The Hartlepool by-election is one of a number of results expected over the coming days following "Super Thursday", with voters going to the polls in England, Scotland and Wales.

Voters in the Hartlepool constituency have been going to the polls in the general election 2024 to choose their new MP. Hartlepool was a Labour constituency from its creation in 1974 until 2021.

Labour is reportedly pushing for the Hartlepool vote to take place on 6 May, the same day as the other local elections, in a move that makes it “double or quits” for Starmer, Wickham writes.

The by-election came the same day as Hartlepool residents hit the polling stations to vote in the local elections, as well as for Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner and Tees Valley Mayor..

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In the 2019 general election, Labour picked up 37.7% of the vote in Hartlepool, while the Tories came in second with 28.9%.