Tunbridge
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromMid Kent
Replaced byTonbridge

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
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

Verney
General election 1885: Tunbridge[1]
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)
General election 1886: Tunbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Norton Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

Frederick Pavy
General election 1892: Tunbridge[1]
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
General election 1895: Tunbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

Griffith-Boscawen
General election 1900: Tunbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Alfred Hedges
General election 1906: Tunbridge[1]
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

General election January 1910: Tunbridge[1]
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
General election December 1910: Tunbridge[1]
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 309. ISBN 9781349022984.
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