Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1918
Kilmarnock Burghs was adistrict of burghsconstituency of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) by thefirst-past-the-post voting system.
Kilmarnock county constituency was created when the district of burghs constituency was abolished.
The constituency consisted of fiveparliamentary burghs:Kilmarnock in thecounty of Ayr,Dumbarton in thecounty of Dumbarton,Rutherglen in thecounty of Lanark andRenfrew andPort Glasgow in thecounty of Renfrew.
The Kilmarnock burgh was previously within theAyrshire constituency and Port Glasgow was previously within theRenfrewshire constituency. Dumbarton, Rutherglen and Renfrew were transferred fromGlasgow Burghs.
In 1918 the burgh of Kilmarnock was merged into the then newKilmarnockcounty constituency, which included areas previously withinNorth Ayrshire andSouth 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 theAyr District of Burghs." The burgh of Dumbarton was transferred toDumbarton Burghs, the burgh of Port Glasgow was merged intoWest Renfrewshire, the burgh of Renfrew intoEast Renfrewshire and the burgh of Rutherglen into theRutherglen constituency.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Johnston's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Pleydell-Bouverie was appointedVice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointedPresident of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
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Adam Rainy
W. Gladstone
J.D. Rees
Alex Shaw- ^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
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- ^abcdefgSmith, Henry Stooks (1842).The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 205. Retrieved2 September 2018 – viaGoogle Books.
- ^Boase, George Clement (1896)."Pleydell-Bouverie, Edward" . InLee, Sidney (ed.).Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^"Leicester Journal". 31 May 1844. pp. 2–3. Retrieved2 September 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^"Kilmarnock Election".Ayr Advertiser; or, West Country Journal. 23 May 1844. p. 4. Retrieved2 September 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^"Glasgow Gazette". 10 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved2 September 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
- ^"The Rev. Mr Thomson at Port-Glasgow".Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 14 November 1868. p. 3. Retrieved19 February 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^"Kilmarnock".Newcastle Journal. 17 November 1868. p. 4. Retrieved19 February 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^"The General Election".Glasgow Herald. 7 April 1880. pp. 7–8. Retrieved2 December 2017 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^"Renfrew".Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette. 27 March 1880. p. 6. Retrieved2 December 2017 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^abDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^abcdefCraig, FWS, ed. (1974).British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press.ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^abDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^abDebrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig, F.W.S. (1974)
- ^British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig, F. W. S. (1974)
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