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Darlington — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Darlington was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 2,298 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Darlington from 1868 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1868–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1868 Edmund Backhouse (Liberal) 1,789 67.2% Henry King Spark (Independent Liberal) 914 (34.3 pts) 87.1%
1874 Edmund Backhouse (Liberal) 1,625 45.9% Henry King Spark (Independent Liberal) 18 (0.5 pts) 86.8%
1880 Theodore Fry (Liberal) 2,772 67.6% Henry King Spark (Independent Liberal) 1,441 (35.1 pts) 82.6%
1885 Theodore Fry (Liberal) 3,302 61.2% William Henry Wilson-Todd (Conservative) 1,206 (22.3 pts) 91.4%
1886 Theodore Fry (Liberal) 2,620 50.5% Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (Liberal Unionist) 57 (1.1 pts) 87.7%
1892 Theodore Fry (Liberal) 2,866 50.5% Arthur Pease (Liberal Unionist) 56 (1.0 pts) 93.9%
1895 Arthur Pease (Liberal Unionist) 3,354 55.4% Theodore Fry (Liberal) 657 (10.9 pts) 92.2%
1900 Herbert Pike Pease (Liberal Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Herbert Pike Pease (Liberal Unionist) 4,375 51.7% Isaac Haig Mitchell (Labour) 288 (3.4 pts) 93.2%
Jan 1910 Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln (Liberal) 4,815 50.2% Herbert Pike Pease (Liberal Unionist) 29 (0.3 pts) 95.1%
Dec 1910 Herbert Pike Pease (Liberal Unionist) 4,881 52.2% Frederick Maddison (Liberal-Labour) 406 (4.3 pts) 92.7%
1918 Herbert Pike Pease (Unionist) 11,951 61.5% Alfred Henry Scott (Liberal) 4,457 (22.9 pts) 67.8%
1922 Herbert Pike Pease (Unionist) 13,286 49.7% William John Sherwood (Labour) 4,238 (15.8 pts) 88.0%
1923 William Edwin Pease (Unionist) 11,638 42.1% William John Sherwood (Labour) 2,354 (8.5 pts) 86.8%
1924 William Edwin Pease (Unionist) 15,174 53.8% Arthur Lewis Shepherd (Labour) 2,166 (7.7 pts) 86.1%
1929 Arthur Lewis Shepherd (Labour) 17,061 44.0% Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart (Unionist) 1,465 (3.8 pts) 89.6%
1931 Charles Urie Peat (Conservative) 24,416 60.7% Arthur Lewis Shepherd (Labour) 8,618 (21.4 pts) 89.5%
1935 Charles Urie Peat (Conservative) 22,320 55.2% Arthur Lewis Shepherd (Labour) 4,215 (10.4 pts) 84.8%
1945 David Rennie Hardman (Labour) 21,442 48.9% Charles Urie Peat (Conservative) 8,289 (18.9 pts) 79.9%
1950 David Rennie Hardman (Labour) 23,528 44.8% Geraldyne Edith Mary Walford (Conservative) 6,107 (11.6 pts) 88.0%
1951 Frederick Fergus Graham (Conservative) 26,858 50.8% David Rennie Hardman (Labour) 813 (1.5 pts) 87.1%
1955 Frederick Fergus Graham (Conservative) 25,765 52.6% Arnold John Parkinson (Labour) 2,581 (5.3 pts) 82.3%
1959 Anthony Temple Bourne-Arton (Conservative) 24,318 48.6% Ronald Howard Lewis (Labour) 4,417 (8.8 pts) 84.4%
1964 Edward Joseph Fletcher (Labour) 21,751 45.2% Anthony Temple Bourne-Arton (Conservative) 1,910 (4.0 pts) 83.0%
1966 Edward Fletcher (Labour) 23,909 50.5% Anthony Bourne-Arton (Conservative) 4,363 (9.2 pts) 82.3%
1970 Edward Fletcher (Labour) 23,208 48.5% Anthony Bourne-Arton (Conservative) 3,761 (7.9 pts) 76.5%
Feb 1974 Edward Fletcher (Labour) 20,546 40.7% Brian Hord (Conservative) 2,069 (4.1 pts) 80.8%
Oct 1974 Edward Fletcher (Labour) 21,334 45.6% Brian Hord (Conservative) 3,714 (7.9 pts) 74.4%
1979 Edward Fletcher (Labour) 22,565 45.5% Timothy Kirkhope (Conservative) 1,052 (2.1 pts) 78.4%
1983 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 22,434 44.6% Oswald O'Brien (Labour) 3,438 (6.8 pts) 77.1%
1987 Michael Fallon (Conservative) 24,831 46.6% Oswald O'Brien (Labour) 2,661 (5.0 pts) 80.8%
1992 Alan Milburn (Labour) 26,556 48.1% Michael Fallon (Conservative) 2,798 (5.1 pts) 83.6%
1997 Alan Milburn (Labour) 29,658 61.6% Peter Scrope (Conservative) 16,025 (33.3 pts) 74.0%
2001 Alan Milburn (Labour) 22,479 56.3% Tony Richmond (Conservative) 10,384 (26.0 pts) 62.0%
2005 Alan Milburn (Labour) 20,643 52.4% Anthony Frieze (Conservative) 10,404 (26.4 pts) 60.3%
2010 Jenny Chapman (Labour) 16,891 39.4% Edward Legard (Conservative) 3,388 (7.9 pts) 63.0%
2015 Jenny Chapman (Labour) 17,637 42.9% Peter Cuthbertson (Conservative) 3,158 (7.7 pts) 62.7%
2017 Jenny Chapman (Labour) 22,681 50.6% Peter Cuthbertson (Conservative) 3,280 (7.3 pts) 67.7%
2019 Peter Gibson (Conservative) 20,901 48.1% Jenny Chapman (Labour) 3,294 (7.6 pts) 65.6%
2024 Lola McEvoy (Labour) 16,621 39.2% Peter Gibson (Conservative) 2,298 (5.4 pts) 60.1%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Backhouse Liberal 1,78967.2% Yes
Henry King Spark Independent Liberal 87532.8% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Backhouse Liberal 1,62545.9% Yes
Henry King Spark Independent Liberal 1,60745.4% No
Thomas Gibson Bowles Conservative 3058.6% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Fry Liberal 2,77267.6% Yes
Henry King Spark Independent Liberal 1,33132.4% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Fry Liberal 3,30261.2% Yes
William Henry Wilson-Todd Conservative 2,09638.8% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Fry Liberal 2,62050.5% Yes
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster Liberal Unionist 2,56349.5% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Fry Liberal 2,86650.5% Yes
Arthur Pease Liberal Unionist 2,81049.5% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Pease Liberal Unionist 3,35455.4% Yes
Theodore Fry Liberal 2,69744.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Pike Pease Liberal Unionist Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Pike Pease Liberal Unionist 4,37551.7% Yes
Isaac Haig Mitchell Labour 4,08748.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln Liberal 4,81550.2% Yes
Herbert Pike Pease Liberal Unionist 4,78649.8% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Pike Pease Liberal Unionist 4,88152.2% Yes
Frederick Maddison Liberal-Labour 4,47547.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Pike Pease Unionist 11,95161.5% Yes
Alfred Henry Scott Liberal 7,49438.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Pike Pease Unionist 13,28649.7% Yes
William John Sherwood Labour 9,04833.8% No
Thomas Crooks Liberal 4,41916.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edwin Pease Unionist 11,63842.1% Yes
William John Sherwood Labour 9,28433.6% No
Robert Alderson Wright Liberal 6,69724.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edwin Pease Unionist 15,17453.8% Yes
Arthur Lewis Shepherd Labour 13,00846.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Lewis Shepherd Labour 17,06144.0% Yes
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart Unionist 15,59640.2% No
John Joseph Richardson Liberal 6,14915.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Urie Peat Conservative 24,41660.7% Yes
Arthur Lewis Shepherd Labour 15,79839.3% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Urie Peat Conservative 22,32055.2% Yes
Arthur Lewis Shepherd Labour 18,10544.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rennie Hardman Labour 21,44248.9% Yes
Charles Urie Peat Conservative 13,15330.0% No
Gordon Victor Rogers Liberal 9,21521.0% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rennie Hardman Labour 23,52844.8% Yes
Geraldyne Edith Mary Walford Conservative 17,42133.2% No
Gordon Victor Rogers Liberal 11,58822.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Fergus Graham Conservative 26,85850.8% Yes
David Rennie Hardman Labour 26,04549.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Fergus Graham Conservative 25,76552.6% Yes
Arnold John Parkinson Labour 23,18447.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Temple Bourne-Arton Conservative 24,31848.6% Yes
Ronald Howard Lewis Labour 19,90139.7% No
John Patrick McQuade Liberal 5,86311.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Joseph Fletcher Labour 21,75145.2% Yes
Anthony Temple Bourne-Arton Conservative 19,84141.2% No
Joseph Gurney Pease Liberal 6,57813.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Fletcher Labour 23,90950.5% Yes
Anthony Bourne-Arton Conservative 19,54641.3% No
Robert Noel Waddington Oakeshott Liberal 3,8918.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Fletcher Labour 23,20848.5% Yes
Anthony Bourne-Arton Conservative 19,44740.6% No
Stuart Newton Liberal 5,22210.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Fletcher Labour 20,54640.7% Yes
Brian Hord Conservative 18,47736.6% No
Philip Frietag Liberal 11,39822.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Fletcher Labour 21,33445.6% Yes
Brian Hord Conservative 17,62037.6% No
Philip Frietag Liberal 7,88216.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Fletcher Labour 22,56545.5% Yes
Timothy Kirkhope Conservative 21,51343.4% No
Kenneth Walker Liberal 5,05410.2% No
Harold Outhwaite National Front 4440.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 22,43444.6% Yes
Oswald O'Brien Labour 18,99637.8% No
Ray Dutton Social Democratic Party 8,73717.4% No
Arthur Henry Clark Christian Democrats 1080.2% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fallon Conservative 24,83146.6% Yes
Oswald O'Brien Labour 22,17041.6% No
Andrew Collinge Liberal 6,28911.8% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Milburn Labour 26,55648.1% Yes
Michael Fallon Conservative 23,75843.0% No
Peter Bergg Liberal Democrat 4,5868.3% No
Dr Donald Clarke BNP 3550.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Milburn Labour 29,65861.6% Yes
Peter Scrope Conservative 13,63328.3% No
Leslie Boxell Liberal Democrat 3,4837.2% No
Michael Blakey Referendum Party 1,3992.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Milburn Labour 22,47956.3% Yes
Tony Richmond Conservative 12,09530.3% No
Robert Adamson Liberal Democrat 4,35810.9% No
Alan Docherty Socialist Alliance 4691.2% No
Craig Platt Independent 2690.7% No
Amanda Rose Socialist Labour 2290.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Milburn Labour 20,64352.4% Yes
Anthony Frieze Conservative 10,23926.0% No
Robert Adamson Liberal Democrat 7,26918.5% No
John Hoodless UKIP 7301.9% No
David Davies Veritas 5071.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jenny Chapman Labour 16,89139.4% Yes
Edward Legard Conservative 13,50331.5% No
Michael Barker Liberal Democrat 10,04623.4% No
Amanda Foster BNP 1,2622.9% No
Charlotte Bull UKIP 1,1942.8% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jenny Chapman Labour 17,63742.9% Yes
Peter Cuthbertson Conservative 14,47935.2% No
Dave Hodgson UKIP 5,39213.1% No
Anne-Marie Curry Liberal Democrat 1,9664.8% No
Michael Cherrington Green 1,4443.5% No
Alan Docherty Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2230.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jenny Chapman Labour 22,68150.6% Yes
Peter Cuthbertson Conservative 19,40143.3% No
Kevin Brack UKIP 1,1802.6% No
Anne-Marie Curry Liberal Democrat 1,0312.3% No
Matthew Snedker Green 5241.2% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Gibson Conservative 20,90148.1% Yes
Jenny Chapman Labour 17,60740.5% No
Anne-Marie Curry Liberal Democrat 2,0974.8% No
Dave Mawson Brexit Party 1,5443.5% No
Matthew Snedker Green 1,0572.4% No
Monty Brack Independent 2920.7% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lola McEvoy Labour 16,62139.2% Yes
Peter Gibson Conservative 14,32333.8% No
Michael Walker Reform UK 6,85216.2% No
Matthew Snedker Green 2,8476.7% No
Simon Thorley Liberal Democrat 1,7354.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1868: Liberal margin 34.3 pts 1874: Liberal margin 0.5 pts 1880: Liberal margin 35.1 pts 1885: Liberal margin 22.3 pts 1886: Liberal margin 1.1 pts 1892: Liberal margin 1.0 pts 1895: Liberal Unionist margin 10.9 pts 1906: Liberal Unionist margin 3.4 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 0.3 pts Dec 1910: Liberal Unionist margin 4.3 pts 1918: Unionist margin 22.9 pts 1922: Unionist margin 15.8 pts 1923: Unionist margin 8.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 7.7 pts 1929: Labour margin 3.8 pts 1931: Conservative margin 21.4 pts 1935: Conservative margin 10.4 pts 1945: Labour margin 18.9 pts 1950: Labour margin 11.6 pts 1951: Conservative margin 1.5 pts 1955: Conservative margin 5.3 pts 1959: Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1964: Labour margin 4.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 9.2 pts 1970: Labour margin 7.9 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 4.1 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 7.9 pts 1979: Labour margin 2.1 pts 1983: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 5.0 pts 1992: Labour margin 5.1 pts 1997: Labour margin 33.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 26.0 pts 2005: Labour margin 26.4 pts 2010: Labour margin 7.9 pts 2015: Labour margin 7.7 pts 2017: Labour margin 7.3 pts 2019: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 2024: Labour margin 5.4 pts 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Darlington has been contested at 40 general elections on record since 1868. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Darlington in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Darlington in 2024 with 16,621 votes (39.2%), a majority of 2,298 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Darlington since 1868?

Since 1868, Darlington has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Darlington?

The closest result on record for Darlington was Jan 1910, when Liberal beat Liberal Unionist by just 29 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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