Thanet West (UK Parliament constituency)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Feb 1974 | William Rees-Davies | Conservative |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | J. F. Little | 8,576 | 26.21 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | D. Payne | 6,017 | 18.39 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 9,546 | 29.18 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 32,715 | 71.60 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | C. J. Smith | 8,655 | 28.51 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | I. G. Tiltman | 7,935 | 26.14 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 5,108 | 16.83 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 30,353 | 69.14 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | I. G. Tiltman | 9,220 | 27.06 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | D. Ramage | 7,969 | 23.39 | ||
| Majority | 7,660 | 22.49 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 34,069 | 78.09 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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