Margate Cliftonville

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Margate Cliftonville was a ward of Margate Municipal District prior to 1973. When the Municipal District was included in the Thanet Borough in 1974, Cliftonville ward elected 3 councillors to the new Borough at the elections of 1973 through to 2003, when it underwent boundary changes.

1973 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H Anish 1,669 77.4%
Conservative J Jones 1,518 70.8%
Conservative S Knight 1,503 70.1%
Labour J Finegold 484 22.6%
Labour J Rowland 481 22.4%
Labour Mrs E Kearney 467 21.8%
Majority 1,185,1,034,1,019
Turnout 1,429 28.2% 5,074
1976 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H Anish 1,563 53.3%
Conservative D Dolding 1,337 45.6%
Conservative J Jones 1,273 43.4%
Independent P Mendham (Ratepayer) 1,097 37.4%
Independent H Grove (Ratepayer) 1,063 36.3%
Independent J Vaughan (Ratepayer) 1,010 34.5%
Labour Mrs M Harvey 313 10.7%
Majority 466,240,176
Turnout 2,930 50.8% 5,768
1979 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H Anish 2,297 %
Conservative D Dolding 1,877 %
Conservative J Jones 1,851 %
Independent H St John 819 %
Independent J Cammack 772 %
Independent S Papa-Adams 727 %
Labour J Nicholson 591 %
Majority 1,478,1,058,1,032
Turnout 3,707 73.2% 5,063
1983 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F Cheshire 1,110 %
Independent J Tappenden 1,056 %
Conservative G Selmers 1,034 %
Conservative J Jones 987 %
Independent K Jones 906 %
Independent A Cella 854 %
Labour S Rowland 329 %
Labour M Green 316 %
Liberal B Chance 190 %
Liberal D Brown 189 %
Liberal J Stocken 185 %
Majority 132,78,56
Turnout 2,495 46.2% 5,395
1987 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Brench 997 %
Independent Colin Cuthbert 983 %
Conservative Rozanne Duncan 942 %
Liberal Anthony Regan 762 %
Liberal John Sparkes 480 %
Independent John Rootes (politician) 466 %
Liberal Diane Brown 460 %
Independent William Hysted 360 %
Labour Sandra Baker 299 %
Labour Julian Ravenscroft 254 %
Majority 235,221,180
Turnout 3,041 42.2% 7,039
1991 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Callaghan 1,337 %
Conservative Ronald Garretty 1,295 %
Conservative Rozanne Duncan 1,281 %
Independent Maurice Ezekiel 858 %
Labour Kathleen Coe 639 %
Labour Ruth Ford 585 %
Majority 479,437,423
Turnout 2,458 40.0% 6,145
1995 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathleen Coe 1,036 38.8%
Labour P Cambridge 1,034 38.8%
Conservative I Gregory 998 37.4%
Conservative Ronald Garretty 973 36.5%
Labour T Ali 966 36.2%
Conservative Maurice Ezekiel 959 35.9%
Independent J Hone 524 19.6%
Independent Henry Callaghan 491 18.4%
Independent A Waddilove 445 16.7%
Majority 63,61,25
Turnout 2,668 41.2% 6,475
1999 Election
Margate Cliftonville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandy Ezekiel 1,223 %
Conservative Anthony Waddilove 1,142 %
Conservative Brian Sullivan 1,138 %
Labour Neville Hampton 797 %
Labour Paul Cooke 784 %
Labour Beryl Stapley 747 %
Majority 439,358,354
Turnout 2,071 32.5% 6,375

The election of 2003 was fought on revised boundaries and Cliftonville ward had been split between Cliftonville West and Cliftonville East, each electing three councillors.