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Hartlepool residents woke to a council now dominated by Reform UK, which won every one of the 12 seats contested on Thursday. Results were declared around 2am Friday. Reform is now the largest party on Hartlepool Council, holding 15 of its 36 seats in total, one more than Labour.
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