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North Thanet

Every general election in North Thanet since 1997 (until 2019). Latest: Roger Gale, Conservative, majority 17,189.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Roger Gale Elected sitting MPConservative30,06662.4%
Coral JonesLabour12,87726.7%
Angie CurwenLiberal Democrats3,4397.1%
Rob EdwardsGreen1,7963.7%
Valid votes48,178
Majority17,18935.7%

Con hold Turnout 66.2% of 72,756 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1997200120052010201520172019Conservative, 1997: 44.1%Conservative, 2001: 50.3%Conservative, 2005: 49.6%Conservative, 2010: 52.7%Conservative, 2015: 49.0%Conservative, 2017: 56.2%Conservative, 2019: 62.4%Labour, 1997: 38.4%Labour, 2001: 34.4%Labour, 2005: 32.2%Labour, 2010: 21.5%Labour, 2015: 17.9%Labour, 2017: 34.0%Labour, 2019: 26.7%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 11.4%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 11.0%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 14.4%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 19.4%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 3.5%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 3.3%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 7.1%UK Independence Party, 2010: 6.5%UK Independence Party, 2015: 25.7%UK Independence Party, 2017: 4.6%
Vote share in North Thanet at each general election Con Lab LD UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old North Thanet (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con Roger GaleLab17,18935.766.2%Con hold
2017Con Roger GaleLab10,73822.266.5%Con hold
2015Con Roger GaleUKIP10,94823.365.8%Con hold
2010Con Roger GaleLab13,52831.263.2%Con hold
2005ConLab7,63417.560.3%
2001ConLab6,65015.959.0%Con hold
1997ConLab2,7665.768.8%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won North Thanet?

Roger Gale (Conservative) won North Thanet at the 2019 general election with a majority of 17,189.

Which parties have won North Thanet?

At the 7 general elections held under this name since 1997: Conservative 7.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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