Ayr - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Ayr constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Ayr
Region	Scotland
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2001	Labour
	Election 1997	Labour
	Election 1992	Conservative
	Election 1987	Conservative
	Election 1983	Conservative
	Election 1979	Conservative
	Election 1974 (October)	Conservative
	Election 1974 (February)	Conservative

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	16,801	43.57%	-4.87%
	Conservative	14,256	36.97%	+3.15%
	SNP	4,621	11.98%	-0.58%
	Liberal Democrat	2,089	5.42%	+0.69%
	Minor	692	1.79%	N/A
	UKIP	101	0.26%	N/A
Majority		2,545	6.60%
Turnout		38,560	69.32%	-10.85%
Electorate		55,630
Swing from LAB to CON			4.01%
Swing from LAB to SNP			2.14%
Swing from SNP to CON			1.87%
	Labour hold

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,679	48.44%	+7.84%
	Conservative	15,136	33.82%	-6.93%
	SNP	5,625	12.57%	+1.63%
	Liberal Democrat	2,116	4.73%	-2.75%
	Minor	200	0.45%	N/A
Majority		6,543	14.62%
Turnout		44,756	80.17%	-2.85%
Electorate		55,829
Swing from CON to LAB			7.39%
Swing from SNP to LAB			3.10%
Swing from CON to SNP			4.28%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	22,172	40.75%	+1.32%
	Labour	22,087	40.60%	+1.51%
	SNP	5,949	10.93%	+4.25%
	Liberal Democrat	4,067	7.48%	N/A
	Minor	132	0.24%	N/A
Majority		85	0.16%
Turnout		54,407	83.02%	+3.10%
Electorate		65,534
Swing from CON to LAB			0.09%
Swing from CON to SNP			1.47%
Swing from LAB to SNP			1.37%
	Conservative hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	20,942	39.43%	-3.36%
	Labour	20,760	39.09%	+12.32%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	7,859	14.80%	-10.77%
	SNP	3,548	6.68%	+1.80%
Majority		182	0.34%
Turnout		53,109	79.92%	+3.27%
Electorate		66,450
Swing from CON to LAB			7.84%
Swing from ALL to CON			3.70%
Swing from ALL to LAB			11.55%
	Conservative hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	21,325	42.79%	-0.47%
	Labour	13,338	26.76%	-10.17%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	12,740	25.56%	N/A
	SNP	2,431	4.88%	-4.27%
Majority		7,987	16.03%
Turnout		49,834	76.66%	-3.16%
Electorate		65,010
Swing from LAB to CON			4.85%
Swing from CON to ALL			13.02%
Swing from LAB to ALL			17.87%
	Conservative hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	18,907	43.27%	+0.89%
	Labour	16,139	36.93%	+2.36%
	Liberal	4,656	10.65%	+4.33%
	SNP	3,998	9.15%	-7.58%
Majority		2,768	6.33%
Turnout		43,700	79.81%	+0.41%
Electorate		54,753
Swing from CON to LAB			0.73%
Swing from CON to LIB			1.72%
Swing from LAB to LIB			0.99%
	Conservative hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	17,487	42.37%	-8.08%
	Labour	14,268	34.57%	-3.99%
	SNP	6,902	16.72%	+5.74%
	Liberal	2,611	6.33%	N/A
Majority		3,219	7.80%
Turnout		41,268	79.40%	-3.75%
Electorate		51,976
Swing from CON to LAB			2.05%
Swing from CON to SNP			6.91%
Swing from LAB to SNP			4.87%
	Conservative hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	21,626	50.46%	N/A
	Labour	16,528	38.56%	N/A
	SNP	4,706	10.98%	N/A
Majority		5,098	11.89%
Turnout		42,860	83.15%	N/A
Electorate		51,546

	Conservative win

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