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 ElectionMemberParty 1885 Robert Norton Conservative 1892 Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Conservative 1906 Alfred Paget Hedges Liberal 1910 Herbert Spender-Clay Conservative1918 constituency abolished: see Tonbridge
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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; Unionist: Herbert Spender-Clay Liberal:
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