Margate Salmestone was a ward of Margate Municipal District prior to 1973. When the Municipal District was included in the Thanet Borough in 1974, Salmestone ward elected three councillors to the new Borough, but following the boundary changes of 1979 this was reduced to two councillors.
Elections 1973 Election
1976 Election
1979 Election
1983 Election
1987 Election
1991 Election
3,736 38.5% 1,438
1995 Election
1999 Election
3,657 23.3% 852
2003 Election
2007 Election