and Port Glasgow was previously within the Renfrewshire constituency. Dumbarton, Rutherglen and Renfrew were transferred from Glasgow Burghs.
In 1918 the burgh of Kilmarnock was merged into the then new Kilmarnock county constituency, which included areas previously within North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The new Kilmarnock constituency consisted of "The county district of Kilmarnock, inclusive of all burghs situated therein except in so far as included in the Ayr District of Burghs." The burgh of Dumbarton was transferred to Dumbarton Burghs, the burgh of Port Glasgow was merged into West Renfrewshire, the burgh of Renfrew into East Renfrewshire and the burgh of Rutherglen into the Rutherglen constituency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Dunlop | 535 | 50.3 | ||
Whig | James Campbell | 528 | 49.7 | ||
Majority | 7 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,063 | 92.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,155 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | John Bowring | 520 | 54.8 | New | |
Whig | John Dunlop | 276 | 29.1 | −21.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Downie | 153 | 16.1 | New | |
Majority | 244 | 25.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 949 | 75.3 | −16.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,261 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Campbell Colquhoun | 509 | 53.7 | +37.6 | |
Radical | John Bowring | 438 | 46.3 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 71 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 947 | 65.3 | −10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,451 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +23.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Johnston | 490 | 50.6 | New | |
Conservative | John Campbell Colquhoun | 479 | 49.4 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 969 | 76.8 | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,262 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Johnston's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 389 | 44.9 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Thoby Prinsep | 379 | 43.8 | −5.6 | |
Chartist | Henry Vincent | 98 | 11.3 | New | |
Majority | 10 | 1.1 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 866 | 67.2 | −9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,289 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,243 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 558 | 64.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Archibald Campbell [7] | 302 | 35.1 | New | |
Majority | 256 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 860 | 62.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,380 | ||||
Whig hold |
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,414 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,449 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,645 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 2,892 | 57.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edwin Chadwick | 1,148 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | Robert Thomson [9] [10] | 999 | 19.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,744 | 34.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,039 | 77.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,531 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Fortescue Harrison | 3,316 | 52.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 3,019 | 47.7 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 297 | 4.6 | −30.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,335 | 79.0 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,020 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dick Peddie | 3,320 | 49.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Neilson Cuthbertson [11] | 2,005 | 29.9 | New | |
Independent Liberal | Robert Malcolm Kerr [12] | 1,384 | 20.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,315 | 19.6 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,709 | 87.1 | +8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,700 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Sturrock | 3,645 | 40.2 | +10.3 | |
Liberal | John Dick Peddie | 3,513 | 38.7 | −10.8 | |
Independent Liberal | John Dalrymple | 1,862 | 20.5 | -0.1 | |
Ind. Conservative | John Steven Storr | 55 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 132 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,075 | 86.6 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,475 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Williamson | 4,664 | 55.2 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Sturrock | 3,870 | 44.8 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 884 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,444 | 80.6 | −6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,475 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Williamson | 5,110 | 54.1 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Dickson | 4,335 | 45.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 775 | 8.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,445 | 84.2 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,216 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Denny | 5,432 | 51.8 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Stephen Williamson | 5,051 | 48.2 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 381 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,483 | 87.2 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,027 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Denny | 6,076 | 51.6 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 5,692 | 48.4 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 384 | 3.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,768 | 86.4 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 13,621 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 8,268 | 59.0 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas W McIntyre | 5,743 | 41.0 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 2,525 | 18.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,011 | 87.4 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 16,024 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 8,937 | 61.1 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | John James Bell | 5,701 | 38.9 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 3,236 | 22.2 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,638 | 88.9 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Adam Rainy | 8,657 | 60.9 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | James Buyers Black | 5,569 | 39.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 3,088 | 21.8 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,226 | 86.4 | -2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Will Gladstone | 6,923 | 48.3 | -12.6 | |
Conservative | John Rees | 4,637 | 32.4 | -6.7 | |
Labour | Thomas McKerrell | 2,761 | 19.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,286 | 15.9 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 14,321 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Shaw | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |