South Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Thanet County constituency

South Thanet shown within Kent, and Kent shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Stephen Ladyman
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Kent
EP constituency:	South East England

South Thanet is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

South Thanet consists of the southern part of Thanet district (the towns of Ramsgate and Broadstairs & St Peters, plus the villages of Cliffsend, Manston, Minster and Monkton) together with the northern part of Dover district, comprising the ancient Cinque Port of Sandwich and surrounding villages.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Kent, the Boundary Commission for England has made major changes to the existing constituency arrangement as a consequence of population changes across the county.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified constituency are:

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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Jonathan Aitken	Conservative
	1997	Stephen Ladyman	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: South Thanet
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 (politician)	Maude Kinsella	188	0.5	+0.5
Majority			664	1.6
Turnout			41,242	65	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.5

General Election 2001: South Thanet
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 (politician)	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

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)