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Tunbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tunbridge was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, centred on the town of Tonbridge. It returned one Member of Parliament 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.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1885 Robert Norton Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1892 Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1906 Alfred Paget Hedges Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1910 Herbert Henry Spender-Clay Conservative
1918 constituency abolished: see Tonbridge

Election results

General Election January 1910: Tonbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Henry Spender-Clay 9240
Liberal Alfred Paget Hedges 6020
Majority 3210
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

References