Thanet East (UK Parliament constituency)

Thanet East was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.

Boundaries

The Municipal 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

General Election 1979: Thanet East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Aitken	20,367	57.17
	Labour	I Kilberry	10,128	28.43
	Liberal	B Hesketh	4,755	13.35
	National Front	B Dobing	376	1.06
Majority			10,239	28.74
Turnout			35,625	72.72
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election October 1974: Thanet East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Aitken	15,813	46.10
	Labour	S Bartlett	11,310	32.97
	Liberal	C Hogarth	6,472	18.87
	National Front	K Munson	708	2.06
Majority			4,503	13.13
Turnout			34,302	71.55
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election February 1974: Thanet East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Aitken	17,944	46.86
	Labour	Robert Ernest Bean	11,347	29.64
	Liberal	J Cox	8,997	23.50
Majority			6,597	17.23
Turnout			38,289	80.53
	Conservative win

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)

Coordinates: 51°21′N 1°24′E / 51.350°N 1.400°E / 51.350; 1.400

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