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Darlington (UK Parliament constituency) Darlington (UK Parliament constituency) Darlington is the parliamentary constituency for the market town of the same name in County Durham in the North East of England. It is currently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jenny Chapman of the Labour Party, who first became its MP in 2010, and is regarded as a semi-marginal Labour seat. The constituency was created for the 1868 election and covers the market town of Darlington in County Durham. The seat has been held by all three major parties in its long existence, but has been a marginal constituency between