• The South Ayrshire by-election of 19 March 1970 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Emrys Hughes on 18 October 1969. The seat...
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    Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire council...
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  • legislative election 1970 French cantonal elections 1970 South Ayrshire by-election 1970 Bridgwater by-election 1970 Enfield West by-election 1970 United Kingdom...
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  • South Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1983, when it was abolished. It...
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  • championing of outdoor education. He was expected to stand in the 1970 South Ayrshire by-election, but decided against a political career. He chaired the Scottish...
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    Ayr (redirect from Ayr, South Ayrshire)
    today it is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With a population of 46,982, Ayr is the 15th...
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  • The Bridgwater by-election of 12 March 1970 was the first election in the United Kingdom to be held after the voting age had been reduced from 21 to 18...
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  • in Belgium. 1917 Henley by-election: Valentine Fleming had been killed by shell fire in France. 1916 North Ayrshire by-election: Duncan Frederick Campbell...
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  • 2015, after standing in South Ayrshire in February 1974 and October 1974, Kirkcaldy in 1987, Paisley North in a by-election in 1990 and in 1992. Craig...
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  • Jim Sillars (category UK MPs 1966–1970)
    for South Ayrshire from 1970 to 1976. He founded and led the pro-Scottish Home Rule Scottish Labour Party in 1976, continuing as MP for South Ayrshire until...
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    and brought up in Maybole. She has lived and worked in Ayrshire all her life. Before her election to the Parliament, Dowey was a senior manager at the Morrisons...
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  • Carluke Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire and Arran Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South Rutherglen Stirling and Strathallan...
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    the 2015 election the SNP won a majority of Scottish seats for the first time. * Philip Lardner, the Conservative candidate for North Ayrshire and Arran...
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    Government Committee accepted the new boundaries in Na h-Eileanan an Iar, North Ayrshire, Orkney and Shetland, but recommended against approval of the changes in...
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  • 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...
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    at the 1970 general election, held on 18 June. These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1970 general election. Note: This...
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    North Ayrshire, Scotland. The 2011 Census recorded the town's population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in North Ayrshire, and...
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  • who lost their seat at the 2024 general election, together with the last date when each seat was represented by a different party. A record number of Conservative...
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  • Scottish National Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections. Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968. Glasgow:...
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    George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock (category Life peers created by Elizabeth II)
    West in 1970 and Edinburgh Pentlands in October 1974, he was elected to represent South Ayrshire in parliament at the 1979 general election and to represent...
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    Carrick Gazette. Retrieved 13 December 2019. "Election 2012". www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk. South Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original on 3 August...
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    the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area despite being located in South Lanarkshire. They are now part of NHS Lanarkshire. The Scottish Government...
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  • covered, previously, by the five constituencies of Ayr Burghs, Buteshire, Kilmarnock Burghs, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. Two of these, Ayr Burghs...
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    place today. As South Ayrshire: As Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley: "'Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project....
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  • with the loss of five of the six crew members. 19 March – The South Ayrshire by-election is held. Jim Sillars retains the seat for the Labour Party. 24...
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    Edinburgh and Midlothian. Argyll & Bute, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Fife, East Lothian, Stirling, Perth & Kinross...
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    Elections to Altrincham Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to...
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    Ayr (UK Parliament constituency) (category South Ayrshire)
    components of the Ayr District of Burghs constituency with parts of the South Ayrshire and Kilmarnock constituencies. 1950 to 1974: The civil parishes of Ayr...
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  • of United Kingdom MPs by seniority, 2024–present. The Members of Parliament (MPs), who were elected in the 2024 general election and during the 59th Parliament...
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    Boakes—died, causing the election in the constituency to be postponed until 27 May. Philip Lardner, the Conservative candidate for North Ayrshire and Arran, was...
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