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.
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