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Elections 2021: 'Shattering to see Tory MP elected' in Hartlepool

Labour's shadow local government secretary Steve Reed said the Hartlepool by-election result is "absolutely shattering".

The Conservatives won the seat for the first time in half a century.

Mr Reed said his party needed to "drive change harder and faster" if they were going to win back trust.

7 May 2021

Hartlepool by-election 2021

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