Birchington East

Birchington East was a ward of Thanet Borough Council and was created in the boundary changes of 1979, and had previously been part of the Margate Birchington ward. In 2025 there was still two wards named Birchington South and Birchington North.

Councillors William Dawson and Wanstall transferred from Margate Birchington ward and contested and won the 1979 election.

1979 Election

Birchington East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Dawson	1,561	49.8%	n/a
	Independent	A Wanstall	1,471	46.9%	n/a
	Conservative	F Buch	835	26.6%	n/a
	Conservative	M Porter	802	25.6%	n/a
	Labour	M Lowe	387	12.3%	n/a
	Liberal	F McPherson	353	11.3%	n/a
	Liberal	P Bloore	349	11.1%	n/a
Majority			726,669
Turnout			3,136	70.9%	4,421

1983 Election

Birchington East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A Wanstall	1,015	45.1%	−1.8%
	Independent	William Dawson	1,013	44.6%	−5.2%
	Conservative	J Callaway	816	36.3%	+9.7%
	Labour	M Lowe	259	11.5%	−0.8%
	Labour	P Harrington	220	9.8%	n/a
	Liberal	J Hill	159	7.1%	−4.2%
	Liberal	N Stein	159	7.1%	−4.0%
Majority			199,187
Turnout			2,249	49.9%	4,503

1987 Election

Birchington East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Dawson	1,120	44.8%	+0.2%
	Independent	C Johnson	1,000	40.0%	−5.1%
	Conservative	G Clark	789	31.5%	−4.8%
	Liberal	J Hill	444	17.7%	+10.6%
	Labour	D Conway	149	6.0%	−5.5%
	Liberal	V Hynes	143	5.7%	−1.4%
	Labour	J Simmons	139	5.6%	−4.2%
Majority			331,211
Turnout			2,502	45.2%	5,535

1991 Election

Birchington East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Warren	1,092	49.0%	+17.5%
	Conservative	C Chapman	789	46.0%	+14.5%
	Independent	P Francis	693	31.1%	−13.7%
	Labour	W East	404	18.1%	+12.1%
	Green	R Quested	319	14.3%	n/a
	Labour	J Simmons	300	13.5%	+7.9%
Majority			339,331
Turnout			2,227	44.3%	5,028