2021 Hartlepool by-election
The 2021 Hartlepool by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliament constituency of Hartlepool. The by-election was started because the MP before it, Mike Hill decided that he wanted to stop being MP.[1] It took place on 6 May 2021. This was the same day as the UK local elections.[2] The area is part of the "red wall", areas that usually supported the Labour Party.[3]
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This was the first by-election that was to the parliament elected in 2019.[4]
The Conservative candidate, Jill Mortimer, was the winner of. the by-election. Mortimer had 51.9% of the vote. This was 16% more than Mike Hill won with in the 2019 general election.[5] The win was the second time since 1982 that the party of the government won a seat in a by-election.[6]
2021 Hartlepool By-election Media
Bar chart of the election result.
References
- ↑ Rodgers, Sienna (16 March 2021). "Mike Hill quits as Labour MP for Hartlepool with immediate effect". LabourList. https://labourlist.org/2021/03/mike-hill-quits-as-labour-mp-for-hartlepool-with-immediate-effect/. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ↑ Marko, Nic (31 March 2021). "Hartlepool voters to go to the polls for four elections on the same day". LabourList. https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/politics/hartlepool-voters-to-go-to-the-polls-for-four-elections-on-the-same-day-3184167. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Labour fears of losing Hartlepool grow ahead of 'defining' red wall by-election. The Independent (21 March 2021).
- ↑ Mike Hill: Hartlepool MP quits 'with immediate effect'. BBC News (16 March 2021). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ↑ Labour crashes to humiliating byelection defeat in Hartlepool (in en). The Guardian (7 May 2021). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "Elections 2021: Conservatives hail historic Labour defeat in Hartlepool by-election" (in en-GB). BBC News. 7 May 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-57019456. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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