East Thanet

Declared: 3:40am on 5th July

Labour Party GAIN / provisional
Elected: Polly Billington

Candidates

Photograph of Polly BillingtonLab / 39.9%
Polly Billington
Photograph of Helen HarrisonCon / 23.6%
Helen Harrison
Photograph of Paul WebbReform / 20.1%
Paul Webb
Photograph of Steve RobertsGreen / 10.7%
Steve Roberts
Photograph of Jai SinghLD / 3.2%
Jai Singh
Photograph of Grahame George BirchallIndependent / 1.3%
Grahame George Birchall
Photograph of Paul HoltonIndependent / 0.9%
Paul Holton
Photograph of Mo ShafaeiIndependent / 0.2%
Mo Shafaei

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 105000

Households: 46200

Housing tenure type for East Thanet

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 0.5%
Owned outright
Percentage: 34%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 24%
Private rented
Percentage: 28.3%
Social rented
Percentage: 13.2%

Age demographic for East Thanet

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 18.7%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 9.1%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 12%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 18.1%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 20.1%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 22%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Conservative and Unionist Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.