 Kutevera mhedzisiro yesarudzo huru ya2015, Hartlepool yakava chigaro che35 cheVashandi chakanyanya kutambura munyika. Pakunyorwa kweEU muna 2016Hartlepool yakavhotera Kusiya ne69.5, ichiita kuti ive imwe yezvigaro zvepamusoro-soro zveLeave-zvigaro muUnited Kingdom. Pasinei neEuroscepticism iyi yakasimba munzvimbo inoita kuti ionekwe sechigaro chisina kuchengeteka chevashandi, musarudzo huru ya2017 musarudzo mutsva wevashandi Mike Hill akachengetedza chigaro, nemavhoti eUKIP achidonha nemapoinzi gumi nemanomwe uye vashandi vachisimuka nemapoinzi gumi nemanomwe. Izvi zvakapa Labour yavo yakakura kwazvo vhoti yakazara uye yakakurumbira vhoti ruzhinji muHartlepool kubvira 2001. 