Voices and votes: Hartlepool
Hartlepool: 'It was the cuts that really gave Labour the power to crack on'
In their final dispatch, Josh Halliday and photographer Gary Calton meet voters who put Labour’s surge in support down to the cult of Corbyn and the impact of austerity
Voices and votes: how grassroots graft changed British politics
In their final dispatch, six Guardian reporters return to the seats they covered to find out how the political landscape looks now
Voices and votes: what Britain is really thinking
This election, the Guardian sent reporters into six key constituencies to spend time talking in depth to voters. This is what they found
Hartlepool: 'I was taking home more money each week 25 years ago'
In the fourth dispatch from Hartlepool, Josh Halliday and photographer Gary Calton find living standards and the NHS jostling with Brexit at the front of voters’ minds
Mandelson legacy looms large as Hartlepool approaches crossroads
In the latest dispatch from Hartlepool, Josh Halliday and photographer Gary Calton find opinion divided on the man who was the local MP for more than a decade
Hartlepool: voters spark civic revolution to lift the gloom
In the runup to the general election, six Guardian reporters are embedded in constituencies across the country to find out what matters to you and your area
Hartlepool: angry voters make fertile ground for Ukip
In the run-up to the general election, six Guardian reporters are writing from constituencies across the country to find out what matters to you and your area. In the first of our Voices and votes series, Josh Halliday talks to residents in Hartlepool who feel abandoned by Labour and could seek solutions elsewhere