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Ramsgate is in the parliamentary constituency of East Thanet, which is represented by Labour MP Polly Billington. She won the seat in the 2024 general election, representing a Labour win after Craig Mackinlay held the seat for the Conservatives in the 2015 General Election. Before 2015 the MP for Ramsgate was Conservative Laura Sandys.
East Thanet is a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet in Kent, represented since 2024 by Polly Billington of the Labour Party.The seat previously existed, under the name Thanet East, from 1974 to 1983, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Ramsgate Sands in 1854, by William Powell Frith. The Christian missionary St Augustine, sent by Pope Gregory the Great, landed near Ramsgate in 597AD. [1] The town is home to the Shrine of St Augustine. What is now Ramsgate Maritime Museum, 1817. Ramsgate was a member of the Confederation of Cinque Ports, under the 'Limb' of Sandwich, Kent. [2]
Polly Billington (born 1967) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for East Thanet since 2024. Prior to her election she was an environmental campaigner and had worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC before becoming a special advisor to Ed Miliband .
Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs each have shopping centres with a mix of local and national retailers complemented by Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Westgate and Birchington-on-Sea. Westwood at the centre of Thanet has seen much major development in recent years with the building of Westwood Cross shopping centre which is the home of national ...
Caernarfon Castle Dolbadarn Castle A reconstruction of Holt Castle in 1495. Wales is sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" because of the large number of castles in a relatively small area. [1] [2] Wales had about 600 castles, [3] of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings. The rest have returned ...
One of these little ships was the first Motor lifeboat stationed of Ramsgate which was named the 'Prudential' and had arrived on station by 1926. During World War II the Ramsgate lifeboat and crew were called out 60 times, greatly distinguishing themselves with the saving of 170 lives, in addition to the men brought back from Dunkirk: (Jeff ...
Margate is a seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England.It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of 2 miles (3 kilometres) long, 16 miles (26 kilometres) north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook.