Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Darlington
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for the House of Commons
Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Boundary of Darlington in the North East England
County County Durham
Electorate 70,446 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Darlington
Current constituency
Created 1868
Member of Parliament Lola McEvoy (Labour Party)
SeatsOne
Created from South Durham

Darlington is the parliamentary constituency for the eponymous market town in County Durham in the North East of England. It is currently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Lola McEvoy of the Labour Party, who was first elected in 2024. [n 1]

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1868 election. [2]

Constituency profile

The constituency is tightly drawn around the Darlington urban boundary, and is slightly less wealthy and more deprived than the UK average figures. [3]

Boundaries

1868–1885

Under the Reform Act 1867, the proposed contents of the new parliamentary borough were defined as the townships of Darlington, Haughton-le-Skerne, and Cockerton. [2] However, this was amended under the Boundary Act 1868, with the boundary defined as being coterminous with the Municipal Borough of Darlington. [4]

See map on Vision of Britain website. [5]

1885–1918

As defined in 1868 with minor amendments. [6]

1918–1983

The County Borough of Darlington. [7]

The boundaries were adjusted in 1918, 1950 and 1973 to reflect changes to the boundaries of the county borough.

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. [8] [9]

No change to boundaries.

2010–2024

Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

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. [10]

Minor change to reflect new ward boundaries.

2024–present

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises the following:

The Borough of Darlington wards of: Bank Top & Lascelles; Brinkburn & Faverdale; Cockerton; College; Eastbourne; Harrowgate Hill; Haughton & Springfield; Heighington & Coniscliffe; Hummersknott; Mowden; North Road; Northgate; Park East; Park West; Pierremont; Red Hall & Lingfield; Stephenson; Whinfield. [11]

The constituency was expanded slightly to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the rural ward of Heighington & Coniscliffe from the abolished constituency of Sedgefield.

Political history

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 before being defeated himself in 2024 by Lola McEvoy of Labour by a margin of 2,298

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [12] 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
2024 Lola McEvoy Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Darlington [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lola McEvoy 16,621 39.2 +0.3
Conservative Peter Gibson 14,32333.8−15.9
Reform UK Michael Walker6,85216.2+12.6
Green Matthew Snedker2,8476.7+4.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Thorley1,7354.1−0.5
Majority2,2985.4N/A
Turnout 42,37859.9−5.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.1

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Darlington [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Gibson 20,901 48.1 +4.8
Labour Jenny Chapman 17,60740.5–10.1
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Curry2,0974.8+2.5
Brexit Party Dave Mawson1,5443.5New
Green Matthew Snedker1,0572.4+1.2
Independent Monty Brack2920.7New
Majority3,2947.6N/A
Turnout 43,49865.6−2.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.4
General election 2017: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Chapman [16] 22,681 50.6 +7.7
Conservative Peter Cuthbertson [17] 19,40143.3+8.1
UKIP Kevin Brack1,1802.6−10.5
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Curry1,0312.3−2.5
Green Matthew Snedker5241.2−2.3
Majority3,2807.3−0.4
Turnout 44,81767.6+5.1
Labour hold Swing −0.2
General election 2015: Darlington [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Chapman 17,637 42.9 +3.5
Conservative Peter Cuthbertson [19] 14,47935.2+3.7
UKIP David Hodgson [20] 5,39213.1+10.3
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Curry [21] 1,9664.8−18.6
Green Michael Cherrington [22] 1,4443.5New
TUSC Alan Docherty [23] 2230.5New
Majority3,1587.7−0.2
Turnout 41,14162.5+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. [24]

General election 2010: Darlington [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Chapman 16,891 39.4 −13.0
Conservative Edward Legard13,50331.5+5.5
Liberal Democrats Mike Barker10,04623.4+4.9
BNP Amanda Foster1,2622.9New
UKIP Charlotte Bull1,1942.8+0.9
Majority3,3887.9−18.5
Turnout 42,89661.9+1.6
Labour hold Swing −9.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Darlington [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Milburn 20,643 52.4 −3.9
Conservative Anthony Frieze10,23926.0−4.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Adamson7,26918.5+7.6
UKIP John Hoodless7301.9New
Veritas David Davies5071.3New
Majority10,40426.4+0.4
Turnout 39,38860.88 [28] −1.2
Labour hold Swing +0.2
General election 2001: Darlington [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Milburn 22,479 56.3 −5.3
Conservative Tony Richmond12,09530.3+2.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Adamson4,35810.9+3.7
Socialist Alliance Alan Docherty4691.2New
Independent Craig Platt2690.7New
Socialist Labour Amanda Rose2290.6New
Majority10,38426.0−7.3
Turnout 39,89962.1 [28] −11.8
Labour hold Swing −3.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Darlington [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Milburn 29,658 61.6 +13.5
Conservative Peter Scrope13,63328.3−14.7
Liberal Democrats Leslie Boxell3,4837.2−1.1
Referendum Michael Blakey1,3992.9New
Majority16,02533.3+28.2
Turnout 48,17273.9−9.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Darlington [32] [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Milburn 26,556 48.1 +6.5
Conservative Michael Fallon 23,75843.0−3.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Bergg4,5868.3−3.5
BNP Donald Clarke3550.6New
Majority2,7985.1N/A
Turnout 55,25583.6+2.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Darlington [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fallon 24,831 46.6 +2.0
Labour Ossie O'Brien 22,17041.6+3.8
Liberal Arthur Collinge6,28911.8−5.6
Majority2,6615.0−1.8
Turnout 53,29080.80.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Darlington [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fallon 22,434 44.6
Labour Ossie O'Brien 18,99637.8
SDP Ray Dutton8,73717.4
Christian Democratic PartyA.H. Clark1080.2New
Majority3,4386.8N/A
Turnout 50,27580.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
1983 Darlington by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ossie O'Brien 20,544 39.5 −6.0
Conservative Michael Fallon 18,13234.9−8.5
SDP Anthony Cook12,73524.5+14.3
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 3740.7New
Independent Arthur Clark1640.3New
Tactical Voting Annihilates Bennite TatchellitesThomas Keen270.1New
Yoga and MeditationJitendra Bardwaj150.0New
RepublicanPeter Smith100.0New
Majority2,4124.6+2.5
Turnout 52,001
Labour hold Swing +1.25

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Fletcher 22,565 45.52 0.0
Conservative Timothy Kirkhope 21,51343.39+5.8
Liberal K. Walker5,05410.19−6.4
National Front H. Outhwaite4440.90New
Majority1,0522.12−5.8
Turnout 49,57678.40+4.00
Labour hold Swing −2.82
General election October 1974: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Fletcher 21,334 45.55
Conservative Brian Hord 17,62037.62
Liberal Peter Freitag7,88216.83
Majority3,7147.93
Turnout 46,83674.40
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Fletcher 20,546 40.75
Conservative Brian Hord 18,47736.65
Liberal Peter Freitag11,39822.61
Majority2,0694.10
Turnout 50,42180.78
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Fletcher 23,208 48.47
Conservative Anthony Bourne-Arton 19,44740.62
Liberal Stuart S. Newton5,22210.91
Majority3,7617.85
Turnout 47,87776.44
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Fletcher 23,909 50.50
Conservative Anthony Bourne-Arton 19,54641.28
Liberal Robert Oakeshott 3,8918.22
Majority4,3639.22
Turnout 47,34682.26
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Fletcher 21,751 45.15
Conservative Anthony Bourne-Arton 19,84141.19
Liberal Gurney Pease 6,57813.66
Majority1,9103.96N/A
Turnout 48,17082.98
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Bourne-Arton 24,318 48.56
Labour Ronald Lewis 19,90139.74
Liberal John Patrick McQuade5,86311.71New
Majority4,4178.82
Turnout 50,08284.40
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fergus Graham 25,765 52.64
Labour Arnold John Parkinson23,18447.36
Majority2,5815.28
Turnout 48,94982.34
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fergus Graham 26,858 50.77
Labour David Hardman 26,04549.23
Majority8131.54N/A
Turnout 52,90387.11
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1950: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Hardman 23,528 44.78
Conservative Geraldyne Edith Mary Walford17,42133.16
Liberal Gordon Victor Rogers11,58822.06
Majority6,10711.62
Turnout 52,53788.48
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Hardman 21,44248.91
Conservative Charles Peat 13,15330.02
Liberal Gordon Victor Rogers9,21521.03
Majority8,28918.89N/A
Turnout 43,81080.09
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Peat 22,320 55.21
Labour Arthur Shepherd 18,10544.79
Majority4,21510.42
Turnout 40,43584.79
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Peat 24,416 60.72
Labour Arthur Shepherd 15,79839.28
Majority8,61821.44N/A
Turnout 40,21489.47
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Shepherd 17,061 44.0 −0.5
Unionist Robert Stewart 15,59640.2−3.1
Liberal John Joseph Richardson6,14915.8+3.6
Majority1,4653.8+2.6
Turnout 38,80689.6+2.0
Labour hold Swing +1.3
1926 Darlington by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Shepherd 12,965 44.5 −1.7
Unionist E. H. Pease12,63643.3−10.5
Liberal John Dickie 3,57312.2New
Majority3291.2N/A
Turnout 29,17487.6+1.5
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.4
General election 1924: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Edwin Pease 15,174 53.8 +11.6
Labour Arthur Shepherd 13,00846.2+12.6
Majority2,1667.6−1.0
Turnout 28,18286.1−0.7
Unionist hold Swing −0.5
General election 1923: Darlington [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Edwin Pease 11,638 42.2 −14.4
Labour Will Sherwood 9,28433.6−9.8
Liberal Robert Wright 6,69724.2New
Majority2,3548.6−4.6
Turnout 27,61986.8+1.5
Unionist hold Swing −2.3
1923 Darlington by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Edwin Pease 14,684 56.6 +6.9
Labour Will Sherwood 11,27143.4+9.6
Majority3,41313.2−2.7
Turnout 25,95585.3−2.7
Unionist hold Swing −1.4
General election 1922: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Herbert Pease 13,286 49.7 −11.8
Labour Will Sherwood 9,04833.8New
Liberal Thomas Crooks4,41916.5−22.0
Majority4,23815.9−7.1
Turnout 26,75388.0+20.2
Unionist hold Swing N/A

Election results 1868–1918

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Darlington [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edmund Backhouse 1,789 67.2
Independent Liberal Henry King Spark [38] 87532.8
Majority91434.4
Turnout 2,66487.1
Registered electors 3,057
Liberal win (new seat)

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Darlington [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edmund Backhouse 1,625 45.9 −21.3
Independent Liberal Henry King Spark [39] 1,60745.4+12.6
Conservative Thomas Gibson Bowles [40] 3058.6New
Majority180.5−33.9
Turnout 3,53786.8−0.3
Registered electors 4,073
Liberal hold Swing −17.0

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Darlington [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Theodore Fry 2,772 67.6 +21.7
Independent Liberal Henry King Spark [41] [42] 1,33132.4−13.0
Majority1,44135.2+34.7
Turnout 4,10382.6−4.2
Registered electors 4,966
Liberal hold Swing +17.4
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Wilson-Todd
General election 1885: Darlington [43] [44] [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Theodore Fry 3,302 61.2 −6.4
Conservative William Wilson-Todd 2,09638.8New
Majority1,20622.4−12.8
Turnout 5,39891.4+8.8
Registered electors 5,907
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1886: Darlington [43] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Theodore Fry 2,620 50.5 –10.7
Liberal Unionist H. O. Arnold-Forster 2,56349.5+10.7
Majority571.0–21.4
Turnout 5,18387.7–3.7
Registered electors 5,907
Liberal hold Swing –10.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Darlington [43] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Theodore Fry 2,866 50.5 0.0
Liberal Unionist Arthur Pease 2,81049.50.0
Majority561.00.0
Turnout 5,67693.9+6.2
Registered electors 6,045
Liberal hold Swing 0.0
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General election 1895: Darlington [43] [44] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Arthur Pease 3,354 55.4 +5.9
Liberal Theodore Fry 2,69744.6–5.9
Majority65710.8N/A
Turnout 6,05192.2–1.7
Registered electors 6,560
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +5.9

Pease's death causes a by-election.

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Philipps
1898 Darlington by-election [43] [44] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Pease 3,497 55.5 +0.1
Liberal Owen Philipps 2,80944.5−0.1
Majority68811.0+0.2
Turnout 6,30690.7−1.5
Registered electors 6,952
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Darlington [43] [44] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Pease Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
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Mitchell
General election 1906: Darlington [43] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Pease 4,375 51.7 N/A
Labour Repr. Cmte. Isaac Mitchell 4,08748.3New
Majority2883.4N/A
Turnout 8,46293.2N/A
Registered electors 9,078
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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Lincoln
General election January 1910: Darlington [43] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln 4,815 50.2 New
Liberal Unionist Herbert Pease 4,78649.8−1.9
Majority290.4N/A
Turnout 9,60195.1+1.9
Registered electors 10,097
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing
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Maddison
General election December 1910: Darlington [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Herbert Pease 4,881 52.2 +2.4
Lib-Lab Frederick Maddison 4,47547.8−2.4
Majority4064.4N/A
Turnout 9,35692.7−2.4
Registered electors 10,097
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +2.4
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Scott

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Darlington [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Herbert Pease 11,95161.5+9.3
Liberal Alfred Scott 7,49438.5−9.3
Majority4,45723.0+18.6
Turnout 19,44567.8−24.9
Unionist hold Swing +9.3
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

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