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East Thanet

Ms Polly Billington
— Current MP
73,790
Electorate
1
Elections
57.0%
Avg turnout
0
Times changed

Election history

LAB Polly Billington Hold
2024-07-04
Majority 6,971 Turnout 57.0% Votes 42,713
CandidatePartyVotesCountShareSwing
✓ Polly Billington LAB
17,054 39.9% +2.3pp
Helen Harrison CON
10,083 23.6% -29.8pp
Paul Webb REF
8,591 20.1% —
Steve Roberts GRN
4,590 10.8% +7.0pp
Jai Singh LD
1,365 3.2% -2.0pp
Grahame Birchall
563 1.3% —
Paul Holton
369 0.9% —
Mo Shafaei
98 0.2% —

Demographics

Changes shown vs 2021 Census

📊 Age

65 and over
22.1% ▲0.2pp
0 to 17
21.0%
50 to 64
20.0%
35 to 49
18.7%
25 to 34
11.7%
18 to 24
6.4% ▼0.4pp

Demographic change (2001–2021)

Measured change only. No assumptions or interpretation.

🌍 Ethnicity

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Other ethnic group — — 4.0% — — —
Asian or Asian British — — 2.6% — — —
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British — — 1.2% — — —
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups — — 2.6% — — —
White — — 92.2% — — —

⛪ Religion

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Buddhist — — 0.4% — — —
Christian — — 45.1% — — —
Hindu — — 0.7% — — —
Jewish — — 0.2% — — —
Muslim — — 1.7% — — —
Sikh — — 0.1% — — —
No religion — — 45.4% — — —
Other religion — — 1.3% — — —
Not answered — — 5.9% — — —

🎓 Education

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Apprenticeship — — 6.0% — — —
Level 4 qualifications or above — — 26.6% — — —
Level 1 and entry level qualifications — — 11.7% — — —
Level 2 qualifications — — 14.4% — — —
Level 3 qualifications — — 16.5% — — —
No qualifications — — 21.7% — — —
Other qualifications — — 3.1% — — —

🏠 Housing

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Owner-occupiers — — 58.4% — — —
Private renters — — 28.3% — — —
Rent free — — 0.1% — — —
Social renters — — 13.2% — — —

Previous MPs

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No historic membership records available.