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 YearMemberParty 1885 Edward King-Harman Conservative 1888 James Lowther Conservative 1904 Harry Marks Conservative 1910 Norman Craig Conservative 1919 Esmond Harmsworth Unionist 1929 Harold Balfour Unionist 1945 Edward Carson Conservative 1953 William Rees-Davies Conservative 1974 constituency abolished
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; Unionist: Norman Craig Liberal:
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; Conservative: Harold Balfour Liberal: Richard Pope-HennessyThe Liberal Magazine, 1939 Labour: FW MellanbyReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References