Constituency Profile
As its name suggests, the main settlement in the constituency is the town of Dartford, but it also includes a number of other towns and villages, including Swanscombe, Longfield, Greenhithe, and Wilmington. These all add up to create a diverse constituency which covers both urban and rural areas.
The population of the constituency currently stands at around 90,000 people, around 8,000 of whom live in the borough of Sevenoaks, with the remainder living in the borough of Dartford. The constituency is located on the border with the London borough of Bexley, with whom at one time it shared an MP.
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