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North Ayrshire And Bute (UK Parliament Constituency)
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 (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. History The constituency was formed by combining Buteshire (UK Parliament constituency), Buteshire (which historically included the islands of Isle of Arran, Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae) with part of North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency), North Ayrshire. The rest of Ayrshire North was merged into Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency), 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 Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Ayr District of Burghs". In 1950 some of the constituency was transferred to the then new constituency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buteshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Buteshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Buteshire. History From 1708 to 1832 Buteshire and Caithness were paired as ''alternating constituencies'': one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next. The areas which were covered by the two constituencies are quite remote from each other, Caithness in the northeast of Scotland and Buteshire in the southwest. From 1832 to 1918, Buteshire was represented continuously by its own MP. Boundaries From 1708 to 1832, the Buteshire constituency covered the county of Bute (which historically included the islands of Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae) minus the parliamenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
