Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Tonbridge | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Tunbridge |
Replaced by | Tonbridge and Malling |
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.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, replacing the previous Tunbridge constituency. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tonbridge and Malling constituency.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells, the Urban Districts of Southborough and Tonbridge, and the Rural District of Tonbridge.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | Herbert Spender-Clay | Conservative | Died 1937 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1937 by-election | Sir Adrian Baillie, Bt | Conservative | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1945 | Gerald Williams | Conservative | Resigned 1956 |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1956 by-election | Richard Hornby | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 14,622 | 68.1 | n/a |
Labour | John Palmer | 5,006 | 23.3 | n/a | |
Liberal | Thomas Fowell Buxton | 1,851 | 8.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,616 | 44.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 57.4 | n/a | |||
Unionist win | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 14,797 | 53.0 | ||
Labour | Joseph Thomas Davies | 7,665 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal | Albert Charles Crane | 5,472 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 7,132 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 72.5 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 13,910 | 49.8 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | Albert Charles Crane | 7,433 | 26.6 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Joseph Thomas Davis | 6,610 | 23.6 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 6,477 | 23.2 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 70.6 | −1.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 17,392 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | W F Toynbee | 6,564 | 22.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | James Millard Tucker | 5,898 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 74.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Spender-Clay | 19,018 | 49.8 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | Gordon Alchin | 10,025 | 26.2 | +6.4 | |
Labour | W F Toynbee | 9,149 | 24.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 8,993 | 23.6 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 72.3 | −2.0 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Spender-Clay | 30,602 | 78.8 | ||
Labour | Constance Elizabeth M Borrett | 8,208 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | 22,394 | 57.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,810 | 69.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Spender-Clay | 23,460 | 61.3 | ||
Labour | F M Landau | 9,405 | 24.6 | ||
Liberal | Richard Pope-Hennessy | 5,403 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 14,055 | 36.7 | |||
Turnout | 68.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adrian Baillie | 18,802 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | H Smith | 8,147 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal | Richard Matthews | 6,073 | 18.4 | ||
Majority | 10,655 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 58.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Adrian Baillie
- Labour: R. E. L. Bowyer[9]
- Liberal: Richard Matthews[10]
- British Union: E J Crawford
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 23,081 | 49.9 | ||
Labour | Vera Dart | 16,590 | 35.8 | ||
Liberal | John Metcalfe | 5,351 | 11.6 | ||
Ind. Conservative | E F St John Lyburn | 1,249 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 6,491 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 73.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 27,893 | 51.9 | ||
Labour | Brian Clapham | 19,525 | 36.3 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Albert Willard | 5,634 | 10.5 | ||
Ind. Conservative | E F St. John Lyburn | 739 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 8,368 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 53,791 | 83.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 31,377 | 59.8 | ||
Labour | A Bernard Bagnari | 21,109 | 40.2 | ||
Majority | 10,268 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 52,486 | 80.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Williams | 29,521 | 60.4 | ||
Labour | Robert L Fagg | 19,325 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 10,196 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,846 | 75.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 20,515 | 52.0 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Robert L Fagg | 18,913 | 48.0 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 1,602 | 4.0 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,428 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 31,687 | 59.9 | ||
Labour | Kenneth W May | 21,181 | 40.1 | ||
Majority | 10,506 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 52,868 | 78.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 27,802 | 49.2 | ||
Labour | Donald Savage | 19,037 | 33.7 | ||
Liberal | Edward Babbs | 9,682 | 17.1 | ||
Majority | 8,765 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 56,521 | 78.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 26,896 | 46.7 | ||
Labour | Eric William Wolff | 20,068 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal | Colin Bloy | 10,586 | 18.4 | ||
Majority | 6,828 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 57,550 | 77.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hornby | 31,890 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Maureen Colquhoun | 17,897 | 29.9 | ||
Liberal | Harry E Hill | 10,167 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 13,993 | 23.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,954 | 72.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ "Parliamentary candidates' protest", The Times, 6 April 1939
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig