County Kent Created from Isle of Thanet | Number of members 1 Major settlements Ramsgate, Broadstairs | |
Replaced by Isle of Thanet, South Thanet | ||
Thanet East was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.
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Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Ramsgate, and the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peters.
History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, when the former constituency of Isle of Thanet was split in two, and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when Thanet East and the neighbouring Thanet West constituency were replaced by new North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies.
References
Thanet East (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA