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{{UK former constituency infobox|
{{Distinguish|Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
| Name = Tunbridge
{{Infobox UK constituency
| Type = County
|name = Tunbridge
| Year = 1885
|type = County
| Abolition = 1918
| members = one
|parliament = uk
|year = 1885
}}
|abolished = 1918
'''Tunbridge''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] in [[Kent]], centred on the town of [[Tonbridge]]. It returned one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
|elects_howmany = one
|previous = [[Mid Kent (historic UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Kent]]
|next = [[Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge]]
|}}
'''Tunbridge''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] in [[Kent]], centred on the town of [[Tonbridge]]. It returned one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].

It was created for the [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885 general election]], and abolished for the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]], when it was replaced by the new [[Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge constituency]].


==Boundaries==
It was created for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885 general election]], and abolished for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918 general election]], when it was replaced by the new [[Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge constituency]].
The Sessional Divisions of Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells, and part of the Sessional Division of Malling.


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885]] || [[Robert Norton (politician)|Robert Norton]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] || [[Robert Norton (British politician)|Robert Norton]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[United Kingdom general election, 1892|1892]] || [[Arthur Griffith-Boscawen]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|| [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]] || [[Arthur Griffith-Boscawen]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906]] || [[Alfred Paget Hedges]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|| [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]] || [[Alfred Paget Hedges]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[United Kingdom general election, January 1910|1910]] || [[Herbert Henry Spender-Clay]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|| [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|1910]] || [[Herbert Spender-Clay]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|colspan="2" align="right"|[[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918]]
|colspan="2" align="right"|[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge]]''
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge]]''
|}
|}


==Elections==
== Election results ==
=== Elections in the 1880s ===
{{Election box begin |
[[File:1898_Frederick_Verney.jpg|thumb|120px|Verney]]
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, January 1910|General Election January 1910]]: Tonbridge}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=309}}</ref>
{{Election box candidate with party link|
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Herbert Henry Spender-Clay]]
|candidate = [[Robert Norton (British politician)|Robert Norton]]
|votes = 9240
|votes =4,533
|percentage =
|percentage = 51.8
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alfred Paget Hedges]]
|candidate = [[Frederick Verney]]
|votes = 6020
|votes = 4,210
|percentage =
|percentage = 48.2
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3210
|votes = 323
|percentage =
|percentage = 3.6
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|votes = 8,743
|percentage =
|percentage = 81.7
|change =
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,703
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Norton (British politician)|Robert Norton]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1890s ===
[[File:Frederick William Pavy.jpg|thumb|120px|Frederick Pavy]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Griffith-Boscawen]]
|votes =4,821
|percentage = 55.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Frederick William Pavy]]
|votes = 3,888
|percentage = 44.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 933
|percentage = 10.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,709
|percentage = 69.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 12,494
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Griffith-Boscawen]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1900s ===
[[File:Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Westminster1899.jpg|thumb|120px|Griffith-Boscawen]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Griffith-Boscawen]]
|votes =5,576
|percentage = 61.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = C Cory
|votes = 3,494
|percentage = 38.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,082
|percentage = 23.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,070
|percentage = 67.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 13,519
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
[[File:Alfred_Paget_Hedges.jpg|thumb|120px|Alfred Hedges]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alfred Paget Hedges]]
|votes = 7,170
|percentage = 54.9
|change = +16.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Griffith-Boscawen]]
|votes =5,887
|percentage = 45.1
|change = &minus;16.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,283
|percentage = 9.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 13,057
|percentage = 84.2
|change = +17.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 15,500
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +16.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1910s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Herbert Spender-Clay]]
|votes = 9,240
|percentage = 60.5
|change = +15.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alfred Paget Hedges]]
|votes = 6,030
|percentage = 39.5
|change = -15.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,210
|percentage = 21.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,270
|percentage = 89.2
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +15.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Tunbridge<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Herbert Spender-Clay]]
|votes = 8,286
|percentage = 57.4
|change = -3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alfred Paget Hedges]]
|votes = 6,159
|percentage = 42.6
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,127
|percentage = 14.8
|change = -6.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,445
|percentage = 84.4
|change = -4.8
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
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}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
'''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 Henry Spender-Clay|Herbert Spender-Clay]]
*'''Liberal''':


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{Rayment-hc|t|2|date=March 2012}}
*{{Rayment-hc|t|2|date=March 2012}}
{{Tonbridge}}
{{Tonbridge}}


[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Kent (historic)]]
[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Kent (historic)]]
[[Category:Politics of Tunbridge Wells]]
[[Category:Tonbridge]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1295]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295]]

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Latest revision as of 07:29, 15 July 2024

Not to be confused with Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency).

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

[edit]

The Sessional Divisions of Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells, and part of the Sessional Division of Malling.

Members of Parliament

[edit]
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

[edit]

Elections in the 1880s

[edit]
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

[edit]
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

[edit]
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

[edit]
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

[edit]
  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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