Darlington
North East · County constituency · Darlington borough
About the Darlington constituency
Darlington is a county constituency in the North East. The sitting MP is Lola McEvoy (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 39.2% to 33.8% for the Conservatives, a majority of 2,298 votes on a 60.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 32.9% and the Conservatives on 31.0%, a margin of 1.9 points.
Who lives in Darlington? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Darlington vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Darlington
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Darlington within Darlington
Darlington sits entirely within Darlington Council. Darlington was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Darlington | 100% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2025 | Red Hall & Lingfield | Ref GAIN from Lab | Ref 38% Lab 17% Con 17% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Top & Lascelles | Labour 42.5%vs Conservative 27.4% | 2023 Labour 55.6%vs Conservative 31.4% | - | 27.1% |
| Brinkburn & Faverdale | Labour 42.1%vs Conservative 34.0% | 2023 Labour 47.4%vs Conservative 43.9% | - | 40.2% |
| Cockerton | Labour 45.1%vs Conservative 29.7% | 2023 Labour 50.7%vs Conservative 36.1% | - | 32.2% |
| College | Conservative 38.2%vs Labour 27.2% | 2023 Green 66.7%vs Conservative 24.6% | - | 57.3% |
| Eastbourne | Labour 38.6%vs Conservative 33.1% | 2023 Labour 37.8%vs Independent 32.5% | - | 39.7% |
| Harrowgate Hill | Labour 39.6%vs Conservative 32.2% | 2023 Green 42.4%vs Labour 31.1% | - | 42.1% |
| Haughton & Springfield | Labour 44.2%vs Conservative 30.3% | 2023 Labour 54.2%vs Conservative 37.3% | - | 35.4% |
| Heighington & Coniscliffe | Conservative 47.9%vs Labour 27.5% | 2023 Conservative 53.4%vs Labour 19.1% | - | 47.5% |
| Hummersknott | Conservative 47.2%vs Labour 23.7% | 2023 Green 53.9%vs Conservative 41.3% | - | 60.6% |
| Mowden | Conservative 43.9%vs Labour 32.6% | 2023 Conservative 57.4%vs Labour 29.0% | - | 50.8% |
| North Road | Labour 42.4%vs Conservative 27.3% | 2023 Lib Dem 40.8%vs Labour 30.4% | - | 27.9% |
| Northgate | Labour 47.0%vs Conservative 24.5% | 2023 Labour 55.8%vs Conservative 29.3% | - | 28.7% |
| Park East | Labour 47.1%vs Conservative 27.7% | 2023 Labour 54.0%vs Conservative 30.1% | - | 31.5% |
| Park West | Conservative 40.1%vs Labour 33.2% | 2023 Conservative 43.2%vs Lib Dem 21.3% | - | 54.9% |
| Pierremont | Labour 46.8%vs Conservative 28.2% | 2023 Labour 55.9%vs Conservative 30.3% | - | 40.2% |
| Red Hall & Lingfield | Labour 42.8%vs Conservative 31.4% | 2023 Labour 53.8%vs Conservative 40.0% | - | 31.6% |
| Stephenson | Labour 39.6%vs Conservative 32.8% | 2023 Labour 50.2%vs Conservative 40.3% | - | 31.4% |
| Whinfield | Conservative 38.2%vs Labour 34.5% | 2023 Conservative 46.2%vs Green 35.0% | - | 45.1% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Darlington at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Darlington at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Jenny Chapman | 39.4% | 31.5% | 23.4% | 3,388 | 62.9% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Jenny Chapman | 42.9% | 35.2% | 4.8% | 3,158 | 62.5%-0.4 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Jenny Chapman | 50.6% | 43.3% | 2.3% | 3,280 | 67.6%+5.1 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Peter Gibson 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 38.9% | 49.7% | 4.6% | 4,968 | 65.7%-1.9 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Lola McEvoy | 39.2% | 33.8% | 4.1% | 2,298 | 60.0%-5.7 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Darlington
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Darlington. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Graduate27.9 / 25.2vs 33.7
- ↑Leave58.1 / 59.4vs 53.2
- ↑Leave58.1 / 60.4vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate27.9 / 30.8vs 33.7
- ↓Graduate27.9 / 27.2vs 33.7
- ↑Leave58.1 / 56.0vs 53.2
- ↑Leave58.1 / 57.6vs 53.2
- ↓Graduate27.9 / 30.2vs 33.7
- ↓Graduate27.9 / 25.4vs 33.7
- ↑Leave58.1 / 61.6vs 53.2
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
Show full source list
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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