East Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)

Thanet East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Thanet East in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
County	Kent
Major settlements	Ramsgate and Broadstairs
February 1974–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Isle of Thanet
Replaced by	Thanet South

Thanet East was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.

Boundaries

The Borough of Ramsgate, and the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peter's.

History

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Feb 1974	Jonathan Aitken	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

General election 1979: Thanet East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election October 1974: Thanet East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election February 1974: Thanet East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)