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    Isle of Thanet, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (18 June 1970), William Rupert Rees-Davies (Conservative Party) won Isle of Thanet, with a majority of 11,725 votes.

    Area type
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    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    15
    Recorded results
    37
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 18 Jun 1970
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    William Rupert Rees-DaviesConservative Party33,43451.9%Yes
    Leonard BishopThe Labour Party21,70933.7%No
    Tudor David GatesLiberal Democrats7,17611.1%No
    Ian JosephsIndependent Conservative2,1363.3%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 31 Mar 1966
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    William Rupert Rees-DaviesConservative Party29,30247.5%Yes
    Leonard BishopThe Labour Party24,41639.6%No
    Frederick RedmanLiberal Democrats7,95212.9%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 15 Oct 1964
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    William Rupert Rees-DaviesConservative Party27,87047.7%Yes
    Ernest WistrichThe Labour Party20,52035.2%No
    David NorringtonLiberal Democrats9,97917.1%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 08 Oct 1959
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    William Rupert Rees-DaviesConservative Party29,45354.5%Yes
    Henry Arthur FountainThe Labour Party17,55532.5%No
    George Edward MacDonald-JonesLiberal Democrats6,99813%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 26 May 1955
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    William Rupert Rees-DaviesConservative Party31,27062.2%Yes
    Kingston JonesThe Labour Party18,98137.8%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 25 Oct 1951
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edward CarsonConservative Party33,55161.6%Yes
    Otto Leslie ShawThe Labour Party20,89238.4%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 23 Feb 1950
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edward CarsonConservative Party31,34555.5%Yes
    Thomas Christopher BoydThe Labour Party20,52236.4%No
    Charles John Verschoyk WrongLiberal Democrats4,5618.1%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 05 Jul 1945
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Edward CarsonConservative Party15,02348.7%Yes
    Thomas Christopher BoydThe Labour Party12,07539.2%No
    Philip John WillmettLiberal Democrats3,73212.1%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 14 Nov 1935
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Harold Harington BalfourConservative Party0—Yes
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 27 Oct 1931
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Harold Harington BalfourConservative Party33,17374.2%Yes
    George Ivor PhillipsLiberal Democrats11,51725.8%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 30 May 1929
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Harold Harington BalfourUnionist22,59552.9%Yes
    Alfred Jesse Suenson-TaylorLiberal Democrats15,64836.6%No
    Edgar Joseph PlaistedThe Labour Party4,49010.5%No
    Isle of Thanet: UK General Election 29 Oct 1924
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Esmond Cecil HarmsworthUnionist21,13065.8%Yes
    Arthur Fairfax Charles Coryndon LuxmooreLiberal Democrats6,77921.1%No
    Dudley Leigh AmanThe Labour Party4,20213.1%No

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