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HOPES of a Labour revival under Sir Keir Starmer have suffered a blow after the Conservative Party comfortably won the Hartlepool by-election. The Leave-supporting North East constituency went blue for the first time in its 47-year-old history, as Boris Johnson demolished another brick in Labour’s so-called “red wall”. Voters in the town backed Tory candidate Jill Mortimer to be their next MP over Labour’s Dr Paul Williams – an avid Remainer and second-referendum campaigner during his time as MP for Stockton South between 2017-19 – in a rare by-election victory for a party i...

Conservatives humiliate Labour in Hartlepool by-election Labour has held the seat for almost 50 years Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Hopes of a Labour revival under Sir Keir S...

Count begins in London as Sadiq Khan faces fight for second term as mayor Labour's Mr Khan is running for re-election, with polls in the final days of the campaign suggesting he has a firm lead over Shaun Bailey 7 May 2021 • 4:06pm Labour's Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walks along Brick Lane in East London on his way to Spitalfields City Farm as part of his campaign to be re-elected Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Sadiq Khan is widely expected to give Labour a glimmer of hope after a crushing blow as the Tories romped to victory in the Hartlepool by-election. It has raised hopes among Tory suppor...