Thanet West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Thanet West was a British
parliamentary constituency
in the Isle of Thanet
, in Kent
.
It was created for the February 1974 general election
, and returned one Member of Parliament
to the House of Commons
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. The former constituency of Isle of Thanet
was split into Thanet West (around Margate) and Thanet East
(Ramsgate and Broadstairs).
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.
United Kingdom
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parliamentary constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
in the Isle of Thanet
Isle of Thanet
The Isle of Thanet lies at the most easterly point of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the nearly -wide River Wantsum, it is no longer an island ....
, in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
.
It was created for the February 1974 general election
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...
, and returned one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. The former constituency of Isle of Thanet
Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)
Isle of Thanet was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885, until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election....
was split into Thanet West (around Margate) and Thanet East
Thanet East (UK Parliament constituency)
Thanet East was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent. It consisted of the coastal towns of Ramsgate and Broadstairs.Jonathan Aitken was the MP for the lifetime of the constituency, from February 1974 until 1983.-History:...
(Ramsgate and Broadstairs).
It was abolished for the 1983 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1983
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...
, when Thanet West and the neighbouring Thanet East constituency
Thanet East (UK Parliament constituency)
Thanet East was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent. It consisted of the coastal towns of Ramsgate and Broadstairs.Jonathan Aitken was the MP for the lifetime of the constituency, from February 1974 until 1983.-History:...
were replaced by new North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| Feb 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
William Rees-Davies William Rees-Davies William Rupert Rees-Davies was a British Conservative politician.Rees-Davies was the son of Sir William Rees-Davies, Chief Justice of Hong Kong. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained a cricket blue. He was a barrister, called to the bar by Inner Temple in... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945... |
constituency abolished | ||