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Ayr Boroughs — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Ayr Boroughs was won by Unionist at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 728 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Ayr Boroughs from 1832 to 1945.

Full Election History, 1832–1945

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Thomas Francis Kennedy (Whig) 375 65.6% John Taylor (Radical) 211 (36.9 pts) 90.6%
1835 Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart (Whig) 339 51.2% Alexander Johnstone (Radical) 16 (2.4 pts) 78.1%
1837 Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart (Whig) 368 50.9% Alexander Johnstone (Radical) 13 (1.8 pts) 70.2%
1841 Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Edward Henry John Craufurd (Radical) 338 50.7% Archibald Thomas Boyle (Conservative) 9 (1.4 pts) 64.2%
1857 Edward Henry John Craufurd (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Edward Henry John Craufurd (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Edward Henry John Craufurd (Liberal) 567 53.1% Alexander Haldane Oswald (Liberal) 66 (6.2 pts) 79.7%
1868 Edward Henry John Craufurd (Liberal) 1,116 52.1% James Anderson (Liberal) 91 (4.2 pts) 83.5%
1874 William James Montgomery-Cuninghame (Conservative) 1,697 50.2% Edward Henry John Craufurd (Liberal) 14 (0.4 pts) 82.6%
1880 Richard Frederick Fotheringham Campbell (Liberal) 2,303 61.9% William James Montgomery-Cuninghame (Conservative) 883 (23.7 pts) 86.6%
1918 George Younger (Unionist) 9,565 49.0% Murdoch McKenzie Wood (Liberal) 4,155 (21.3 pts) 62.2%
1922 John Lawrence Baird (Unionist) 11,179 44.5% Peter Wilson Raffan (Liberal) 3,777 (15.0 pts) 71.1%
1923 John Lawrence Baird (Unionist) 10,206 41.8% John McDiarmid Airlie (Labour) 2,474 (10.1 pts) 70.0%
1924 John Lawrence Baird (Unionist) 16,153 62.3% John McDiarmid Airlie (Labour) 6,366 (24.5 pts) 73.5%
1929 Thomas Cecil Russell Moore (Unionist) 16,874 45.9% Clarice Marion Shaw (Labour) 3,445 (9.4 pts) 74.8%
1931 Thomas Cecil Russell Moore (Unionist) 28,256 73.9% Clarice Marion Shaw (Labour) 18,282 (47.8 pts) 76.9%
1935 Thomas Cecil Russell Moore (Unionist) 25,893 66.1% Arthur Walker Brady (Labour) 12,619 (32.2 pts) 73.0%
1945 Thomas Cecil Russell Moore (Unionist) 22,593 50.8% William Ross (Labour) 728 (1.6 pts) 71.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Francis Kennedy Whig 37565.6% Yes
John Taylor Radical 16428.7% No
James Cruickshanks Conservative 335.8% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart Whig 33951.2% Yes
Alexander Johnstone Radical 32348.8% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart Whig 36850.9% Yes
Alexander Johnstone Radical 35549.1% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart Whig Unopposed Yes

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart Whig Unopposed Yes

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry John Craufurd Radical 33850.7% Yes
Archibald Thomas Boyle Conservative 32949.3% No

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry John Craufurd Radical Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry John Craufurd Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry John Craufurd Liberal 56753.1% Yes
Alexander Haldane Oswald Liberal 50146.9% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry John Craufurd Liberal 1,11652.1% Yes
James Anderson Liberal 1,02547.9% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Montgomery-Cuninghame Conservative 1,69750.2% Yes
Edward Henry John Craufurd Liberal 1,68349.8% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Frederick Fotheringham Campbell Liberal 2,30361.9% Yes
William James Montgomery-Cuninghame Conservative 1,42038.1% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Younger Unionist 9,56549.0% Yes
Murdoch McKenzie Wood Liberal 5,41027.7% No
Campbell Stephen Labour 4,53423.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawrence Baird Unionist 11,17944.5% Yes
Peter Wilson Raffan Liberal 7,40229.5% No
John McDiarmid Airlie Labour 6,53326.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawrence Baird Unionist 10,20641.8% Yes
John McDiarmid Airlie Labour 7,73231.7% No
William Mather Rutherford Pringle Liberal 6,46726.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawrence Baird Unionist 16,15362.3% Yes
John McDiarmid Airlie Labour 9,78737.7% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Cecil Russell Moore Unionist 16,87445.9% Yes
Clarice Marion Shaw Labour 13,42936.5% No
Robert Lorimer Liberal 6,47917.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Cecil Russell Moore Unionist 28,25673.9% Yes
Clarice Marion Shaw Labour 9,97426.1% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Cecil Russell Moore Unionist 25,89366.1% Yes
Arthur Walker Brady Labour 13,27433.9% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Cecil Russell Moore Unionist 22,59350.8% Yes
William Ross Labour 21,86549.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 36.9 pts 1835: Whig margin 2.4 pts 1837: Whig margin 1.8 pts 1852: Radical margin 1.4 pts 1865: Liberal margin 6.2 pts 1868: Liberal margin 4.2 pts 1874: Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1880: Liberal margin 23.7 pts 1918: Unionist margin 21.3 pts 1922: Unionist margin 15.0 pts 1923: Unionist margin 10.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 24.5 pts 1929: Unionist margin 9.4 pts 1931: Unionist margin 47.8 pts 1935: Unionist margin 32.2 pts 1945: Unionist margin 1.6 pts 1832 1835 1837 1852 1865 1868 1874 1880 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945

Trend

Ayr Boroughs has been contested at 20 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ayr Boroughs in the 1945 general election?

Unionist won Ayr Boroughs in 1945 with 22,593 votes (50.8%), a majority of 728 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Ayr Boroughs since 1832?

Since 1832, Ayr Boroughs has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Ayr Boroughs?

The closest result on record for Ayr Boroughs was 1874, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 14 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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