Thanet West (UK Parliament constituency)
| Thanet West | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Thanet West in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
| County | Kent |
| Major settlements | Margate |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Isle of Thanet |
| Replaced by | Thanet North and Thanet South[1] |
Thanet West was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.
It 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 West and the neighbouring Thanet East constituency were replaced by new North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies.
Boundaries
The Borough of Margate, and in the Rural District of Eastry the parishes of Acol, Minster, Monkton, St Nicholas at Wade, and Sarre.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | William Rees-Davies | Conservative |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Rees-Davies | 18,122 | 55.39 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | J. F. Little | 8,576 | 26.21 | −2.3 | |
| Liberal | D. Payne | 6,017 | 18.39 | −7.7 | |
| Majority | 9,546 | 29.18 | +12.3 | ||
| Turnout | 32,715 | 71.60 | +2.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Rees-Davies | 13,763 | 45.34 | −4.2 | |
| Labour | C. J. Smith | 8,655 | 28.51 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal | I. G. Tiltman | 7,935 | 26.14 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 5,108 | 16.83 | −5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 30,353 | 69.14 | −9.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Rees-Davies | 16,880 | 49.55 | ||
| Liberal | I. G. Tiltman | 9,220 | 27.06 | ||
| Labour | D. Ramage | 7,969 | 23.39 | ||
| Majority | 7,660 | 22.49 | |||
| Turnout | 34,069 | 78.09 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "'Thanet West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.