article_snippet.sent: Farage addressed supporters at the Grand Hotel, in Hartlepool,  as Farage stepped up Farage election push in the north of England .
article_snippet.sent: During a visit to Hartlepool, Farage said: 'The last time I went out in Newcastle was about 18 months ago
article_snippet.sent: and I think Newcastle was February or March
article_snippet.sent: Hartlepool, which has been held by Labour since Labour was formed in 1974, is Ukip's main target seat in the North East at the general election .
article_snippet.sent: In 2010, Ukip took just seven per cent of the vote and
article_snippet.sent: Labour's Iain Wright retained Ukip's main target seat in the North East at the general election with a 5,509 majority.
article_snippet.sent: Labour's Iain Wright replaced Peter Mandelson as the MP in a by-election in 2004 after the Labour grandee stood down to become a European Commissioner.
article_snippet.sent: Farage was re-elected in 2005 and 2009 before voters in the town backed a referendum to scrap the paid post in 2012.