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Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer during the local election count at the town's Mill House Leisure Centre. Picture by FRANK REID

MP describes local election results as 'fairly positive' for Tories

Candidates and their supporters wait for the outcome of the Hartlepool Borough Council local election results.

Labour narrowly fail to gain overall control of council

From left, Pam Shurmer, Malcolm Walker, Mike Young. No picture provided from John O’Brien.

The candidates seeking election in the Rural West ward

The count underway in Hartlepool.

Hartlepool Borough Council 2022 local election results in full

Counting at Hartlepool's Mill House Leisure Centre during the 2021 council elections.

Hartlepool Borough Council elections 2022: All you need to know

The candidates contesting the Rural West ward in the upcoming Hartlepool Borough Council elections.

Meet the candidates in Hartlepool Borough Council's Rural West ward

Hartlepool residents go to the polls in May to elect new councillors.

Fancy becoming a Hartlepool councillor? How to take part in May's elections

The Mayor of Hartlepool, Cllr Brenda Loynes, who represents the Rural West ward, attending the Hartlepool Borough Council meeting in the Borough Hall. Picture by FRANK REID

Hartlepool mayor's charity hope after she is elected for another year

Rural West candidates, from left to right. Back row, Adrian Gaines, Brenda Loynes, Darab Rezai and Cameron Stokell. Front row, Malcolm Walker, Alex Williamson and Mike Young.

Meet the Hartlepool council candidates in the Rural West ward

Mayor of Hartlepool Councillor Brenda Loynes rings the bell for the end of her cancer treatment at the University Hospital of Hartlepool with her husband and consort Dennis Loynes. Picture by FRANK REID

Mayor celebrates being cancer free

The Mayor of Hartlepool Coun. Brenda Loynes has tested positive for coronavirus

Mayor of Hartlepool tests positive for coronavirus