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.
Boundaries 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.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1832 John Dunlop Whig 1835 John Bowring Radical 1837 John Campbell Colquhoun Conservative 1841 Alexander Johnston Whig May 1844 by-election Edward Pleydell-Bouverie Whig 1859 Liberal Feb 1874 James Fortescue Harrison Liberal 1880 John Dick Peddie Liberal 1885 Peter Sturrock Conservative 1886 Stephen Williamson Liberal 1895 John McAusland Denny Conservative 1906 Adam Rolland Rainy Liberal 1911 by-election Will Gladstone Liberal 1915 by-election Alexander Shaw Liberal 1918 constituency abolished: see Kilmarnock
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Johnston's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
See also Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
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