UK general elections › 2017 › Darlington
Darlington — 2017
Jenny Chapman (Labour Party) was elected with 22,681 votes— 50.6% of 44,817 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,817
| 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 | 22,681 | 50.6% | +0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Cuthbertson | Conservative Party | 19,401 | 43.3% | — | |
| 3 | Kevin Brack | UK Independence Party | 1,180 | 2.6% | — | |
| 4 | Anne-Marie Curry | Liberal Democrats | 1,031 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | Matthew Snedker | Green Party | 524 | 1.2% | — |
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.