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Darlington — 2024
Lola McEvoy (Labour Party) was elected with 16,621 votes— 39.2% of 42,378 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. 39.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,378
| 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 | Lola McEvoy | Labour Party | 16,621 | 39.2% | −10.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter Gibson | Conservative Party | 14,323 | 33.8% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Walker | Reform UK | 6,852 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Matthew Snedker | Green Party | 2,847 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | Simon Thorley | Liberal Democrats | 1,735 | 4.1% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.