Craig MacKinlay
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Craig Mackinlay has been the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Thanet since May 2015. [1]
MacKinlay was appointed to stand as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for South Thanet following the retirement of Laura Sandys, who had previously held the seat since 2010. [2]
The seat of South Thanet was tightly contested in the 2015 general election but MacKinlay defended the seat for the Conservatives defeating closest competitor and UKIP leader Nigel Farage by a majority of 2,812 votes. [3]
Notes
- ↑ Craig MacKinlay www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 May 2015
- ↑ Laura Sandys www.parliament.uk, accessed 27 May 2015
- ↑ Thanet South parliamentary constituency BBC News, 8 May 2015, accessed 27 May 2015
