Darlington                 Lab  hold
                                        
                                    3/6 
 A Milburn         Lab    29,658   61.6%
 P Scrope          Con    13,633   28.3%
 L Boxell          LibD    3,483    7.2%
 M Blakey          Ref     1,399    2.9%
 Turnout 74.0%; Lab majority 16,025     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 14.1%         
                                        
                                        
    Dartford                   Lab  gain
                                        
                                        
 H Stoate          Lab    25,278   48.6%
 B Dunn            Con    20,950   40.3%
 D Webb            LibD    4,827    9.3%
 P McHale          BNP       428    0.8%
 P Homden          Ind       287    0.6%
 J Pollitt         Ind       228    0.4%
 Turnout 74.6%; Lab majority 4,328      
 Swing from Con to Lab of 11.5%         
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