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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]
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]
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