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Hartlepool sees influx of big names to bolster traditional support Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds during a campaigning visit to Hartlepool last week. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds during a campaigning visit to Hartlepool last week. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Sun 11 Apr 2021 01.30 EDT Dozens of Labour MPs and shadow ministers have poured into Hartlepool before the town’s crucial byelection, as Keir Starmer’s party tries desperately to defend its traditional northern stronghold from the Tories. With numbers of activists restricted by Covid-19 measures, a string of high-profile Labour names, led by Starmer himself, have visited – a sign of the party’s determination to prevent what would be seen as a damaging reversal if the Conservatives were to seize it on 6 May. ....