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Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament 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

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

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

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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;

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

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;

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

  1. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  2. ^ "The General Election". The Morning Post. 2 December 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. ^ "The General Election". Aberdeen Free Press. 10 July 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  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
  27. ^ "1953 by Elections". by-elections.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  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