Tunbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Tunbridge | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Created from | Mid Kent |
Tunbridge 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.
It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tonbridge constituency.
Boundaries[]
The Sessional Divisions of Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells, and part of the Sessional Division of Malling.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Robert Norton | Conservative | |
1892 | Arthur Griffith-Boscawen | Conservative | |
1906 | Alfred Paget Hedges | Liberal | |
1910 | Herbert Spender-Clay | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Tonbridge |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Norton | 4,533 | 51.8 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Verney | 4,210 | 48.2 | ||
Majority | 323 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,743 | 81.7 | |||
Registered electors | 10,703 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Norton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Griffith-Boscawen | 4,821 | 55.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frederick William Pavy | 3,888 | 44.6 | New | |
Majority | 933 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,709 | 69.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,494 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Griffith-Boscawen | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Griffith-Boscawen | 5,576 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | C Cory | 3,494 | 38.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,082 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,070 | 67.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,519 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Paget Hedges | 7,170 | 54.9 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | Arthur Griffith-Boscawen | 5,887 | 45.1 | −16.4 | |
Majority | 1,283 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,057 | 84.2 | +17.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,500 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.4 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Spender-Clay | 9,240 | 60.5 | +15.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Paget Hedges | 6,030 | 39.5 | -15.4 | |
Majority | 3,210 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,270 | 89.2 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Spender-Clay | 8,286 | 57.4 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | Alfred Paget Hedges | 6,159 | 42.6 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 2,127 | 14.8 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,445 | 84.4 | -4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Herbert Spender-Clay
- Liberal:
References[]
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Kent (historic)
- Tonbridge
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295