A big swing to the Conservatives saw Gareth Johnson of Hartley elected as MP for Dartford at about 3.30am on the 7th. Labour's vote fell sharply, and all the other parties benefitted.

The result was

Conservative 24,428 (48.8%, +7.4%)
Labour 13,800 (27.6%, -15.1%)
Liberal Democrat 7,361 (14.7%, +4.5%)
English Democrat 2,178 (4.4%, +1.8%)
UKIP 1,842 (3.7%, +0.7%)
Stephane Tindame 264 (0.5%, +0.5%)
Fancy Dress Party 207 (0.4%, +0.4%)

Rejected ballot papers 82
Turnout 65.7% (+2.5%)

Boundary changes mean the percentage change in the vote relates to what they would have got if the seat had been fought on the new boundaries in 2005.

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