Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)

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Isle of Thanet
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Thanet1955Constiuency.svg
Isle of Thanet in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1955-1974
1885–February 1974
Seatsone
Created from East Kent
Replaced by Thanet East, Thanet West

Isle of Thanet was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885, until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Contents

It was located on the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Margate, Ramsgate, and Sandwich, the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peters, and the Rural District of Isle of Thanet.

1950–1974: The Boroughs of Margate and Ramsgate, the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peters, and in the Rural District of Eastry the parishes of Acol, Minster, Monkton, St Nicholas at Wade, and Sarre.

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1885 Edward King-Harman Conservative
1888 James Lowther Conservative
1904 Harry Marks Conservative
1910 Norman Craig Conservative
1919 Esmond Harmsworth Unionist
1929 Harold Balfour Unionist
1945 Edward Carson Conservative
1953 William Rees-Davies Conservative
1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Isle of Thanet [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward King-Harman 3,381 55.9
Liberal Edmund Francis Davies [2] 2,67044.1
Majority71111.8
Turnout 6,05176.2
Registered electors 7,941
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Isle of Thanet [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward King-Harman 3,399 72.2 +16.3
Liberal Edward Gripper Banks [4] 1,31127.8-16.3
Majority2,08844.4+32.6
Turnout 4,71059.3-16.9
Registered electors 7,941
Conservative hold Swing +16.3

King-Harman's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 29 Jun 1888: Isle of Thanet [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lowther 3,547 55.1 −17.1
Liberal Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen 2,88944.9+17.1
Majority65810.2−34.2
Turnout 6,43678.2+18.9
Registered electors 8,228
Conservative hold Swing −17.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Isle of Thanet [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lowther 3,901 57.7 −14.5
Liberal Heber Hart 2,85742.3+14.5
Majority1,04415.4−29.0
Turnout 6,75868.2+8.9
Registered electors 9,913
Conservative hold Swing −14.5
General election 1895: Isle of Thanet [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lowther Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Isle of Thanet [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lowther Unopposed
Conservative hold
1904 Isle of Thanet by-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Marks 4,048 52.5 N/A
Liberal Joseph King 3,66647.5New
Majority3825.0N/A
Turnout 7,71471.3N/A
Registered electors 10,823
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1906: Isle of Thanet [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Marks 5,154 51.3 N/A
Liberal Joseph King 3,96139.5N/A
Ind. Conservative Frederick E McCormick Goodhart9259.2New
Majority1,19311.8N/A
Turnout 10,04084.4N/A
Registered electors 11,891
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Isle of Thanet [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Craig 6,892 66.9 +15.6
Liberal Julian William Wellesley Weigall3,41033.1−6.4
Majority3,48233.8+22.0
Turnout 10,30281.8−2.6
Registered electors 12,588
Conservative hold Swing +11.0
General election December 1910: Isle of Thanet [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Craig Unopposed
Conservative hold

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1918: Isle of Thanet [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Norman Craig Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
1919 Isle of Thanet by-election [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Esmond Harmsworth 9,711 57.9 N/A
Liberal William J. West 7,05842.1New
Majority2,65315.8N/A
Turnout 16,76952.8N/A
Registered electors 31,767
Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1922 general election: Isle of Thanet [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Esmond Harmsworth 16,116 61.2 N/A
Liberal Alfred Suenson-Taylor 10,22638.8N/A
Majority5,89022.4N/A
Turnout 26,34268.4N/A
Registered electors 38,500
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Isle of Thanet [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Esmond Harmsworth 13,821 50.1 −11.1
Liberal Reginald Rait13,77349.9+11.1
Majority480.2−22.2
Turnout 27,59469.5+1.1
Registered electors 39,679
Unionist hold Swing −11.1
General election 1924: Isle of Thanet [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Esmond Harmsworth 21,130 65.8 +15.7
Liberal Arthur Luxmoore 6,77921.1−28.8
Labour Dudley Aman 4,20213.1New
Majority14,35144.7+44.5
Turnout 32,11177.6+8.1
Registered electors 41,395
Unionist hold Swing +22.3
General election 1929: Isle of Thanet [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Harold Balfour 22,595 52.9 −12.9
Liberal Alfred Suenson-Taylor 15,64836.6+15.5
Labour Edgar Joseph Plaisted4,49010.5−2.6
Majority6,94716.3−28.4
Turnout 42,73373.3−4.3
Registered electors 58,330
Unionist hold Swing −14.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Isle of Thanet [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Balfour 33,173 74.2 +21.3
Liberal George Ivor Phillips11,51725.8-10.8
Majority21,65648.4+32.1
Turnout 44,69073.6+0.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Isle of Thanet [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Balfour Unopposed
Conservative hold

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Isle of Thanet [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Carson 15,023 48.7 N/A
Labour Thomas Boyd 12,07539.2New
Liberal Philip John Willmett3,73212.1New
Majority2,9489.5N/A
Turnout 30,83069.2N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Isle of Thanet [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Carson 31,345 55.5 +6.8
Labour Christopher Boyd 20,52236.4-2.8
Liberal Charles Wrong4,5618.1-4.0
Majority10,82319.1+9.6
Turnout 56,43183.0+13.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Isle of Thanet [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Carson 33,551 61.6 +6.1
Labour Otto Shaw20,89238.4+2.0
Majority12,65923.2+4.1
Turnout 54,44478.0-5.0
Conservative hold Swing
1953 Isle of Thanet by-election [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Rees-Davies 25,261 61.3 -0.3
Labour Frank Woodbridge15,93538.7+0.3
Majority9,32622.6-0.6
Turnout 41,19658.7-21.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Isle of Thanet [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Rees-Davies 31,270 62.2 +0.6
Labour Kingston Jones18,98137.8-0.6
Majority12,28924.4+1.2
Turnout 50,25171.9-6.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Isle of Thanet [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Rees-Davies 29,453 54.5 -7.7
Labour Henry Fountain17,55532.5-5.3
Liberal George MacDonald-Jones6,99813.0New
Majority11,89822.0-2.4
Turnout 54,00775.1+3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Isle of Thanet [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Rees-Davies 27,870 47.7 -6.8
Labour Ernest Wistrich20,52035.2+2.7
Liberal David Norrington9,97917.1+4.1
Majority7,35012.5-9.5
Turnout 58,36974.2-0.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Isle of Thanet [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Rees-Davies 29,302 47.5 -0.2
Labour Leonard John A Bishop24,41639.6+4.4
Liberal Frederick G Redman7,95212.9-4.2
Majority4,8867.9-4.6
Turnout 61,67075.7+1.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Isle of Thanet [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Rees-Davies 33,434 51.9 +4.4
Labour Leonard John A Bishop21,70933.7-5.9
Liberal Tudor Gates 7,17611.1-1.8
Ind. Conservative Ian Josephs2,1363.3New
Majority11,72518.2+10.3
Turnout 64,45872.2-3.5
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "The General Election" . The Morning Post . 2 December 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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  10. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  12. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  13. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  14. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  15. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  16. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  17. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  18. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  19. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  20. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  21. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  22. ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
  23. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  24. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
  25. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  26. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  27. ↑ "1953 by Elections". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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  30. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  31. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  32. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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