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East Thanet | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of East Thanet in South East England | |
County | Kent |
Electorate | 73,790 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Polly Billington (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | |
February 1974–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Isle of Thanet |
Replaced by | South Thanet [2] |
East Thanet is a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet in Kent. It previously existed, under the name Thanet East, from 1974 to 1983, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established as East Thanet for the 2024 general election. It is primarily a successor of the South Thanet parliamentary constituency. [3]
The Borough of Ramsgate, and the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peter's.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the District of Thanet wards of Beacon Road, Bradstowe, Central Harbour, Cliffsend & Pegwell, Cliftonville East, Cliftonville West, Dane Valley, Eastcliff, Kingsgate, Margate Central, Nethercourt, Newington, Northwood, St Peters, Salmestone, Sir Moses Montefiore, and Viking. [4]
It comprises those parts of the former constituency of South Thanet in the District of Thanet (83% of the electorate), together with three wards from North Thanet, including Central Margate. [5]
Electoral Calculus categorises the proposed seat as being part of the “Somewheres” demographic, indicating socially conservative, economically soft left views and strong support for Brexit. [6] The High Speed 1 railway service has stimulated some regeneration of Margate and Ramsgate, with many residents moving to the towns from Greater London. [7]
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.
Isle of Thanet prior to 1974
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Jonathan Aitken | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished | ||
South Thanet prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Polly Billington | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Polly Billington | 17,054 | 39.9 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Helen Harrison | 10,083 | 23.6 | −29.9 | |
Reform UK | Paul Webb | 8,591 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Green | Steve Roberts | 4,590 | 10.7 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jai Singh | 1,365 | 3.2 | −2.0 | |
Independent | Grahame Birchall | 563 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Holton | 369 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Mo Shafaei | 98 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,971 | 16.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,713 | 57.0 | −7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 74,940 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
2019 notional result [9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 25,616 | 53.5 | |
Labour | 18,031 | 37.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,486 | 5.2 | |
Green | 1,791 | 3.7 | |
Turnout | 47,924 | 64.9 | |
Electorate | 73,790 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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