Thanet West (UK Parliament constituency)

Thanet West
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Thanet West in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
CountyKent
Major settlementsMargate
February 19741983
SeatsOne
Created fromIsle of Thanet
Replaced byThanet North and Thanet South[1]

Thanet West was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.

It 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 West and the neighbouring Thanet East constituency were replaced by new North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies.

  1. ^ "'Thanet West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.