UK general elections › 2015 › Darlington
Darlington — 2015
Jenny Chapman (Labour Party) was elected with 17,637 votes— 42.9% of 41,141 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. 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,141
| 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 | 17,637 | 42.9% | −7.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Cuthbertson | Conservative Party | 14,479 | 35.2% | — | |
| 3 | Dave Hodgson | UK Independence Party | 5,392 | 13.1% | — | |
| 4 | Anne-Marie Curry | Liberal Democrats | 1,966 | 4.8% | — | |
| 5 | Michael Cherrington | Green Party | 1,444 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Alan Docherty | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 223 | 0.5% | — |
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.