The Tories win Hartlepool on a 16% swing from Labour. The Tories saw biggest increase — 23% — in a governing party’s share of the vote in a by-election in the modern era. Labour have been trounced in a seat that has been theirs since its creation in 1974 https://t.co/dyuNlvU7l3

— James Forsyth (@JGForsyth) May 7, 2021