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Sevenoaks is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Michael Fallon, a Conservative. ==History== This constituency has existed since the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. With the exception of the one-year Parliament in 1923, the constituency has to date been a Conservative stronghold. ;1885-1950 Sir Thomas Jewell Bennett before entering Parliament was a leader writer at ''The Standard'' and lived in India for many years, working at the ''Bombay Gazette'' before becoming both editor and principal proprietor of the ''Times of India''. Bennett returned to England in 1901 and in 1910 unsuccessfully contested his first Parliamentary election, losing to Alfred Gelder at the time of David Lloyd George and H. H. Asquith's celebrated "People's Budget". He represented the seat for five years from 1918. Higher in government in this period was Hilton Young, the Health Secretary between 1931 and 1935. The health portfolio at the time included responsibility for housing, including slum clearance and rehousing. Key items of legislation to which he contributed in this period were: the'' Town and Country Planning Act (1932)'' (which applied to all 'developable' land), the ''Housing Act (1935)'' (which laid down standards of accommodation)〔Young, W. (1971), p.1089.〕 and the ''Restriction of Ribbon Development Act (1935)'' (which sought to consolidate urban development and restrict ribbon sprawl along major highways).〔Sheail, J. (1979), The Restriction of Ribbon Development Act: The character and perception of land-use control in inter-war Britain, ''Regional Studies'', 13: 6, 501–12.〕 ;1950-date Since 1950 the highest government position has been that of Michael Fallon who is currently Secretary of State for Defence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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