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Darlington

4th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,265 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)

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Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Darlington yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
144/543
health
90/543
Bottom 20%
income
185/543
housing
508/543
education
123/543
employment
131/543
environment
260/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

health MODERATE
Rank 90/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
195 health-focused charities, 1628 employees
GP ratio: 1:2265 (above 1:2000 threshold)
crime MODERATE
Rank 144/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 185/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
83 income-focused charities, 1482 employees
employment LOW
Rank 131/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
66 employment-focused charities, 900 employees
education LOW
Rank 123/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
195 education-focused charities, 1526 employees
environment LOW
Rank 260/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
106 environment-focused charities, 375 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

402 registered charities

402
Charities
£17,454,646
Grants to HQ'd charities
2,770
Employees
20,740
Volunteers
25.2%
Govt funded
LOW
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

HERCULES BRABANT
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
MIDDLETON ST GEORGE PLAYGROUP
INSPIRED BY ERIN
FOUNDATIONS 4 YOUNG PEOPLE
DARLINGTON VETERANS COMMUNITY
HOPE 4 HYGIENE
POSITIVE DISABILITY ACTION
TEES WOMEN POETS
THE NORTHUMBRIA HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
45
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,265
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). This constituency is 65 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Darlington, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 5,000
Education 3,000
Social Care 3,000
Transport 2,850
Construction 1,575
Environment / Green 125

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

All data on this page is drawn from official public sources. Blocked Britain has no political affiliation. It is funded by no organisation.