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Revision as of 02:10, 28 March 2015
South Thanet | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
Electorate | 67,970 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Ramsgate, Broadstairs and Sandwich |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Laura Sandys (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Thanet West, Thanet East |
South Thanet is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK parliament since 2010 by Laura Sandys, a Conservative.[n 2]
History
South Thanet and North Thanet were created in 1983 by a rearrangement of the former Thanet West and Thanet East constituencies, which in turn had been created in 1974 by the splitting of the single Isle of Thanet seat.
Constituency profile
Tourism is an important economic activity with entertainment and beaches, particularly at Broadstairs. The constituency also includes part of the Stour Valley Walk, which passes through Sandwich on its way to Canterbury and beyond. There are picturesque villages with oast houses. The amount of fishing and coastal trade is much reduced relative to the 19th century, and is small compared to many other British ports. The seat has a higher proportion of retired people than the national average[2] and incomes tend to be clustered around the national mean.[3] Economic developments have included the nearby Thanet Offshore Wind Project as well as commercial, recreational and tourism activities. Farming, trades, and Ramsgate harbour provide much of the employment. Pharmaceuticals received a blow when Pfizer withdrew from the area. The unemployed claimant count, at 5.4%, was the highest of the South East's 84 constituencies at the end of 2010, and greater than the national average of 3.8%.[n 3][4] Since 1983 the seat has been a bellwether.
Boundaries
South Thanet consists of the southern and eastern part of Thanet district (the towns of Ramsgate and Broadstairs, the Cliftonville area of Margate and the village of Cliffsend) together with the northern part of Dover district, comprising the ancient Cinque Port of Sandwich and surrounding villages.
Since the constituency 2010 general election, South Thanet includes the following electoral wards:
- Little Stour and Ashstone, and Sandwich from the district of Dover
- Beacon Road, Bradstowe, Central Harbour, Cliffsend and Pegwell, Cliftonville East, Cliftonville West, Eastcliff, Kingsgate, Nethercourt, Newington, Northwood, St Peters, Sir Moses Montefiore and Viking from the district of Thanet.[5]
Former Boundaries
Until 2010, South Thanet included the area around Minster and Monkton, now part of North Thanet. Cliftonville was gained in return for this area in 2010. There were also some minor changes to the boundary of the southern end of the constituency in the Dover district.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Jonathan Aitken | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Stephen Ladyman | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Laura Sandys | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
We are the Reality Party | Nigel Askew[16][non-primary source needed] | ||||
Manston Airport Independent Party | Ruth Bailey | ||||
Independent | Grahame Birchall[17] | ||||
Green | Ian Driver | ||||
UKIP | Nigel Farage | ||||
Conservative | Craig Mackinlay | ||||
Free United Kingdom Party | The Pub Landlord (Al Murray) | ||||
Labour | Will Scobie | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Russ Timpson | ||||
Al-Zebabist Nation of OOOG | Prophet Zebadiah (Robert Boaler)[18] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laura Sandys | 22,043 | 48.0 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Ladyman | 14,426 | 31.4 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Bucklitsch | 6,935 | 15.1 | +2.9 | |
UKIP | Trevor Shonk | 2,529 | 5.5 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 7,617 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 45,933 | 65.3 | 0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Ladyman | 16,660 | 40.4 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | Mark MacGregor | 15,996 | 38.8 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Voizey | 5,431 | 13.2 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage | 2,079 | 5.0 | +3.7 | |
Green | Howard Green | 888 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Maude Kinsella | 188 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 664 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 41,242 | 65 | 1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Ladyman | 18,002 | 45.7 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Mark MacGregor | 16,210 | 41.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Voizey | 3,706 | 9.4 | −2.3 | |
Independent | William Baldwin | 770 | 2.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Terry Eccott | 502 | 1.3 | −0.1 | |
National Front | Bernard Franklin | 242 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,792 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 39,432 | 63.9 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Ladyman | 20,777 | 46.2 | − | |
Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 17,899 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Hewitt-Silk | 5,263 | 11.7 | ||
Independent | C Crook | 631 | 1.4 | ||
Green | David Wheatley | 418 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 2,878 | ||||
Turnout | 44,488 | 71.6 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 25,253 | 51.7 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Mark S. James | 13,740 | 28.1 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Pitt | 8,948 | 18.3 | −6.4 | |
Green | Ms. Sue Peckham | 871 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,513 | 23.6 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,812 | 78.2 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 25,135 | 54.3 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Bill Pitt | 11,452 | 24.8 | +0.7 | |
Labour | C. Wright | 9,673 | 20.9 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 13,683 | 29.6 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,260 | 73.7 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 24,512 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | I. Josephs | 10,461 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Clark | 8,429 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,051 | 32.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,402 | 70.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Third and second were North Thanet and Hastings and Rye
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "2011 Census Interactive - ONS". Ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Check Browser Settings". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England" (PDF). Official-documents.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ "Airport campaigner to stand in 2015 General Election". Thanetgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Thanet Green Party - People". Thanet.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Ben Quinn. "Nigel Farage selected by Ukip to fight South Thanet constituency in 2015". the Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Conservatives choose Craig Mackinlay to stand in Thanet South where UKIP leader Nigel Farage may also stand". Kent Online. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "The Guv's common sense message to the UK". YouTube. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Russ Timpson". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Pub Landlord Al Murray talks about Thanet South and the election". Isle of Thanet Gazette. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Manuel, Rob (2 March 2015). "South Thanet parliamentary candidate claims Nigel Farage picked seat because of its "fascist" past". Mirror. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.eastkentrealityparty.co.uk/
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ynmp2015
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ http://rt.com/uk/233831-zebab-troll-ukip-farage/
- ^ "UKPollingReport Election Guide 2010 » Thanet South". Ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.