2021 Hartlepool by-election

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. It took place on 6 May 2021. This was the same day as the UK local elections. The area is part of the "red wall", areas that usually supported the Labour Party.
This was the first by-election that was to the parliament elected in 2019.
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. The win was the second time since 1982 that the party of the government won a seat in a by-election.