Thanet West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Thanet West was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.
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Thanet West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Kent |
Major settlements | Margate |
February 1974ā1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Isle of Thanet |
Replaced by | Thanet North and Thanet South[1] |
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It was created for the February 1974 general election, when the former constituency of Isle of Thanet was split in two, and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when Thanet West and the neighbouring Thanet East constituency were replaced by new North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies.