Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 54°31′44″N 1°33′11″W / 54.529°N 1.553°W
Darlington | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Durham |
Electorate | 66,397 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Darlington |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1868 |
Member of Parliament | Peter Gibson (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South Durham |
Darlington is the parliamentary constituency for the market town of the same name in County Durham in the North East of England. It is currently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Peter Gibson of the Conservative Party, who first became its MP in 2019.[n 1]
History[]
The constituency was created for the 1868 election[n 2] and covers the market town of Darlington in County Durham. The seat has been held by all three major parties in its long existence, but has been a marginal constituency between the Labour and Conservative parties in the years since the Second World War. Labour held the seat for 27 years from 1992 with their candidate Jenny Chapman winning the seat in 2010 with a 3,388 majority down from 10,404 in the previous election. In 2015, her majority over the Conservatives fell to 3,158. In the UK General election 2019 Conservative Peter Gibson defeated Chapman with a 3,294 majority.
Boundaries[]
1868–1885: The townships of Darlington, Haughton-le-Skerne, and Cockerton.[2]
1918–1983: The County Borough of Darlington.
1983–2010: The Borough of Darlington wards of Bank Top, Central, Cockerton East, Cockerton West, college, Eastbourne North, Eastbourne South, Harrowgate Hill, Haughton East, Haughton West, Hummersknott, Lascelles, Lingfield, Mowden, Northgate North, Northgate South, North Road, Park East, Park West, and Pierremont.
2010–2015: The Borough of Darlington wards of Bank Top, Central, Cockerton East, Cockerton West, college, Eastbourne, Faverdale, Harrowgate Hill, Haughton East, Haughton North, Haughton West, Hummersknott, Lascelles, Lingfield, Mowden, Northgate, North Road, Park East, Park West, and Pierremont.
2015–present: The Borough of Darlington wards of Bank Top and Lascelles, Brinkburn and Faverdale, Cockerton, college, Eastbourne, Harrowgate Hill, Haughton and Springfield, Hummersknott, Mowden, Northgate, North Road, Park East, Park West, Pierremont, Red Hall and Lingfield, Stephenson, and Whinfield.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Edmund Backhouse | Liberal | |
1880 | Theodore Fry | Liberal | |
1895 | Arthur Pease | Liberal Unionist | |
1898 by-election | Herbert Pease | Liberal Unionist | |
1910 | Trebitsch Lincoln | Liberal | |
1910 | Herbert Pease | Unionist | |
1923 by-election | William Edwin Pease | Unionist | |
1926 by-election | Arthur Shepherd | Labour | |
1931 | Charles Peat | Conservative | |
1945 | David Hardman | Labour | |
1951 | Fergus Graham | Conservative | |
1959 | Anthony Bourne-Arton | Conservative | |
1964 | Ted Fletcher | Labour | |
1983 by-election | Oswald O'Brien | Labour | |
1983 | Michael Fallon | Conservative | |
1992 | Alan Milburn | Labour | |
2010 | Jenny Chapman | Labour | |
2019 | Peter Gibson | Conservative |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Gibson | 20,901 | 48.1 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Jenny Chapman | 17,607 | 40.5 | –10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Curry | 2,097 | 4.8 | +2.5 | |
Brexit Party | Dave Mawson | 1,544 | 3.5 | New | |
Green | Matthew Snedker | 1,057 | 2.4 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Monty Brack | 292 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,294 | 7.6 | New | ||
Turnout | 43,498 | 65.6 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jenny Chapman[5] | 22,681 | 50.6 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Cuthbertson[6] | 19,401 | 43.3 | +8.1 | |
UKIP | Kevin Brack | 1,180 | 2.6 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Curry | 1,031 | 2.3 | −2.5 | |
Green | Matthew Snedker | 524 | 1.2 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 3,280 | 7.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,817 | 67.6 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jenny Chapman | 17,637 | 42.9 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Cuthbertson[8] | 14,479 | 35.2 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | David Hodgson[9] | 5,392 | 13.1 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Curry[10] | 1,966 | 4.8 | −18.6 | |
Green | Michael Cherrington[11] | 1,444 | 3.5 | New | |
TUSC | Alan Docherty [12] | 223 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,158 | 7.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,141 | 62.5 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 |
In the 2015 election, 89 ballot papers were issued omitting the UKIP candidate before the error was corrected.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jenny Chapman | 16,891 | 39.4 | −13.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Legard | 13,503 | 31.5 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Barker | 10,046 | 23.4 | +4.9 | |
BNP | Amanda Foster | 1,262 | 2.9 | New | |
UKIP | Charlotte Bull | 1,194 | 2.8 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 3,388 | 7.9 | -18.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,896 | 61.9 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −9.2 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Milburn | 20,643 | 52.4 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Anthony Frieze | 10,239 | 26.0 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Adamson | 7,269 | 18.5 | +7.6 | |
UKIP | John Hoodless | 730 | 1.9 | New | |
Veritas | David Davies | 507 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,404 | 26.4 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,388 | 60.88[17] | −1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Milburn | 22,479 | 56.3 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Tony Richmond | 12,095 | 30.3 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Adamson | 4,358 | 10.9 | +3.7 | |
Socialist Alliance | Alan Docherty | 469 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent | Craig Platt | 269 | 0.7 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Amanda Rose | 229 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 10,384 | 26.0 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,899 | 62.1[17] | −11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Milburn | 29,658 | 61.6 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Scrope | 13,633 | 28.3 | −14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Boxell | 3,483 | 7.2 | −1.1 | |
Referendum | Michael Blakey | 1,399 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 16,025 | 33.3 | +28.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,172 | 73.9 | -9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Milburn | 26,556 | 48.1 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Fallon | 23,758 | 43.0 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Bergg | 4,586 | 8.3 | −3.5 | |
BNP | Donald Clarke | 355 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,798 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,255 | 83.6 | +2.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.0 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Fallon | 24,831 | 46.6 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Ossie O'Brien | 22,170 | 41.6 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Collinge | 6,289 | 11.8 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 2,661 | 5.0 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,290 | 80.8 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Fallon | 22,434 | 44.6 | ||
Labour | Ossie O'Brien | 18,996 | 37.8 | ||
SDP | Ray Dutton | 8,737 | 17.4 | ||
Christian Democratic Party | A.H. Clark | 108 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 3,438 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 50,275 | 80.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ossie O'Brien | 20,544 | 39.5 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Fallon | 18,132 | 34.9 | −8.5 | |
SDP | Anthony Cook | 12,735 | 24.5 | +14.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 374 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent | Arthur Clark | 164 | 0.3 | New | |
Tactical Voting Annihilates Bennite Tatchellites | Thomas Keen | 27 | 0.1 | New | |
Yoga and Meditation | Jitendra Bardwaj | 15 | 0.0 | New | |
Republican | Peter Smith | 10 | 0.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,412 | 4.6 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,001 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.25 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 22,565 | 45.52 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | Timothy Kirkhope | 21,513 | 43.39 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | K. Walker | 5,054 | 10.19 | −6.4 | |
National Front | H. Outhwaite | 444 | 0.90 | New | |
Majority | 1,052 | 2.12 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,576 | 78.40 | +4.00 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.82 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 21,334 | 45.55 | ||
Conservative | Brian Hord | 17,620 | 37.62 | ||
Liberal | Philip Frietag | 7,882 | 16.83 | ||
Majority | 3,714 | 7.93 | |||
Turnout | 46,836 | 74.40 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 20,546 | 40.75 | ||
Conservative | Brian Hord | 18,477 | 36.65 | ||
Liberal | Philip Frietag | 11,398 | 22.61 | ||
Majority | 2,069 | 4.10 | |||
Turnout | 50,421 | 80.78 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 23,208 | 48.47 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Bourne-Arton | 19,447 | 40.62 | ||
Liberal | Stuart S. Newton | 5,222 | 10.91 | ||
Majority | 3,761 | 7.85 | |||
Turnout | 47,877 | 76.44 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 23,909 | 50.50 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Bourne-Arton | 19,546 | 41.28 | ||
Liberal | Robert Oakeshott | 3,891 | 8.22 | ||
Majority | 4,363 | 9.22 | |||
Turnout | 47,346 | 82.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Fletcher | 21,751 | 45.15 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Bourne-Arton | 19,841 | 41.19 | ||
Liberal | Gurney Pease | 6,578 | 13.66 | ||
Majority | 1,910 | 3.96 | |||
Turnout | 48,170 | 82.98 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Bourne-Arton | 24,318 | 48.56 | ||
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 19,901 | 39.74 | ||
Liberal | John Patrick McQuade | 5,863 | 11.71 | New | |
Majority | 4,417 | 8.82 | |||
Turnout | 50,082 | 84.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fergus Graham | 25,765 | 52.64 | ||
Labour | Arnold John Parkinson | 23,184 | 47.36 | ||
Majority | 2,581 | 5.28 | |||
Turnout | 48,949 | 82.34 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fergus Graham | 26,858 | 50.77 | ||
Labour | David Hardman | 26,045 | 49.23 | ||
Majority | 813 | 1.54 | |||
Turnout | 52,903 | 87.11 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hardman | 23,528 | 44.78 | ||
Conservative | Geraldyne Edith Mary Walford | 17,421 | 33.16 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Victor Rogers | 11,588 | 22.06 | ||
Majority | 6,107 | 11.62 | |||
Turnout | 52,537 | 88.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hardman | 21,442 | 48.91 | ||
Conservative | Charles Peat | 13,153 | 30.02 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Victor Rogers | 9,215 | 21.03 | ||
Majority | 8,289 | 18.89 | |||
Turnout | 43,810 | 80.09 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Peat | 22,320 | 55.21 | ||
Labour | Arthur Shepherd | 18,105 | 44.79 | ||
Majority | 4,215 | 10.42 | |||
Turnout | 40,435 | 84.79 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Peat | 24,416 | 60.72 | ||
Labour | Arthur Shepherd | 15,798 | 39.28 | ||
Majority | 8,618 | 21.44 | |||
Turnout | 40,214 | 89.47 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Shepherd | 17,061 | 44.0 | −0.5 | |
Unionist | Robert Stewart | 15,596 | 40.2 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | John Joseph Richardson | 6,149 | 15.8 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 1,465 | 3.8 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,806 | 89.6 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Shepherd | 12,965 | 44.5 | −1.7 | |
Unionist | E. H. Pease | 12,636 | 43.3 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | John Dickie | 3,573 | 12.2 | New | |
Majority | 329 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,174 | 87.6 | +1.5 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Edwin Pease | 15,174 | 53.8 | +11.6 | |
Labour | Arthur Shepherd | 13,008 | 46.2 | +12.6 | |
Majority | 2,166 | 7.6 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,182 | 86.1 | −0.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Edwin Pease | 11,638 | 42.2 | −14.4 | |
Labour | Will Sherwood | 9,284 | 33.6 | −9.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Wright | 6,697 | 24.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,354 | 8.6 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,619 | 86.8 | +1.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Edwin Pease | 14,684 | 56.6 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Will Sherwood | 11,271 | 43.4 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 3,413 | 13.2 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 25,955 | 85.3 | −2.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Pease | 13,286 | 49.7 | −11.8 | |
Labour | Will Sherwood | 9,048 | 33.8 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Crooks | 4,419 | 16.5 | −22.0 | |
Majority | 4,238 | 15.9 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,753 | 88.0 | +20.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Election results 1868–1918[]
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Backhouse | 1,789 | 67.2 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry King Spark[27] | 875 | 32.8 | ||
Majority | 914 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,664 | 87.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,057 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Backhouse | 1,625 | 45.9 | −21.3 | |
Independent Liberal | Henry King Spark[28] | 1,607 | 45.4 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Gibson Bowles[29] | 305 | 8.6 | New | |
Majority | 18 | 0.5 | −33.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,537 | 86.8 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,073 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −17.0 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Theodore Fry | 2,772 | 67.6 | +21.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Henry King Spark[30][31] | 1,331 | 32.4 | −13.0 | |
Majority | 1,441 | 35.2 | +34.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,103 | 82.6 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,966 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +17.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Theodore Fry | 3,302 | 61.2 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | William Wilson-Todd | 2,096 | 38.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,206 | 22.4 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,398 | 91.4 | +8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,907 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Theodore Fry | 2,620 | 50.5 | –10.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | H. O. Arnold-Forster | 2,563 | 49.5 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 57 | 1.0 | –21.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,183 | 87.7 | –3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,907 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –10.7 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Theodore Fry | 2,866 | 50.5 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Pease | 2,810 | 49.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 56 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,676 | 93.9 | +6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,045 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Pease | 3,354 | 55.4 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Theodore Fry | 2,697 | 44.6 | –5.9 | |
Majority | 657 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,051 | 92.2 | –1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,560 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.9 |
Pease's death causes a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Herbert Pease | 3,497 | 55.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Owen Philipps | 2,809 | 44.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 688 | 11.0 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,306 | 90.7 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,952 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Herbert Pease | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Herbert Pease | 4,375 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Isaac Mitchell | 4,087 | 48.3 | New | |
Majority | 288 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,462 | 93.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,078 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln | 4,815 | 50.2 | New | |
Liberal Unionist | Herbert Pease | 4,786 | 49.8 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 29 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,601 | 95.1 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,097 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Herbert Pease | 4,881 | 52.2 | +2.4 | |
Lib-Lab | Frederick Maddison | 4,475 | 47.8 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 406 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,356 | 92.7 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,097 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.4 |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Herbert Pease
- Liberal: Alfred Scott[37]
- Labour: T. Russell Williams
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Herbert Pease | 11,951 | 61.5 | +9.3 |
Liberal | Alfred Scott | 7,494 | 38.5 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 4,457 | 23.0 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 19,445 | 67.8 | −24.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +9.3 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also[]
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham
- 1923 Darlington by-election
- 1926 Darlington by-election
- 1983 Darlington by-election
Notes[]
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ 17 years before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 which created many more
References[]
- ^ a b "UK Parliamentary (General) Election - 12 December 2019 results". Darlington Borough Council. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ^ https://www.darlington.gov.uk/media/10333/notice-statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations-darlington.pdf
- ^ Sam Howarth [@SamHowarth1991] (23 April 2017). "Great to be at @JennyChapman #GE2017 launch in a sunny South Park today - let's win again in Darlington!