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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

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:

References

1. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 309. ISBN 9781349022984.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)

• 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