Margate Cliftonville was a ward of Margate Municipal District prior to 1973. When the Municipal District was included in the Thanet Borough in 1974, Cliftonville ward elected 3 councillors to the new Borough at the elections of 1973 through to 2003, when it underwent boundary changes.
1973 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | H Anish | 1,669 | 77.4% | ||
| Conservative | J Jones | 1,518 | 70.8% | ||
| Conservative | S Knight | 1,503 | 70.1% | ||
| Labour | J Finegold | 484 | 22.6% | ||
| Labour | J Rowland | 481 | 22.4% | ||
| Labour | Mrs E Kearney | 467 | 21.8% | ||
| Majority | 1,185,1,034,1,019 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,429 | 28.2% | 5,074 | ||
1976 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | H Anish | 1,563 | 53.3% | ||
| Conservative | D Dolding | 1,337 | 45.6% | ||
| Conservative | J Jones | 1,273 | 43.4% | ||
| Independent | P Mendham (Ratepayer) | 1,097 | 37.4% | ||
| Independent | H Grove (Ratepayer) | 1,063 | 36.3% | ||
| Independent | J Vaughan (Ratepayer) | 1,010 | 34.5% | ||
| Labour | Mrs M Harvey | 313 | 10.7% | ||
| Majority | 466,240,176 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,930 | 50.8% | 5,768 | ||
1979 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | H Anish | 2,297 | % | ||
| Conservative | D Dolding | 1,877 | % | ||
| Conservative | J Jones | 1,851 | % | ||
| Independent | H St John | 819 | % | ||
| Independent | J Cammack | 772 | % | ||
| Independent | S Papa-Adams | 727 | % | ||
| Labour | J Nicholson | 591 | % | ||
| Majority | 1,478,1,058,1,032 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,707 | 73.2% | 5,063 | ||
1983 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | F Cheshire | 1,110 | % | ||
| Independent | J Tappenden | 1,056 | % | ||
| Conservative | G Selmers | 1,034 | % | ||
| Conservative | J Jones | 987 | % | ||
| Independent | K Jones | 906 | % | ||
| Independent | A Cella | 854 | % | ||
| Labour | S Rowland | 329 | % | ||
| Labour | M Green | 316 | % | ||
| Liberal | B Chance | 190 | % | ||
| Liberal | D Brown | 189 | % | ||
| Liberal | J Stocken | 185 | % | ||
| Majority | 132,78,56 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,495 | 46.2% | 5,395 | ||
1987 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Frederick Brench | 997 | % | ||
| Independent | Colin Cuthbert | 983 | % | ||
| Conservative | Rozanne Duncan | 942 | % | ||
| Liberal | Anthony Regan | 762 | % | ||
| Liberal | John Sparkes | 480 | % | ||
| Independent | John Rootes (politician) | 466 | % | ||
| Liberal | Diane Brown | 460 | % | ||
| Independent | William Hysted | 360 | % | ||
| Labour | Sandra Baker | 299 | % | ||
| Labour | Julian Ravenscroft | 254 | % | ||
| Majority | 235,221,180 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,041 | 42.2% | 7,039 | ||
1991 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Henry Callaghan | 1,337 | % | ||
| Conservative | Ronald Garretty | 1,295 | % | ||
| Conservative | Rozanne Duncan | 1,281 | % | ||
| Independent | Maurice Ezekiel | 858 | % | ||
| Labour | Kathleen Coe | 639 | % | ||
| Labour | Ruth Ford | 585 | % | ||
| Majority | 479,437,423 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,458 | 40.0% | 6,145 | ||
1995 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kathleen Coe | 1,036 | 38.8% | ||
| Labour | P Cambridge | 1,034 | 38.8% | ||
| Conservative | I Gregory | 998 | 37.4% | ||
| Conservative | Ronald Garretty | 973 | 36.5% | ||
| Labour | T Ali | 966 | 36.2% | ||
| Conservative | Maurice Ezekiel | 959 | 35.9% | ||
| Independent | J Hone | 524 | 19.6% | ||
| Independent | Henry Callaghan | 491 | 18.4% | ||
| Independent | A Waddilove | 445 | 16.7% | ||
| Majority | 63,61,25 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,668 | 41.2% | 6,475 | ||
1999 Election
| Margate Cliftonville ward | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sandy Ezekiel | 1,223 | % | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Waddilove | 1,142 | % | ||
| Conservative | Brian Sullivan | 1,138 | % | ||
| Labour | Neville Hampton | 797 | % | ||
| Labour | Paul Cooke | 784 | % | ||
| Labour | Beryl Stapley | 747 | % | ||
| Majority | 439,358,354 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,071 | 32.5% | 6,375 | ||
The election of 2003 was fought on revised boundaries and Cliftonville ward had been split between Cliftonville West and Cliftonville East, each electing three councillors.