Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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Tonbridge 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 abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tonbridge and Malling constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | Herbert Henry Spender-Clay | Conservative | |
| 1937 | Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Gerald Wellington Williams | Conservative | |
| 1956 | Richard Phipps Hornby | Conservative | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished: see Tonbridge and Malling | ||
| General Election January 1910: Tonbridge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Alfred Paget Hedges | 6020 | |||
| Conservative | Herbert Henry Spender-Clay | 9240 | |||
| Majority | 3210 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
