North Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North Thanet County constituency |
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| North Thanet shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Roger Gale |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Kent |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
North Thanet is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
North Thanet constists of the northern part of Thanet district (Margate, Westgate-on-Sea, Birchington-on-Sea, and the villages of Acol, St Nicholas-at-Wade and Sarre) plus the town of Herne Bay in the City of Canterbury.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituency boundaries as a consequence of population changes.
The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified North Thanet constituency are:
- From the district of Thanet - Birchington North, Birchington South, Dane Valley, Garlinge, Margate Central, Salmestone, Thanet Villages, Westbrook, and Westgate-on-Sea;
- From the city of Canterbury - Greenhill and Eddington, Herne and Broomfield, Heron, Marshside, Reculver and West Bay.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Roger Gale | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: North Thanet | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roger Gale | 21,699 | 49.6 | -0.7 | |
| Labour | Iris Johnston | 14,065 | 32.2 | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Barnard | 6,279 | 14.4 | +3.4 | |
| UKIP | Timothy Stocks | 1,689 | 3.9 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 7,634 | 17.5 | |||
| Turnout | 43,732 | 60.1 | 1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: North Thanet | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roger Gale | 21,050 | 50.3 | +6.2 | |
| Labour | James Stewart Laing | 14,400 | 34.4 | -4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Seth Proctor | 4,603 | 11.0 | -0.4 | |
| UKIP | John Moore | 980 | 2.3 | +1.4 | |
| Independent (politician) | David Shortt | 440 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| National Front | Thomas Holmes | 395 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,650 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 41,868 | 59.0 | -9.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
