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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.
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 .
Polly Billington ‡ Helen Harrison † Faversham and Mid Kent CC: 74,301 1,469 Helen Whately † Mel Dawkins ‡ Folkestone and Hythe CC: 70,056 3,729 Tony Vaughan ‡ Damian Collins † Gillingham and Rainham BC: 73,523 3,972 Naushabah Khan ‡ Rehman Chishti † Gravesham CC: 73,094 2,712 Lauren Sullivan ‡ Adam Holloway †
Thanet / ˈ θ æ n ɪ t / is a local government district in Kent, England.The council is based in Margate and the district also contains the towns of Broadstairs, Ramsgate and Westgate-on-Sea, along with several villages.
Craig Mackinlay, Baron Mackinlay of Richborough, JP (born 7 October 1966), is a Conservative Party politician and businessman. [5] He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Thanet from 2015 to 2024.
Broadstairs (/ˈbrɔːdstɛːz/) [2] is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about 80 miles (130 km) east of London.It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St Peter's, and had a population in 2011 of about 25,000.
South Thanet consisted of the southern and eastern part of Thanet district (the towns of Ramsgate and Broadstairs, the Cliftonville area of Margate and the village of Cliffsend) together with the northern part of Dover district, comprising the ancient Cinque Port of Sandwich and surrounding villages.