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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South East
72,048 electors
Active Seat

Dartford

Current MP
Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
65.8%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Labour Jim Dickson Gain from Conservative
Majority 1,192
Turnout 59.0% ↓6.7pp
Total Votes 44,488
Winner Swing ↓28.4pp
✓ Jim Dickson
Labour
15,392 34.6%
↑5.1pp
Gareth Johnson
Conservative
14,200 31.9%
↓29.2pp
Lee Stranders
Reform UK
9,523 21.4%
—
Laura Edie
Green Party
3,189 7.2%
↑4.8pp
Kyle Marsh
Liberal Democrats
2,184 4.9%
↓2.1pp
Conservative Gareth Johnson Hold
Majority 19,160
Turnout 65.7% ↓3.4pp
Total Votes 54,023
Winner Swing ↑5.4pp
✓ Gareth Johnson
Conservative
34,006 63.0%
↑5.4pp
Sacha Gosine
Labour
14,846 27.5%
↓5.8pp
Kyle Marsh
Liberal Democrats
3,736 6.9%
↑4.3pp
Mark Lindop
Green Party
1,435 2.7%
↑1.2pp
Conservative Gareth Johnson Hold
Majority 13,186
Turnout 69.1% ↓0.6pp
Total Votes 54,224
Winner Swing ↑8.6pp
✓ Gareth Johnson
Conservative
31,210 57.6%
↑8.6pp
Bachchu Kaini
Labour
18,024 33.2%
↑7.8pp
Ben Fryer
—
2,544 4.7%
↓15.2pp
Simon Beard
Liberal Democrats
1,428 2.6%
↓0.1pp
Andrew Blatchford
Green Party
807 1.5%
↓1.0pp
Ola Adewunmi
—
211 0.4%
—
Conservative Gareth Johnson Hold
Majority 12,345
Turnout 69.7% ↑4.0pp
Total Votes 52,418
Winner Swing ↑0.2pp
✓ Gareth Johnson
Conservative
25,670 49.0%
↑0.2pp
Simon Thomson
Labour
13,325 25.4%
↓2.1pp
Elizabeth Jones
—
10,434 19.9%
↑16.2pp
Simon Beard
Liberal Democrats
1,454 2.8%
↓11.9pp
Andy Blatchford
Green Party
1,324 2.5%
—
Steve Uncles
—
211 0.4%
↓4.0pp
Conservative Gareth Johnson Hold
Majority 10,628
Turnout 65.7%
Total Votes 50,080
✓ Gareth Johnson
Conservative
24,428 48.8%
↑7.6pp
John Adams
Labour
13,800 27.6%
↓15.5pp
James Willis
Liberal Democrats
7,361 14.7%
↑4.6pp
Gary Rogers
—
2,178 4.4%
—
Richard Palmer
—
1,842 3.7%
↑0.7pp
Stephane Tindame
—
264 0.5%
—
John Crockford
—
207 0.4%
—

Turnout Trend

65.7%
'10
69.7%
'15
69.1%
'17
65.7%
'19
59.0%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
25.6%
35 to 49
24.2%
50 to 64
16.5%
25 to 34
14.6%
65 and over
12.8% ▼2.2pp
18 to 24
6.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
73.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
11.0%
Asian or Asian British
10.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.2%
Other
2.1%
📊 Age
Under 18
25.6%
30 to 44
24.2%
18 to 29
20.8%
45 to 64
16.5%
65 and over
12.8%
⛪ Religion
Christian
47.8%
No religion
36.3%
Not answered
5.3%
Hindu
4.0%
Muslim
3.7%
Sikh
1.8%
Buddhist
0.6%
Other religion
0.4%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
87.9%
Asian or Asian British
5.8%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
3.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.1%
Other ethnic group
0.7%
📊 Age
45 to 64
24.6%
Under 18
22.8%
30 to 44
22.0%
18 to 29
15.5%
65 and over
15.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
61.2%
No religion
26.8%
Religion not stated
6.6%
Hindu
1.6%
Sikh
1.5%
Muslim
1.5%
Buddhist
0.4%
Other religion
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Gareth Johnson Conservative 2010-05-06 2024-05-30
Dr Howard Stoate Labour 1997-05-01 2010-05-06
Mr Bob Dunn Conservative 1979-05-03 1997-05-01
Peter Trew Conservative 1970-06-18 1974-02-28