UK general elections › 2010 › Darlington
Darlington — 2010
Jenny Chapman (Labour Party) was elected with 16,891 votes— 39.4% of 42,896 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 39.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,896
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenny Chapman | Labour Party | 16,891 | 39.4% | −10.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Edward Legard | Conservative Party | 13,503 | 31.5% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Barker | Liberal Democrats | 10,046 | 23.4% | — | |
| 4 | Amanda Foster | British National Party | 1,262 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Charlotte Bull | UK Independence Party | 1,194 | 2.8% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.