2017 United Kingdom general election Conservatives, including Twickenham, won back by Vince Cable, and Kingston and Surbiton, won by Ed Davey, but lost two seats to Labour: Leeds North West and Sheffield Hallam, the seat of former party leader Nick Clegg. Richmond Park, which the Liberal Democrats had won in a 2016 by-election, was narrowly lost to the Conservatives. Caroline Lucas remained the sole Green Party MP, retaining Brighton Pavilion. In Scotland, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all gained seats from the SNP, whose losses were attributed to opposition to a second Scottish independence referendum, contributing to tactical voting for unionist parties. The
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