UK general elections › 2019 › South Thanet
South Thanet — 2019
Craig Mackinlay (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,084 votes— 56.1% of 48,257 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,257
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Mackinlay | Conservative Party | 27,084 | 56.1% | +6.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt | Labour Party | 16,497 | 34.2% | — | |
| 3 | Martyn Pennington | Liberal Democrats | 2,727 | 5.7% | — | |
| 4 | Becky Wing | Green Party | 1,949 | 4.0% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.