Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Tonbridge | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Tonbridge and Malling |
Created from | Tunbridge |
Tonbridge was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, centred on the town of Tonbridge. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, replacing the previous Tunbridge constituency. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tonbridge and Malling constituency.
Boundaries[]
1918–1950: The Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells, the Urban Districts of Tonbridge and Southborough, and the Rural District of Tonbridge.
1950–1974: As 1918 but with redrawn boundaries.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | Herbert Spender-Clay | Conservative | Died 1937 | |
1937 by-election | Sir Adrian Baillie, Bt | Conservative | ||
1945 | Gerald Williams | Conservative | Resigned 1956 | |
1956 by-election | Richard Hornby | Conservative | ||
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 14,622 | 68.1 | |
Labour | John Palmer | 5,006 | 23.3 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Buxton | 1,851 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 9,616 | 44.8 | |||
Turnout | 21,479 | 57.4 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 14,797 | 53.0 | -15.1 | |
Labour | Joseph Thomas Davies | 7,665 | 27.4 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Albert Charles Crane | 5,472 | 19.6 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 7,132 | 25.6 | -19.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,934 | 72.5 | +15.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 13,910 | 49.8 | -3.2 | |
Liberal | Albert Charles Crane | 7,433 | 26.6 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Joseph Thomas Davis | 6,610 | 23.6 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 6,477 | 23.2 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,953 | 70.6 | -1.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 17,392 | 58.2 | +8.4 | |
Labour | W F Toynbee | 6,564 | 22.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | James Millard Tucker | 5,898 | 19.8 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 10,828 | 36.2 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,854 | 74.3 | +3.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 19,018 | 49.8 | -8.4 | |
Liberal | Gordon Alchin | 10,025 | 26.2 | +6.4 | |
Labour | W F Toynbee | 9,149 | 24.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 8,993 | 23.6 | -12.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,192 | 72.3 | -2.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Spender-Clay | 30,602 | 78.8 | +29.0 | |
Labour | Constance Borrett | 8,208 | 21.1 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 22,394 | 57.7 | +34.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,810 | 69.2 | -3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Spender-Clay | 23,460 | 61.3 | -17.5 | |
Labour | F M Landau | 9,405 | 24.6 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Pope-Hennessy | 5,403 | 14.1 | New | |
Majority | 14,055 | 36.7 | -21.0 | ||
Turnout | 38,268 | 68.2 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adrian Baillie | 18,802 | 56.9 | -4.4 | |
Labour | H Smith | 8,147 | 24.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Richard Matthews | 6,073 | 18.4 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 10,655 | 32.2 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,022 | 58.2 | -10.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Adrian Baillie
- Labour: R. E. L. Bowyer[9]
- Liberal: Richard Matthews[10]
- British Union: E J Crawford
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 23,081 | 49.9 | -7.0 | |
Labour | Vera Dart | 16,590 | 35.8 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | John Metcalfe | 5,351 | 11.6 | -6.8 | |
Ind. Conservative | E F St John Lyburn | 1,249 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,491 | 14.1 | -18.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,271 | 73.2 | +15.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 27,893 | 51.9 | ||
Labour | Brian Clapham | 19,525 | 36.3 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Albert Willard | 5,634 | 10.5 | ||
Ind. Conservative | E F St. John Lyburn | 739 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 8,368 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 53,791 | 83.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 31,377 | 59.8 | +7.9 | |
Labour | Bernard Bagnari | 21,109 | 40.2 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 10,268 | 19.6 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,486 | 80.6 | -2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 29,521 | 60.4 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Robert L Fagg | 19,325 | 39.6 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 10,196 | 20.8 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,846 | 75.5 | -5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 20,515 | 52.0 | -8.4 | |
Labour | Robert L Fagg | 18,913 | 48.0 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 1,602 | 4.0 | -16.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,428 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 31,687 | 59.9 | -0.5 | |
Labour | Kenneth W May | 21,181 | 40.1 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 10,506 | 19.8 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,868 | 78.5 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 27,802 | 49.2 | -10.7 | |
Labour | Donald Savage | 19,037 | 33.7 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Babbs | 9,682 | 17.1 | New | |
Majority | 8,765 | 15.5 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,521 | 78.7 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 26,896 | 46.7 | -2.5 | |
Labour | Eric William Wolff | 20,068 | 34.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Colin Bloy | 10,586 | 18.4 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 6,828 | 11.8 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 57,550 | 77.3 | -1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 31,890 | 53.2 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 17,897 | 29.9 | -5.0 | |
Liberal | Harry E Hill | 10,167 | 17.0 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 13,993 | 23.3 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 59,954 | 72.0 | -5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ "Parliamentary candidates' protest", The Times, 6 April 1939
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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