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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		43,402/62,702	69.22
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,512	56.48
Ian Richard Philip Josephs	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,461	24.10
Martin Andrew Clarke	Labour Party	8,429	19.42
Majority		14,051	32.37

11 June 1987		46,260/63,408	72.96
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,135	54.33
William Henry Pitt	Liberal Party in Alliance	11,452	24.76
Christopher Wright	Labour Party	9,673	20.91
Majority		13,683	29.58

9 April 1992		48,812/62,441	78.17
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,253	51.74
Mark James	Labour Party	13,740	28.15
William Henry Pitt	Liberal Democrats	8,948	18.33
Susan Peckham	Green Party	871	1.78
Majority		11,513	23.59

1 May 1997		44,988/62,792	71.65
Dr Stephen John Ladyman	Labour Party	20,777	46.18
Rt Hon Jonathan William Patrick Aitken	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,899	39.79
Barbara Mary Hewett-Silk	Liberal Democrats	5,263	11.70
Clarence Paul Crook	UK Independence Party	631	1.40
David Wheatley	Green Party	418	0.93
Majority		2,878	6.40

June 1997 Jonathan Aitken resigns from the Privy Council following the collapse of his marriage and libel case against the Guardian newspaper alleging impropriety whilst in office.

7 June 2001		39,431/61,462	64.16
Dr Stephen John Ladyman	Labour Party	18,002	45.65
Mark Christopher Macgregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,210	41.11
Guy Stuart Bennett Voizey	Liberal Democrats	3,706	9.40
William Baldwin	Independent	770	1.95
Terry Alan Eccott	UK Independence Party	501	1.27
Bernard Frederick Franklin	National Front	242	0.61
Majority		1,792	4.54

5 May 2005		41,242/63,436	65.01
Dr Stephen John Ladyman	Labour Party	16,660	40.40
Mark Christopher MacGregor	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,996	38.79
Guy Stuart Bennett Voizey	Liberal Democrats	5,431	13.17
Nigel Paul Farage	UK Independence Party	2,079	5.04
Howard Leonard Green	Green Party	888	2.15
Maud Kinsella	Independent	188	0.46
Majority		664	1.61

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,933/70,045	65.58
Hon Laura Jane Sandys	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,043	47.99
Dr Stephen John Ladyman	Labour Party	14,426	31.41
Peter James Bucklitsch	Liberal Democrats	6,935	15.10
Trevor Leslie Shonk	UK Independence Party	2,529	5.51
Majority		7,617	16.58

7 May 2015		49,401/70,182	70.39
Craig Mackinlay	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,838	38.13
Nigel Paul Farage	UK Independence Party	16,026	32.44
Will Scobie	Labour Party	11,740	23.76
Ian Driver	Green Party	1,076	2.18
Russell James Timpson	Liberal Democrats	932	1.89
Al Murray	Free UK	318	0.64
Ruth Angela Bailey	Manston Airport Independent	191	0.39
Nigel Askew	We Are The Reality P	126	0.26
Grahame George Birchall	United Thanet	63	0.13
Dean Bert McCastree	Independent	61	0.12
Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah	Al-Zebabist Nation o	30	0.06
Majority		2,812	5.69

8 June 2017		49,753/72,334	68.78
Craig Mackinlay	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,262	50.77
Raushan Ara	Labour Party	18,875	37.94
Stuart Piper	UK Independence Party	2,997	6.02
Jordan Williams	Liberal Democrats	1,514	3.04
Trevor Roper	Green Party	809	1.63
Tim Garbutt	Independent	181	0.36
Faith Fisher	Christian Alliance	115	0.23
Majority		6,387	12.84

12 December 2019		48,257/73,302	65.83
Craig Mackinlay	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,084	56.12
Rebecca Joanne Gordon-Nesbitt	Labour Party	16,497	34.19
Martyn Pennington	Liberal Democrats	2,727	5.65
Becky Wing	Green Party	1,949	4.04
Majority		10,587	21.94