Margate Salmestone was a ward of Margate Municipal District prior to 1973. When the Municipal District was included in the Thanet Borough in 1974, Salmestone ward elected three councillors to the new Borough, but following the boundary changes of 1979 this was reduced to two councillors.

Elections

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1973 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D Knott 1,085 %
Labour J Lane 1,031 7.7%
Conservative W Beerling 1,028 %
Labour Mrs M Knott 1,023 7.7%
Conservative A Stokes 959 %
Conservative K Waddington 902 %
Majority 62,8,5
Turnout 2,123 49.3% 4,302

1976 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent W Leadbetter (Ratepayers) 788 %
Independent M Layton (Ratepayers) 771 %
Conservative Frederick Twyman 718 %
Independent J Gibson (Ratepayers) 675 42.3%
Conservative R Ward 686 %
Conservative J Turner 656 %
Labour Mrs M Lowe 334 %
Labour P Stark 322 %
Labour Charles Young 376 %
Majority 102,85,32
Turnout 2,124 50.8% 4,181

1979 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent W Leadbetter (Ratepayers) 932 %
Independent P Coleman 935 %
Labour R Ward 881 %
Conservative Frederick Twyman 848 %
Conservative J Chart 774 %
Labour Charles Young 732 %
Liberal S Pankhurst 153 %
Liberal A Taylor 139 %
Majority 54,51
Turnout 2,817 69.8% 4,034

1983 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Twyman 630 %
Labour Charles Young 620 %
Conservative T Purser 547 %
Labour Kenneth Fry 518 %
Liberal John Sherwell 468 %
Liberal Norma Sherwell 441 %
Majority 83,73
Turnout 1,718 44.4% 3,867

1987 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Twyman 747 %
Conservative Gordon Mynard 613 %
Labour Charles Young 526 %
Labour Kenneth Fry 435 %
Liberal John Sherwell 351 %
Liberal Norma Sherwell 314 %
Majority 221,87
Turnout 1,624 41.6% 3,904

1991 Election

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3,736 38.5% 1,438
Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Young 656 %
Labour Ruzena Derrane 554 %
Independent Frederick Twyman 500 %
Conservative Cyril Cook 334 %
Conservative Gordon Mynard 311 %
Green Roalph Reed 118 %
Majority 156,54
Turnout 1,428 38.5% 3,726

1995 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruzena Derrane 798 %
Labour Charles Young 787 %
Independent Frederick Twyman 377 %
Independent A Brown 234 %
Conservative M Brooman 180 %
Liberal A Cordell 91 %
Independent K Pettitt (NLP) 32 %
Majority 421,410
Turnout 1,370 38.1% 3,596

1999 Election

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3,657 23.3% 852
Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Young 533 %
Labour Ruzena Derrane 504 %
Conservative Alan Patridge 282 %
Majority 251,222
Turnout 852 23.3% 3,657

2003 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Young 411 %
Conservative Bowen Fuller 407 %
Labour Ruzena Derrane 396 %
Conservative Lisa Wright 364 %
Majority 15,11
Turnout 858 22.9% 3,743

2007 Election

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Margate Salmestone ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Scobie 562 %
Labour Ela Lodge-Pritchard 562 %
Conservative James Maskell 455 %
Conservative Bill Pankhurst 422 %
Majority 107,107 [dubiousdiscuss]
Turnout 1,079 28.6% 3,772