Margate Cliftonville

Last updated January 09, 2024

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.

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