It is currently held by Conservative Tom Tugendhat, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Tonbridge and Malling from 2015 to 2024.

It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tonbridge and Malling constituency.

Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established and was first contested in the 2024 general election, formed primarily from the previous and largely overlapping constituency of Tonbridge and Malling.

The re-established constituency id defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020: Following a local government boundary review in Tonbridge and Malling which came into effect in May 2023,[4][5] the constituency is now composed of the following from the 2024 general election: The reformed constituency comprises the bulk of the preceding Tonbridge and Malling seat (excluding East and West Malling), plus an additional two District of Sevenoaks wards to the north - Ash and New Ash Green, and Hartley and Hodsoll Street, from the constituencies of Sevenoaks and Dartford respectively.

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;