article_snippet.sent: The former boxing promoter, who stood as the party's candidate for London Mayor in 2004, has just undergone a full gender re-assignment.
article_snippet.sent: The Hartlepool constituency has been held by Labour since The Hartlepool constituency was formed in 1974.
article_snippet.sent: Labour’s Iain Wright retained the seat 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: Labour’s Iain Wright hopes for electoral victory in Hartlepool come after the town elected a man dressed as a monkey as Mr Farage
article_snippet.sent: ’s hopes for electoral victory in Hartlepool mayor in 2002.
article_snippet.sent: Stuart Drummond was re-elected in 2005 and 2009 before voters in the town backed a referendum to scrap the paid post in 2012.