Thanet East (UK Parliament constituency)
Thanet East was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.
| Thanet East | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Thanet East in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
| County | Kent |
| Major settlements | Ramsgate and Broadstairs |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Thanet South[1] |
| Created from | Isle of Thanet |
Boundaries
The Borough of Ramsgate, and the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peter's.
History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, when the former constituency of Isle of Thanet was split in two, and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when Thanet East and the neighbouring Thanet West constituency were replaced by new North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Jonathan Aitken | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 20,367 | 57.17 | +11.1 | |
| Labour | I Kilberry | 10,128 | 28.43 | -4.6 | |
| Liberal | B Hesketh | 4,755 | 13.35 | -5.6 | |
| National Front | B Dobing | 376 | 1.06 | -1.0 | |
| Majority | 10,239 | 28.74 | +15.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,625 | 72.72 | +1.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 15,813 | 46.10 | -0.8 | |
| Labour | S Bartlett | 11,310 | 32.97 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal | C Hogarth | 6,472 | 18.87 | -4.6 | |
| National Front | K Munson | 708 | 2.06 | New | |
| Majority | 4,503 | 13.13 | -4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 34,302 | 71.55 | -9.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 17,944 | 46.86 | ||
| Labour | Robert Bean | 11,347 | 29.64 | ||
| Liberal | J Cox | 8,997 | 23.50 | ||
| Majority | 6,597 | 17.22 | |||
| Turnout | 38,289 | 80.53 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "'Thanet East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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