Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK constituency

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.

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

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1885	Edward King-Harman	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1888	James Lowther	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1904	Harry Marks	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1910	Norman Craig	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1919	Esmond Harmsworth	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1929	Harold Balfour	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1945	Edward Carson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1953	William Rees-Davies	Conservative
	1974	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Isle of Thanet ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward King-Harman	Template:Replace	55.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edmund Francis Davies ^[2]	2,670	44.1
Majority			711	11.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,051	76.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			7,941		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1886: Isle of Thanet ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward King-Harman	Template:Replace	72.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Gripper Banks^[4]	1,311	27.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,088	44.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			4,710	59.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			7,941		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	+16.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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

By-election, 29 Jun 1888: Isle of Thanet ^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Lowther	Template:Replace	55.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen	2,889	44.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			658	10.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,436	78.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			8,228		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	−17.1

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Isle of Thanet ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Lowther	Template:Replace	57.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Heber Hart	2,857	42.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,044	15.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,758	68.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,913		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	−14.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1895: Isle of Thanet ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1900s

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1900: Isle of Thanet ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1904 Isle of Thanet by-election^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harry Marks	Template:Replace	52.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Joseph King	3,666	47.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			382	5.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,714	71.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			10,823		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1906: Isle of Thanet ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harry Marks	Template:Replace	51.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Joseph King	3,961	39.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Frederick E McCormick Goodhart	925	9.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,193	11.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			10,040	84.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			11,891		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Isle of Thanet ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Norman Craig	Template:Replace	66.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Julian William Wellesley Weigall	3,410	33.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			3,482	33.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			10,302	81.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			12,588		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	+11.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election December 1910: Isle of Thanet ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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;

Unionist: Norman Craig
Liberal:

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918 Template:Election box end 1918

General Election 1918: Isle of Thanet^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

1919 Isle of Thanet by-election^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Esmond Harmsworth	Template:Replace	57.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William J. West	7,058	42.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,653	15.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			16,769	52.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			31,767		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1920s

1922 general election: Isle of Thanet^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Esmond Harmsworth	Template:Replace	61.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alfred Suenson-Taylor	10,226	38.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,890	22.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			26,342	68.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			38,500		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1923: Isle of Thanet^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Esmond Harmsworth	Template:Replace	50.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Reginald Rait	13,773	49.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			48	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			27,594	69.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			39,679		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	−11.1

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1924: Isle of Thanet^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Esmond Harmsworth	Template:Replace	65.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Luxmoore	6,779	21.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Dudley Aman	4,202	13.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			14,351	44.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			32,111	77.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			41,395		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	+22.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1929: Isle of Thanet^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harold Balfour	Template:Replace	52.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alfred Suenson-Taylor	15,648	36.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edgar Joseph Plaisted	4,490	10.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			6,947	16.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			42,733	73.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			58,330		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	−14.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Isle of Thanet^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harold Balfour	Template:Replace	74.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Ivor Phillips	11,517	25.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			21,656	48.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			44,690	73.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1935: Isle of Thanet^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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;

Conservative: Harold Balfour
Liberal: Richard Pope-Hennessy^[22]
Labour: FW Mellanby^[23]

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Isle of Thanet ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Carson	Template:Replace	48.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas Boyd	12,075	39.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Philip John Willmett	3,732	12.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,948	9.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			30,830	69.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Isle of Thanet ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Carson	Template:Replace	55.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Christopher Boyd	20,522	36.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Wrong	4,561	8.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			10,823	19.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			56,431	83.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1951: Isle of Thanet ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Carson	Template:Replace	61.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Otto Shaw	20,892	38.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			12,659	23.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			54,444	78.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1953 Isle of Thanet by-election^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Rees-Davies	Template:Replace	61.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Frank Woodbridge	15,935	38.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			9,326	22.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			41,196	58.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1955: Isle of Thanet ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Rees-Davies	Template:Replace	62.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kingston Jones	18,981	37.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			12,289	24.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			50,251	71.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1959: Isle of Thanet ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Rees-Davies	Template:Replace	54.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Henry Fountain	17,555	32.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George MacDonald-Jones	6,998	13.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			11,898	22.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			54,007	75.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Isle of Thanet ^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Rees-Davies	Template:Replace	47.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ernest Wistrich	20,520	35.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Norrington	9,979	17.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			7,350	12.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			58,369	74.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1966: Isle of Thanet ^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Rees-Davies	Template:Replace	47.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Leonard John A Bishop	24,416	39.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Frederick G Redman	7,952	12.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			4,886	7.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			61,670	75.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Isle of Thanet ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Rees-Davies	Template:Replace	51.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Leonard John A Bishop	21,709	33.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tudor Gates	7,176	11.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ian Josephs	2,136	3.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			11,725	18.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			64,458	72.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 146 (170 in web page), Kent
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

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[3] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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[5] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[Year_Book-6] The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 146 (170 in web page), Kent

[7] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[8] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[9] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[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

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[28] British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

[29] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973

[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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Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)

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Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

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Elections in the 1970s

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