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2017 general election results

Darlington

Shows the general election results for Darlington, which is a constituency in County Durham. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 66,341 and a turnout of 67.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jenny Chapman
Majority
3,280
Electorate
66,341
Turnout
67.6%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 50.6%
Con 43.3%
UKIP 2.6%
LD 2.3%
Green 1.2%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Jenny Chapman  Lab 22,681 50.6 7.7
Peter Cuthbertson  Con 19,401 43.3 8.1
Kevin Brack * UKIP 1,180 2.6 -10.5
Anne-Marie Curry * LD 1,031 2.3 -2.5
Matthew Snedker * Green 524 1.2 -2.3
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con UKIP LD Green TUSC BNP Oth
2005 52.3% 26.1% 1.9% 18.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
2010 39.4% 31.5% 2.8% 23.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.9% 0.0%
2015 42.9% 35.2% 13.1% 4.8% 3.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 50.6% 43.3% 2.6% 2.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
518 Darlington 7.3%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
466 Darlington 50.6%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
391 Darlington 67.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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