Cliftonville (ward)

Cliftonville
Former electoral ward for the Thanet District Council
Cliftonville ward boundaries from 1979 to 2003
District	Thanet
County	Kent
Electorate	6,375 (1999)
Major settlements	Cliftonville
Former electoral ward
Created	1974
Abolished	2003
Councillors	3
Replaced by	Cliftonville East and Cliftonville West

Cliftonville was an electoral ward in Thanet District, United Kingdom, from 1974 to 2003. It was first used for the 1973 election and last used for the 1999 election. The ward returned three councillors to the Thanet District Council. It was replaced by the Cliftonville East and Cliftonville West wards.

Thanet council elections from 1973 to 1979

The ward was named No. 4 (Margate: Cliftonville) for elections between 1973 and 1979. ^[1]

1973 election

1973 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

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	E. Kearney	467	21.8
Majority
Turnout			1,429	28.2	5,074

1976 election

1976 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Anish	1,563	53.3
	Conservative	D. Dolding	1,337	45.6%
	Conservative	J. Jones	1,273	43.4
	Ratepayers	P. Mendham	1,097	37.4
	Ratepayers	H. Grove	1,063	36.3
	Ratepayers	J. Vaughan	1,010	34.5
	Labour	M. Harvey	313	10.7%
Majority
Turnout			2,930	50.8	5,768

Thanet council elections from 1979 to 2003

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Thanet in 1979. The ward was named Cliftonville for elections between 1979 and 2003. ^[1]

1979 election

1979 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

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
Turnout			3,707	73.2	5,063

1983 election

1983 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

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
Turnout			2,495	46.2	5,395

1987 election

1987 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

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	466
	Liberal	Diane Brown	460
	Independent	William Hysted	360
	Labour	Sandra Baker	299
	Labour	Julian Ravenscroft	254
Majority
Turnout			3,041	42.2	7,039

1991 election

1991 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

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
Turnout			2,458	40.0	6,145

1995 election

1995 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

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
Turnout			2,668	41.2	6,475

1999 election

1999 Thanet District Council election: Cliftonville

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
Turnout			2,071	32.5	6,375

References

1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Thanet District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 6 February 2025.