MP and will take place alongside a series of local elections in England and votes for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments. Prescott is standing for the Reform UK party which used to be Nigel Farage's Brexit Party.
The party renamed itself after the UK left the European Union last year. Sir Keir Starmer is campaigning in Hartlepool today ahead of the by-election battle which will be a key test of his Labour leadership.
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