![Scott Heppell Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by his fishing vessel in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. “At the last election I voted Conservative because Johnson promised our waters back — and lied through his teeth,” said Stan Rennie, a fisherman who has caught lobster off Hartlepool for five decades but says he can scarcely scrape a living anymore. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5e9d55f3173b4020b378ca9d7a02abe1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by his fishing vessel in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. “At the last election I voted Conservative because Johnson promised our waters back — and lied through his teeth,” said Stan Rennie, a fisherman who has caught lobster off Hartlepool for five decades but says he can scarcely scrape a living anymore. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
![Scott Heppell Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by his fishing vessel in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. “At the last election I voted Conservative because Johnson promised our waters back — and lied through his teeth,” said Stan Rennie, a fisherman who has caught lobster off Hartlepool for five decades but says he can scarcely scrape a living anymore. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a10b7b04f2164b5a868e6551eff45786/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by his fishing vessel in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. “At the last election I voted Conservative because Johnson promised our waters back — and lied through his teeth,” said Stan Rennie, a fisherman who has caught lobster off Hartlepool for five decades but says he can scarcely scrape a living anymore. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
![Scott Heppell Fisherman Stan Rennie, right, and John Wallace, left, are pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ddfd9a95aeee4c2b8a78d305cc01623c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Fisherman Stan Rennie, right, and John Wallace, left, are pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
![Scott Heppell People walk past some shuttered and closed shops in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/292058afc1eb466da85a681b7d52fac3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
People walk past some shuttered and closed shops in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
![Scott Heppell People walk along the high street in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8c40a791cf664182b59e5336342907b1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
People walk along the high street in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
![Scott Heppell PD Ports Operations manager Jerry Hopinkson, is pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday, June 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, July 4, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4a0d5c939de04b009802829cfc4ff285/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
PD Ports Operations manager Jerry Hopinkson, is pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday, June 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, July 4, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
![Scott Heppell Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by the boat yard in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/34b8661460324364841ab9fa3fba3396/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by the boat yard in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
![Scott Heppell Labour's Jonathan Brash election office is pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e4dd23ac221d4e309bb79616ab72a55e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Labour's Jonathan Brash election office is pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)