Elections 2021: Hartlepool byelection result due imminently with Labour already conceding defeat – live

Reactions and all the latest results after Thursday’s elections in Scotland, England and Wales

According to remarks from a Labour source briefed to journalists, the message that Sir Keir Starmer is taking from Hartlepool, and from the elections generally, is that the party has not changed enough. The source said:

We’ve said all along the north-east and the Midlands would be difficult. We also said the places declaring Thursday would be particularly difficult.

But, the message from voters is clear and we have heard it. Labour has not yet changed nearly enough for voters to place their trust in us.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/may/07/elections-2021-latest-results-scotland-england-wales-hartlepool-labour-conservatives-snp-live

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