Joanne Anderson, a self-professed Corbynista, succeeded Joe Anderson – no relation – who chose not to stand following his arrest in a Merseyside Police fraud investigation.

Meanwhile in other parts of England:

Sir Keir offered a stark assessment of Labour's performance, which follows its worst general election outcome since the 1930s in 2019. He told the BBC the party, which he has led for just over a year, had "lost the trust of working people, particularly in places like Hartlepool", adding: "We have not made a strong enough case to the country."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-57021276

I wonder why the Corbynista won while the Starmer centrists lost? :curious-marx: