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Tunbridge Wells

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

At a glance

Current MP
Mike Martin
Party
Liberal Democrat
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
78,738
Turnout
68.9%
Majority
8,687

Where is Tunbridge Wells?

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

Tunbridge Wells Tonbridge Maidstone and Malling Sussex Weald Chatham and Aylesford Bexhill and Battle Gravesham Sevenoaks Gillingham and Rainham Weald of Kent Rochester and Strood Orpington Hastings and Rye Lewes Faversham and Mid Kent Bromley and Biggin Hill East Grinstead and Uckfield East Surrey Croydon East Beckenham and Penge Sittingbourne and Sheppey Croydon South Folkestone and Hythe Croydon West Mid Sussex Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Crawley Carshalton and Wallington Brighton Pavilion Reigate Sutton and Cheam Ashford Hove and Portslade Dorking and Horley Epsom and Ewell Kingston and Surbiton Canterbury Horsham East Worthing and Shoreham Esher and Walton Herne Bay and Sandwich Runnymede and Weybridge Arundel and South Downs England
Tunbridge Wells

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

Tunbridge Wells is a constituency in the South East region of England. The seat has been held by Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat) since July 2024.

Current MP

Mike Martin MP

Liberal Democrat

Represents Tunbridge Wells in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Liberal Democrat
Majority
8,687
Turnout
68.9%
Full candidate result (6 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
Mike MartinElectedLiberal Democrat23,66143.6%15.3%
Neil MahapatraConservative14,97427.6%-27.5%
John GagerReform UK6,48412.0%
Hugo PoundLabour6,17811.4%-3.4%
John HurstGreen Party2,3444.3%
Hassan KassemIndependent6091.1%

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 Tunbridge Wells, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population109,491
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth East

Age profile

0 to 1722.7% · 24,863 people
18 to 245.2% · 5,683 people
25 to 3411.2% · 12,234 people
35 to 4920.8% · 22,824 people
50 to 6420.5% · 22,408 people
65 and over19.6% · 21,479 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.

44,384 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners65.0% · 28,832 households
Private renters19.5% · 8,669 households
Social renters14.4% · 6,401 households
Other tenure1.1% · 482 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.

44,382 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households29.6% · 13,117 households
Families with dependent children30.4% · 13,490 households
Other single-family households36.8% · 16,314 households
Other household types3.3% · 1,461 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.

105,428 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot5.6% · 5,904 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little9.3% · 9,797 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1% · 89,727 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 question13 July 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current ratio of GPs to patients is in Tunbridge Wells constituency; how this compares to five years ago; whether a threshold exists for the ratio of GPs to patients…

Written question13 July 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many extra GP appointments were delivered in Tunbridge Wells constituency in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25.

Written question29 June 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department have had discussions with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board on the use of section 106 funding from new housing developments to expand access to GP services…

Written question29 June 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to GP services in the Tunbridge Wells constituency.

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Written question29 June 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board on plans to upgrade GP provision and access in the Tunbridge Wells constituency, specifically at the (i)…

Written question29 June 2026

Woodlands Health Centre

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board on commissioning building upgrades at Woodlands Health Centre in Tunbridge Wells constituency.

Written question26 June 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his department has had with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board on the expansion of access to GP services in the Tunbridge Wells constituency.

Written question26 June 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the performance of NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board in improving access to GP services in the Tunbridge Wells constituency.

Written question26 June 2026

General Practitioners: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the provision of GP services in the Tunbridge Wells constituency over the next five years.

Written question26 June 2026

GP Surgeries: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the quality of GP premises in the Tunbridge Wells constituency.

Written question26 June 2026

Neighbourhood Health Centres: Tunbridge Wells

Raised by Mike Martin MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of establishing a neighbourhood health centre in the Tunbridge Wells constituency to meet demand for GP services.

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 constituency682
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 constituency444
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 constituency333
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency290
Signatures nationally118,715

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

View 73 more petitions
Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency163
Signatures nationally129,565

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

Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency160
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency159
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 constituency125
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 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 recorded49
Total awarded£3,317,328

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 9 June 2026

Extension 2027-28: Applause Rural Touring

Applause Rural Touring

£285,576

Arts Council England · Arts

About this award

Extension 2027-28: Applause Rural Touring - Combined arts - NPO 2023-26

National Lottery grantAwarded 17 April 2026

Client Neuro Pilates Sessions

Brains Matter Charity

£9,000

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will deliver Pilates to adults affected by brain injuries. 3 sessions will be provided per week. Funds will cover coaches and equipment.

National Lottery grantAwarded 16 April 2026

Dementia Dreams

Lizzies Helping hearts cic

£20,000

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

About this award

Lizzies Helping hearts cic - Health & Wellbeing - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 9 April 2026

Continuation of the ‘Transforming Lives Project’

DAVSS – Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services

£499,925

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

About this award

DAVSS – Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services - Health & Wellbeing - RC London and South East Region

National Lottery grantAwarded 12 March 2026

Dial 2 Drivers

Imago Community

£17,950

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

About this award

Imago Community - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

44 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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