Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ayr County constituency
Created:	1950
Abolished:	2005
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Ayr was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency was created by merging the Ayr burgh and Prestwick burgh components of the Ayr District of Burghs constituency with parts of the Ayrshire South and Kilmarnock constituencies.

In 2005 the constituency was divided between the new Central Ayrshire and Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituencies.

The Scottish Parliament constituency of Ayr, which created in 1999, continues in existence unaltered.

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1950 Sir Thomas Moore Conservative (Sir Thomas had been, immediately prior to the 1950 election, MP for Ayr Burghs)

• 1964 George Younger, later Viscount Younger of Leckie, Conservative

• 1992 Phil Gallie, Conservative

• 1997 Sandra Osborne, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2001: Ayr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Osborne	16,801	43.6	-4.9
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	14,256	37.0	+3.2
	Scottish National Party	Jim Mather	4,621	12.0	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Richie	2,089	5.4	+0.7
	Scottish Socialist	James Stewart	692	1.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Joseph Smith	101	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,545	6.6
Turnout			38,560	69.3	-10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ayr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	22,172
	Labour	Alastair Osborne	22,087
	Scottish National Party	Mrs B. Mullin	5,949
	Liberal Democrats	J. Boss	4,067
	Natural Law	R. Scott	132		N/A
Majority			85
Turnout				83.03
	Conservative hold		Swing