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Thanet South
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gain
from Conservative
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Jonathan Aitken
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0 ( 0.0%)
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17,899 (39.8%)
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20,777 (46.2%)
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5,263 (11.7%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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1,049 ( 2.3%)
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62,792
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44,988 (71.6%)
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|
Jonathan Aitken
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Thanet South
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11,499 (23.6%)
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25,222 (51.7%)
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13,723 (28.1%)
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8,936 (18.3%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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870 ( 1.8%)
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Conservative
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63,317
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48,751 (77.0%)
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-12.0%
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+18.0%
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-6.6%
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|
+0.0%
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+0.5%
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-0.8%
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-5.3%
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|
No longer a real island - though it was in Roman times - the Isle of Thanet forms the north-eastern tip of Kent. Its overall tone is old-fashioned, patriotic - and Conservative. This southernmost of the two Thanet seats is not quite as dominated by tourism and retirement homes as Thanet North. It even contains pockets of Labour support in the working port of Ramsgate and council estates in some smaller towns. It is slightly less Tory than North - but not by much. The Lib Dems have declined here, and Labour is the stronger challenger, but MP Jonathan Aitken's 11,000 majority is surely an impossible nut to crack.
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1,050
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2.86
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9.03
|
32
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6,630
|
18.06
|
11.17
|
162
|
|
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3,244
|
8.84
|
11.25
|
79
|
|
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3,920
|
10.68
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14.70
|
73
|
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|
401
|
1.09
|
10.45
|
10
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|
923
|
2.51
|
2.81
|
89
|
|
|
8,222
|
22.40
|
8.01
|
280
|
|
|
7,748
|
21.11
|
15.25
|
138
|
|
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1,974
|
5.38
|
7.13
|
75
|
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1,808
|
4.93
|
10.17
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48
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