Number of members one | 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.
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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.
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1930s
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;