# Margate Salmestone

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
### 1973 Election

Margate Salmestone ward :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 62,8,5 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,123 | 49.3% | 4,302 |

### 1976 Election

Margate Salmestone ward :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 102,85,32 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,124 | 50.8% | 4,181 |

### 1979 Election

Margate Salmestone ward :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 54,51 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,817 | 69.8% | 4,034 |

### 1983 Election

Margate Salmestone ward :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 83,73 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,718 | 44.4% | 3,867 |

### 1987 Election

Margate Salmestone ward :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 221,87 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,624 | 41.6% | 3,904 |

### 1991 Election

3,736 38.5% 1,438
Margate Salmestone ward :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 156,54 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,428 | 38.5% | 3,726 |

### 1995 Election

Margate Salmestone ward :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 421,410 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,370 | 38.1% | 3,596 |

### 1999 Election

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

### 2003 Election

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

### 2007 Election

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