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Hartlepool-by election - what might happen?
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2021 elections: Why is there a by-election in Hartlepool?
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Tories could be on brink of historic by-election win in Hartlepool, new survey suggests Nicholas Cecil
Sir Keir Starmer admitted today it would be “tough” for Labour to win the Hartlepool by-election as a new survey put the Conservatives 17 points ahead.
The Labour leader stressed that his party had to “earn” every vote and that many voters in the North East constituency were focused on “jobs, jobs, jobs,” with a local power plant set to close and steel jobs also under threat.
With the threat of a historic defeat on Thursday in Hartlepool, a seat Labour has held for 47 years since its creation, Sir Keir told LBC Radio: “It was always going to be tough.”
Jill Mortimer, Conservative Mrs Mortimer is a farmer in North Yorkshire, she studied law at Teesside University as a mature student and has three children. She is currently a district councillor for Hambleton District Council, in North Yorkshire, she lives near Thirsk. If elected she will become the first Conservative MP for Hartlepool since the seat was created in 1974. While, campaigning Mrs Mortimer said she wants ‘Hartlepool to build back better’ and if elected she wants to make sure ‘Hartlepool is at the centre of the post-pandemic recovery by creating more jobs and attracting extra-investment to the town’. Her campaign focused ‘on delivering on the people’s priorities for the town’.
Sir Keir has thrown his support behind Labour candidate Paul Williams, an NHS doctor, former Stockton South MP and excellent candidate , according to the Labour leader.
Mr Williams faces Jill Mortimer, a councillor and farmer campaigning to be the first Conservative MP for Hartlepool since the seat was created in 1974.
ITV News heard various voting intentions from the people of Hartlepool, including a nurse who said she plans to vote Conservative.
Sir Keir explains how he plans to win back lost Labour votes
play-icon That shows we have work to do, Sir Keir said. We have to earn every vote back. You only earn votes back if you listen to what people are saying and make it clear that the Labour party has changed.
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