Richard Thomas Taylor,MBE,FRCP is an English medical doctor and politician. He served as an independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest between 2001 and 2010. He was co-leader of the National Health Action Party.
Hartlepool is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jill Mortimer of the Conservative Party from 2021. The constituency covers the town of Hartlepool plus nearby settlements.
Iain David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 2004 to 2017,and served also as the Chairman of Business Innovation and Skills Committee. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for apprenticeships,and 14 to 19 reform in the Department for Children,Schools and Families until 11 May 2010.
Sharon Hodgson is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Washington and Sunderland West,previously Gateshead East and Washington West,since 2005.
Lancaster and Fleetwood is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Cat Smith of the Labour Party.
Keith Douglas Rowland Mans,,British Conservative Party politician.
Ian Lavery is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wansbeck since 2010. He served as the Chair of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn from 2017 to 2020 and was President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 2002 to 2010.
Grahame Mark Morris is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Easington,replacing Labour MP John Cummings,who decided to step down.
Alexander Cunningham is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton North since 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing since 2020.
The Northern Party was a regionalist political party in Northern England,founded by leader Michael Dawson and former Blackpool MP Harold Elletson in March 2015 to contest five marginal seats in Lancashire at the 2015 general election. The party was one of three regionalist parties contesting the general election in the north of England. Members included former activists from the Conservative,Labour,Liberal Democrat and Green parties.
The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was established in 1996 and is led by Arthur Scargill,a former Labour Party member and the former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers. The party's name highlights its commitment to socialism and acknowledges Clause IV of the Labour Party's former constitution,as fundamental to the party's identity.
The North East Party (NEP) is a regionalist political party in North East England founded in 2014 by 16 people including the former Labour MP Hilton Dawson and 7 members of the FAIR party. The party campaigns for a better deal for North East England generally and is committed to a devolved assembly in the North East with powers similar to those in Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland,if approved by a referendum. It says bodies such as the North East Combined Authority do not have a mandate to take on new responsibilities and representatives must be directly-elected. Dawson stepped down as Chair of the party in June 2016 and was replaced by John Tait. Dawson remains active in the party taking on the role of Secretary and Nominating Officer.
Simon Antony Henig is a British politician,former leader of Durham County Council,and since 15 April 2014,chair of the North East Combined Authority (NECA).
Catherine Jane Smith is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,she was a member of the shadow cabinets of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State,previously Shadow Minister,for Young People and Democracy.
Michael Robert Hill is a former British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 2017 until his resignation in 2021.
Paul Daniel Williams is a British general practitioner (GP) and former Labour Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton South from 2017 to 2019,when he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Matt Vickers in the 2019 general election. In May 2021,Williams stood as the Labour Party candidate in the 2021 Hartlepool by-election but lost to the Conservative candidate Jill Mortimer.
The Northern Independence Party (NIP) is a secessionist and democratic socialist political party that seeks to make Northern England an independent nation,under the name of Northumbria. Founded in October 2020 by lecturer and former Labour activist Philip Proudfoot,the party has no elected representatives. The party leadership position has been vacant since Proudfoot's resignation on 22 July 2022.
A by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Hartlepool in the former county of Cleveland,England,was held on 6 May 2021. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Mike Hill,who resigned over allegations of sexual harassment. It was held on 6 May 2021 alongside elections to the Borough Council,Tees Valley Mayor,and Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner. The seat is part of the "red wall",a set of constituencies that historically supported the Labour Party but where the party is being challenged by increasing Conservative support.
