Labour Set To Lose Seat It's Held For 60yrs
Daily Mirror|April 07, 2021
Tories top by-election poll
Mikey Smith
Labour Set To Lose Seat It's Held For 60yrs

Labour could be about to lose Hartlepool – a party stronghold for more than 60 years.

A shock poll suggests its candidate, Dr Paul Williams, might get just 42% of votes at next month’s by-election – with Tory Jill Mortimer sweeping to victory on 49%.

That means Ms Mortimer, a landowning barrister, would notch up a 20-point increase for the Tories and become their first MP in the North East seat since 1959.

This story is from the April 07, 2021 edition of Daily Mirror.

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