Elections 2021: Searching for the Labour party’s soul in Hartlepool

Watch the PoliticsJOE team's campaign trail vlog

Presenter Oli Dugmore and videographer Ed Campbell travel to Hartlepool to report on the by-election. They bump into Keir Starmer during a campaign visit, interview Thelma Walker of the Northern Independence Party and sample a deep fried chipy butty with splash. https://youtu.be/zqY0IaMdjjo Hartlepool by-election candidates: David Bettney, SDP The Incredible Flying Brick, Monster Raving Looney Party Hilton Dawson, North East Gemma Evans, Women's Equality Rachel Featherstone, Green Adam Gaines, Independent Andrew Hagon, Liberal Democrats Steve Jack, Freedom Alliance Chris Killick, Independent Sam Lee, Independent Claire Martin, Heritage Jill Mortimer, Conservative John Prescott, Reform UK Thelma Walker, Independent W. Ralph Ward-Jackson, Independent Paul Williams, Labour