Members of Parliament
Since 1945, Dartford has been a key Labour-Conservative marginal. It is one of Britain's few bellwether seats: since 1964 the party winning the seat has gone on to form the government. The current MP is the Conservative Gareth Johnson, elected in 2010.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir William Hart Dyke | Conservative | |
| 1906 | James Rowlands | Liberal | |
| Jan 1910 | William Foot Mitchell | Conservative | |
| Dec 1910 | James Rowlands | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1920 by-election | John Edmund Mills | Labour | |
| 1922 | George William Symonds Jarrett | National Liberal | |
| 1923 | John Edmund Mills | Labour | |
| 1924 | Angus McDonnell | Conservative | |
| 1929 | John Edmund Mills | Labour | |
| 1931 | Frank Edward Clarke | Conservative | |
| 1938 by-election | Janet Adamson | Labour | |
| 1945 | constituency split, with half becoming the new Bexley seat | ||
| 1945 | Norman Dodds | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1955 | Sydney Irving | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1970 | Peter Trew | Conservative | |
| Feb 1974 | Sydney Irving | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1979 | Bob Dunn | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Howard Stoate | Labour | |
| 2010 | Gareth Johnson | Conservative | |
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