Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)

Hartlepool
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Hartlepool in the North East England
County	County Durham
Electorate	71,228 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Hartlepool, Seaton Carew
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Jonathan Brash (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	The Hartlepools

Hartlepool /ˈhɑːrtlɪpʊl/ is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament^[a] by Jonathan Brash of the Labour Party from 2024. The constituency covers the town of Hartlepool plus nearby settlements.

Labour won every contest for the seat since the first at the February 1974 election (and mostly won the predecessor constituency of The Hartlepools from the 1945 election onward) until Jill Mortimer won the 2021 by-election, becoming the first Conservative MP to represent Hartlepool since 1959. However, she lost her seat back to Labour three years later.

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