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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE71,196 voters
AREA11 sq. miles


Darlington is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Jenny Chapman of the Labour party.

The Darlington constituency has a total population of 91,096, of which 71,196 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.2%).

Darlington ranks 491th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 420th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Jenny Chapman

Jenny Chapman

Jennifer Chapman (born 25 September 1973) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington since the 2010 general election.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Chapman

MP DETAILS
AddressJenny Chapman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressjenny@jennychapman.co.uk
ConstituencyDarlington
GenderFemale
Date of Birth25/09/1973
WebsiteWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
35.2%
42.9%
4.8%
3.5 %
13.1%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Darlington constituency in 2015 was 62.50%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Alan DochertyTrade Unionist and Socialist CoalitionMale---
Anne-Marie CurryLiberal DemocratFemale---
David HodgsonUK Independence PartyMale15 January 1955 (69)https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dave-hodgson-b-eng-hons/37/8b9/52b-
Jenny ChapmanLabourFemale25 September 1973 (51)-http://www.jennychapman.co.uk/
Mike CherringtonGreenMale30 June 1966 (58)http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/michael-cherrington-mcmi/20/100/199-
Peter CuthbertsonConservativeMale--http://www.petercuthbertson.com/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
31.48%
39.38%
23.42%
%
%
%
2.94%
2.78%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP1,2622.9%
 Conservative13,50331.5%
 Labour16,89139.4%
 Liberal-Democrat10,04623.4%
 UK-Independence-Party1,1942.8%
TOTALS
Electorate68,168
Votes42,896
Turnout61.9%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeLegard, Edward
LabourChapman, Jenny
Liberal DemocratBarker, Mike
BNPFoster, Amanda
UKIPBull, Charlotte
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Darlington constituency in 2010 was 61.9%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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