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Tonbridge

Current MP, latest election result, geographic context and official constituency information.

At a glance

Current MP
Tom Tugendhat
Party
Conservative
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
72,799
Turnout
69.1%
Majority
11,166

Where is Tonbridge?

The map shows this constituency alongside neighbouring parliamentary constituencies for geographic context.

Tonbridge Maidstone and Malling Tunbridge Wells Gravesham Chatham and Aylesford Sevenoaks Dartford Thurrock Gillingham and Rainham Orpington Bexleyheath and Crayford South Basildon and East Thurrock Rochester and Strood Old Bexley and Sidcup Sussex Weald Hornchurch and Upminster Dagenham and Rainham Erith and Thamesmead Eltham and Chislehurst Bromley and Biggin Hill Basildon and Billericay Barking Bexhill and Battle Weald of Kent Romford Castle Point West Ham and Beckton Greenwich and Woolwich Lewisham East Ilford South East Ham Croydon East Beckenham and Penge East Surrey Faversham and Mid Kent Ilford North Brentwood and Ongar Rayleigh and Wickford Lewisham North Poplar and Limehouse East Grinstead and Uckfield Lewisham West and East Dulwich Southend West and Leigh Leyton and Wanstead Stratford and Bow Croydon South Croydon West Lewes Southend East and Rochford Peckham Dulwich and West Norwood Hastings and Rye Bethnal Green and Stepney Bermondsey and Old Southwark Streatham and Croydon North Walthamstow Chingford and Woodford Green Sittingbourne and Sheppey Hackney South and Shoreditch Epping Forest Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Hackney North and Stoke Newington Carshalton and Wallington Clapham and Brixton Hill Islington South and Finsbury Mitcham and Morden Cities of London and Westminster Tottenham Maldon Tooting Battersea Islington North Holborn and St Pancras Reigate Edmonton and Winchmore Hill Crawley Sutton and Cheam Hornsey and Friern Barnet Wimbledon Mid Sussex Chelsea and Fulham Kensington and Bayswater Hampstead and Highgate Folkestone and Hythe Putney Southgate and Wood Green Queen's Park and Maida Vale Finchley and Golders Green Hammersmith and Chiswick Epsom and Ewell Dorking and Horley Kingston and Surbiton Richmond Park Brent East Chipping Barnet Ealing Central and Acton Hendon Ashford Brent West Twickenham Brentford and Isleworth Esher and Walton Canterbury Horsham Harrow East Ealing North Ealing Southall Harrow West Feltham and Heston Guildford Hayes and Harlington Spelthorne Uxbridge and South Ruislip Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Runnymede and Weybridge Herne Bay and Sandwich South West Hertfordshire Woking Dover and Deal Godalming and Ash Windsor Beaconsfield Slough Arundel and South Downs Surrey Heath Chesham and Amersham Maidenhead Bracknell Farnham and Bordon Chichester Wycombe England
Tonbridge

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

Tonbridge is a constituency in the South East region of England. The seat has been held by Tom Tugendhat (Conservative) since July 2024.

Current MP

Tom Tugendhat MP

Conservative

Represents Tonbridge in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Conservative
Majority
11,166
Turnout
69.1%
Full candidate result (7 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
Tom TugendhatElectedConservative20,51740.8%-24.0%
Lewis BaileyLabour9,35118.6%3.5%
Anna CopeGreen Party7,59615.1%7.2%
Teresa HansfordReform UK7,54815.0%
John WoollcombeLiberal Democrat4,2348.4%-3.9%
Tim ShawIndependent Alliance (Kent)9261.8%
Ian GrattidgeSocial Democratic Party1560.3%

Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.

People and place

A population and household snapshot for Tonbridge, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population99,120
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth East

Age profile

0 to 1721.6% · 21,421 people
18 to 245.9% · 5,883 people
25 to 3410.3% · 10,205 people
35 to 4919.5% · 19,362 people
50 to 6420.9% · 20,697 people
65 and over21.7% · 21,552 people

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗

Home ownership and renting

Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.

39,705 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners69.9% · 27,746 households
Private renters13.5% · 5,380 households
Social renters14.5% · 5,775 households
Other tenure2.0% · 804 households

“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.

Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗

Household composition

A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.

39,706 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households26.2% · 10,416 households
Families with dependent children30.1% · 11,961 households
Other single-family households40.5% · 16,073 households
Other household types3.2% · 1,256 households

Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗

Disability and day-to-day activities

The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

97,215 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot5.9% · 5,764 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little9.6% · 9,289 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5% · 82,162 people

Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.

Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗

This constituency in Parliament

A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.

This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.

Written question2 July 2026

South Eastern Main Line: Mobile Broadband

Raised by Tom Tugendhat MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the South Eastern Main Line through Tonbridge will be included in the next phase of Project Reach; and when that phase will begin.

Written question29 June 2026

Local Plans: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Raised by Tom Tugendhat MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make a statement on how Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council can produce a Local Plan which meets the Government housing targets, in the context of the objection…

Petitions

Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.

Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.

Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Signatures in this constituency449
Signatures nationally196,369

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership

Signatures in this constituency379
Signatures nationally244,689

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026

Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026

Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office

Signatures in this constituency330
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

View 74 more petitions
Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency218
Signatures nationally118,715

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency195
Signatures nationally129,565

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency162
Signatures nationally110,856

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 10 October 2026

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

Signatures in this constituency152
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency139
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗

Funding and local projects

National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.

The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.

Grants recorded26
Total awarded£511,091

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 23 June 2026

Reinforcing debt support for vulnerable people in West Kent

West Kent Debt Advice

£20,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

West Kent Debt Advice - Other - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 17 June 2026

CF - Development Pathway Project

Platt Cricket Club

£15,000

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will support the addition of a girls' development team and improve the facilities. This will be achieved through developing coaches and purchasing equipment to support the new team. Funding will support facility improvements, equipment purchases and workforce development.

National Lottery grantAwarded 26 May 2026

Citizens Advice supporting Edenbridge Foodbank

Edenbridge & Westerham Citizens Advice Bureau

£20,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Edenbridge & Westerham Citizens Advice Bureau - Other - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 29 April 2026

She's a Lady - Small scale regional tour

Grant to individual

£30,598

Arts Council England · Arts

About this award

She's a Lady - Small scale regional tour - Theatre - National Lottery Project Grants

National Lottery grantAwarded 13 April 2026

Cowden Village Hall Development Project

Cowden Village Hall

£4,785

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Cowden Village Hall - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

21 more awards are available.

Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗

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