Margate Marine & Pier

Margate Marine & Pier was a ward of Margate Municipal District, Kent, England, prior to 1973. It had been a vacation resort since the late 19th century.^[1] When the Municipal District was included in the Thanet Borough in 1974, Marine & Pier ward elected 2 councillors to the new Borough at the elections of 1973 and 1976.

1973 Election

Margate Marine & Pier ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Hoser	892	62.4%
	Conservative	D Masters	861	60.3%
	Conservative	M Rowland	817	57.2%
	Labour	Mrs M Sankey	537	37.8%
	Labour	Mrs S Rowland	528	36.9%
	Labour	M Finegold	480	33.6%
Majority			355,324,280
Turnout			2,144	56.3%	3,810

1976 Election

Margate Marine & Pier ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Hoser	863	43.2%
	Conservative	D Masters	816	40.8%
	Conservative	M Rowland	773	38.7%
	Independent	P Mortlock (Ratepayers)	552	27.6%
	Independent	D Greig (Ratepayers)	539	27.0%
	Labour	C Harvey	487	24.9%
	Independent	Mrs B Leadbeater (Ratepayers)	471	23.6%
Majority			311,264,221
Turnout			1,998	51.0%	3,917

The election of 1979 was fought on revised boundaries and Margate Marine & Pier ward had been split between Marine and Pier wards, each electing one councillors.