Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
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Location of Kent within England.
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| County | Kent |
| Electorate | 73,028 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Tunbridge Wells and Paddock Wood |
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| Created | 1974 |
| Member of parliament | Greg Clark (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Tonbridge and Ashford |
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| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Tunbridge Wells is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Greg Clark, a Conservative who has served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since 14 July 2016.
1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells, the Urban District of Southborough, the Rural District of Cranbrook, and in the Rural District of Tonbridge the civil parishes of Bidborough, Brenchley, Capel, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst, Paddock Wood, Pembury, and Speldhurst.
1983-1997: The Borough of Tunbridge Wells.
1997-2010: The Borough of Tunbridge Wells wards of Brenchley, Capel, Culverdon, Goudhurst, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst, Paddock Wood, Pantiles, Park, Pembury, Rusthall, St James', St John's, St Mark's, Sherwood, Southborough East, Southborough North, Southborough West, and Speldhurst and Bidborough.
2010-present: The Borough of Tunbridge Wells wards of Brenchley and Horsmonden, Broadwater, Capel, Culverden, Goudhurst and Lamberhurst, Hawkhurst and Sandhurst, Paddock Wood East, Paddock Wood West, Pantiles and St Mark’s, Park, Pembury, Rusthall, St James', St John's, Sherwood, Southborough and High Brooms, Southborough North, and Speldhurst and Bidborough.
The constituency occupies rural and two largely spacious urban towns in Kent in south eastern England, covering the area of the Borough of Tunbridge Wells, the main town of which is also known as Royal Tunbridge Wells.
The constituency was created in 1974, and was originally named "Royal Tunbridge Wells". Except for Cranbrook Rural District (previously part of the Ashford constituency) the area had formed part of the constituency of Tonbridge prior to 1974. In 1983 the "Royal" prefix was removed from the seat's name.
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