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2021 Hartlepool by-election
← 2019 6 May 2021 Next →
Hartlepool constituency
  First party Second party Third party
  Jill Mortimer Paul Williams Sam Lee
Candidate Jill Mortimer Paul Williams Sam Lee
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Popular vote 15,529 8,589 2,904
Percentage 51.9% 28.7% 9.7%
Location of Hartlepool within the former county of Cleveland
MP before election

Mike Hill
Labour

Elected MP

Jill Mortimer
Conservative

The 2021 Hartlepool by-election was a by-election held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Hartlepool following the resignation of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Mike Hill.[1] It was held on 6 May 2021 alongside elections to the Borough Council, Tees Valley Mayor, and Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner.[2] The seat has been described as part of the "red wall", a set of constituencies that historically supported the Labour Party but where the party is being challenged by increasing Conservative support.[3]

This was the first by-election to the parliament elected in 2019.[4] The 21-month gap between the last by-election in Brecon and Radnorshire in August 2019 and the polling day of the by-election in Hartlepool was the longest since World War II.[5]

Background

Constituency

Hartlepool, named after the town of the same name, has been held by the Labour Party since 1964. The seat includes the town of Hartlepool itself and the nearby villages of Hart, Elwick, Greatham, Newton Bewley and Dalton Piercy.

In the 2016 European Union membership referendum, the Hartlepool Council area, which covers the same area as the constituency, voted 69.6% to 30.4% to leave the European Union (EU).[6]

Greatham, Hartlepool

History

Former MPs have included Royal Navy officer John Kerans and former cabinet minister Peter Mandelson.[7]

The 2004 by-election saw a large swing to the Liberal Democrats, while the UK Independence Party came in a close second place at the 2015 general election.

Hill is due to face an employment tribunal later in the year following allegations of sexual harassment and victimisation.[4] Hill was suspended from the Labour Party in September 2019 over allegations of sexual harassment, but reinstated in October 2019.[8] In January 2020, Hill's request for anonymity was turned down in an upcoming employment tribunal related to the accusations. The alleged victim stated that she had also made a report to the Metropolitan Police at the time of the original accusations.[9] On 16 March 2021, Hill announced his resignation with immediate effect.[4]

Candidates and timetable

Template:Sam Lee Hartlepool By Election There were sixteen candidates - the most for any UK Commons by-election since Haltemprice & Howden in 2008. The full list was published on 8 April 2021.[10]

NHS doctor and former MP Paul Williams was selected on 18 March as the Labour candidate.[11] Williams represented the nearby constituency of Stockton South but lost his seat at the 2019 election.[12] He had been standing for the position of Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner, to be elected in May 2021, but withdrew from that contest in order to stand in Hartlepool.[13]

On 17 March, Reform UK leader Richard Tice, who contested the seat in 2019, told LBC that the party intended to stand a candidate.[14] On 31 March, the party selected businessman John Prescott (no relation to the former deputy prime minister of the same name) as their candidate. He was the party's candidate for Stockton South in the 2019 election, under its previous name of the Brexit Party.[15][16]

The Northern Independence Party (NIP) announced on 17 March that they would contest the by-election.[17] Later that month, they selected as their candidate former Labour MP Thelma Walker, who represented the West Yorkshire constituency of Colne Valley, but lost her seat at the 2019 election.[18] Due to the NIP not being registered with the Electoral Commission by the deadline on 8 April, Walker is listed on ballot as an Independent.[19]

On 20 March, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) announced their intention to stand in the by-election.[20] On 29 March, the SDP announced that its candidate would be David Bettney, a former regimental sergeant major in the Light Dragoons.[21] On 22 March, Gemma Evans from the Women's Equality Party expressed her intention to stand.[22] On 24 March, the North East Party announced that former Labour MP and founding party member Hilton Dawson would be their candidate for the by-election.[23]

On 26 March, the Conservative Party selected farmer and Hambleton District Cllr Jill Mortimer as their candidate in the by-election.[24][25] She was previously the Conservative candidate in Leeds East at the 2019 election. Incumbent Conservative Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen was reportedly unhappy with the choice of candidate due to her not being from the area, declining to endorse Mortimer at the time of her selection.[26]

On 31 March, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party selected party treasurer Nick "The Incredible Flying Brick" Delves as their candidate.[27]

On 2 April, local pub owner Adam Gaines announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate.[28][29]

On 2 April, the Liberal Democrats selected schoolteacher Andy Hagon as their candidate. Hagon was the party's candidate for the constituency at both the 2017 and 2019 elections.[30]

On 6 April, former journalist and local businesswoman Samantha Lee announced her intention to stand as an independent candidate lobbying for Hartlepool to be awarded freeport status.[31]

On 7 April, Rachel Featherstone, a lecturer at Teesside University, was selected as the Green Party candidate.[32] Featherstone was previously her party's candidate for Sunderland Central in 2015, 2017, and 2019, and was top of the Green Party list in North East England at the 2019 European election.

On 8 April, London-based businessman Ralph Ward-Jackson, descendant of West Hartlepool founder and 19th century Conservative MP for the The Hartlepools Ralph Ward Jackson, declared that he had filed to run, citing the town's lack of a hospital and closure of the magistrates' court.[33] Ward-Jackson had previously been selected by the local Conservative Party to contest the seat at the 2019 general election, but withdrew to support the Brexit Party.[34]

Campaign

Labour was criticised for the conduct of its selection process, which gave candidates one day to submit application papers. An unnamed Labour MP accused Labour's leadership of a "stitch-up", and alleged that the speed of Labour's selection had disadvantaged local party members.[35] Labour leader Keir Starmer said that the local party had written to Labour headquarters to identify Paul Williams as their preferred choice.[36] While Williams was a vocal advocate of a second referendum on EU membership, the constituency of Hartlepool supported Brexit by almost 70%, leading to criticism after he deleted his pro-EU tweets before his candidacy.[37]

During the by-election campaign, Williams apologised for a tweet he posted in 2011: "Do you have a favourite Tory MILF? Mind-blowing dinner table conversation".[38] He was defended by Starmer, while Labour peer and former shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti called for him to be replaced "immediately".[39] Williams' campaign featured a pledge to return hospital services to the town, but was accused of hypocrisy after it emerged that he was a co-author of a clinical commissioning group report which recommended the closure of those services in 2013.[40]

Early in the by-election campaign, Conservative candidate Jill Mortimer was criticised for being based in North Yorkshire.[41] When asked if Hartlepool was somewhere she spent a lot of time, Mortimer replied: "It hasn't been up until now, but it will be".[42] Later in the campaign, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Angela Rayner accused Mortimer of corruption. In a letter to Conservative Party Chairman Amanda Milling, Rayner requested the publication of a "full account" of Mortimer's time living in the Cayman Islands. Milling described Rayner's accusation as a "desperate attack" that was "factually wrong and entirely disingenuous".[43][44]

The by-election has attracted considerable political attention, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Conservative Party Chairman Amanda Milling campaigning in the town for the Conservatives,[45][46] while Keir Starmer,[47] members of his Shadow Cabinet, and the wider Labour frontbench are campaigning in the town for Labour. Campaigning was suspended for the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[48]

On 22 April, it was reported that Independent candidate Chris Killick is a convicted sex offender.[49] He filmed a 62-second clip of a naked woman in her hotel room while she was unconscious in 2015; she said she woke up to Killick not knowing who he was or how she arrived in the hotel, and said that she was drugged and raped.[50][51][52] In 2020, Killick was given a 30-month community order and fined £2,000, and ordered to pay £5,000 in compensation to his victim.[50][51][52] Killick did not mention his conviction on any election form or to those who signed his nomination papers,[49] describing his candidacy as "an experiment to see how much publicity I can get. Not by speaking about the offence I committed, but by speaking about the stuff I really care about."[53][54] In response, 1,400 people signed an online petition calling for the government to prohibit sex offenders from standing for public office.[54][55][56]

Opinion polls

  Part of a MRP projection with other constituencies

Pollster Client Date(s)
conducted 		Sample
size 		Lab Con Reform Lib Dem Green Thelma Walker[a] Sam Lee NEP Others Lead
data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color;"| data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color;"| data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:Reform UK/meta/color;"| data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color;"| data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color;"| data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| data-sort-type="number" style="background:Template:North East Party/meta/color;"|
Hartlepool by-election results 6 May 2021 – 28.7% 51.9% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 0.8% 9.7% 0.5% 4.7% style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;" | 22.2%
Survation Good Morning Britain 23–29 Apr 2021 517 33% 50% 1% 1% 3% 6% 6% <1% 1% style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"|17%
Survation Communication Workers Union 29 Mar – 3 Apr 2021 502 42% 49% 1% 1%[b] 1%[c] 2% – <1% 4% style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"|7%
Focaldata The Times 18–21 Mar 2021 5,265[d] 39% 36% 9% 3% 7% – – – 6% style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"|3%
2019 general election 12 Dec 2019 – 37.7% 28.9% 25.8% 4.1% – – – – 3.4% style="background:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"|8.8%

Results

2021 Hartlepool by-election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Mortimer 15,529 51.9 Increase 23.0
Labour Paul Williams 8,589 28.7 Decrease 9.0
Independent Sam Lee 2,904 9.7 N/A
Heritage Claire Martin 468 1.6 N/A
Reform UK John Prescott[e] 368 1.2 Decrease 24.6
Green Rachel Featherstone 358 1.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hagon 349 1.2 Decrease 2.9
Independent Thelma Walker[a] 250 0.8 N/A
No description Chris Killick 248 0.8 N/A
North East Hilton Dawson 163 0.5 N/A
Independent W. Ralph Ward-Jackson 157 0.5 N/A
Women's Equality Gemma Evans 140 0.5 N/A
Independent Adam Gaines 126 0.4 N/A
SDP David Bettney 108 0.4 N/A
Monster Raving Loony The Incredible Flying Brick 104 0.3 N/A
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Freedom Alliance (UK)/meta/color" | Freedom Alliance Steve Jack 72 0.2 N/A
Majority 6,940 23.2 N/A
Turnout 29,933 42.7 Decrease 15.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase 16.0

Previous result

2019 general election: Hartlepool[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Hill 15,464 37.7 −14.8
Conservative Stefan Houghton 11,869 28.9 −5.3
Brexit Party Richard Tice 10,603 25.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andy Hagon 1,696 4.1 +2.3
Independent Joe Bousfield 911 2.2 N/A
Socialist Labour Kevin Cranney 494 1.2 N/A
Majority 3,595 8.8 −9.5
Turnout 41,037 57.9 −1.3
Labour hold Swing -4.8

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Walker is a member of and endorsed by the Northern Independence Party, but appears on the ballot as an Independent due to that party not being registered with the Electoral Commission.
  2. ^ Candidate unspecified, question asked about "a Liberal Democrat candidate".
  3. ^ Candidate unspecified, question asked about "a Green Party candidate".
  4. ^ across 83 constituencies within the North
  5. ^ Not the Labour politician with the same name

References

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  40. ^ Nolan, Laura (19 April 2021). "Labour candidate accused of being 'hospital hypocrite' over report which recommended CUTTING services". The Northern Echo.
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  42. ^ Anderson, Katie (29 March 2021). "'Hartlepool needs switching on again': Tory by-election candidate launches campaign". Teeside Live. Retrieved 27 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  43. ^ Smith, Mikey (25 April 2021). "Tory Hartlepool candidate spent decade away - including time in Cayman Islands". The Mirror. Retrieved 27 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  47. ^ Payne, Mark (30 March 2021). "Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tours Hartlepool Power Station on visit to support by-election candidate". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  48. ^ Robyn Vinter, Toby Helm (11 April 2021). "Labour sends its top guns to defend crucial byelection town". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  50. ^ a b "Voyeur sentenced after woman's five-year campaign". BBC News. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  51. ^ a b Milne, Amber (8 August 2020). "Woman filmed naked and unconscious in London hotel wins five-year legal fight". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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Closing procedure

A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Jujutacular/closeFPC

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing {{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}} on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.

When promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
    • Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:
    Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Add the image to:
  3. Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
    The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
  4. Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
  5. Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
  6. If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
  7. Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
  8. If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

  1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
  2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the August archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

  1. Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
  2. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  3. Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
    • Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
  4. Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
  5. Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

  1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
  2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Rose-ringed parakeet

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 May 2021 at 09:00:01 (UTC)

Original – Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri borealis) male in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Rose-ringed parakeet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

African fish eagle

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 May 2021 at 08:46:09 (UTC)

Original – African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) in Ethiopia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
African fish eagle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) Ethiopia.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:59, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Asics Gel-Cumulus 22 running shoes

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 May 2021 at 07:36:42 (UTC)

Original – Asics Gel-Cumulus 22 men's running shoes
Reason
good shot running shoes, FP level
Articles in which this image appears
Asics
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
Petar Milošević

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

R. A. B. Mynors

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 May 2021 at 10:41:57 (UTC)

Reason
High quality photograph donated by Balliol College, Oxford. Good EV for his biography. Replaced a non free-version of the same image.
Articles in which this image appears
R. A. B. Mynors
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Balliol College, Oxford (NimTyler on Commons)
@Charlesjsharp: I'm not sure what you mean by this. I'm not a photography expert, so please bare with me. I'm unaware of the technical details surrounding this image since it was uploaded by Balliol College themselves. Modussiccandi (talk) 14:11, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that must have been the case with this one, too. Should this be acknowledged in the file description? Modussiccandi (talk) 16:05, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I am not making myself clear. This photo should be restored before nomination. Look at his tie. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:25, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I was clearly being slow. It's understood now. Would it be okay to close this nomination as "not promoted" or do we have to wait for the normal period to elapse? Modussiccandi (talk) 18:52, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Modussiccandi (talk) 08:14, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yerevan Opera Theatre

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2021 at 19:39:11 (UTC)

Original – The Yerevan Opera Theatre, designed by the Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian, was officially opened in 1933.
Reason
Good composition. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Yerevan Opera Theatre
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Poco a poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Garachico

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2021 at 17:19:03 (UTC)

Original – View of Garachico, Tenerife, Spain
Reason
High quality. Good composition. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Garachico, Eruption of Trevejo (1706), Lava delta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Poco a poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:37, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sacsayhuamán (2021)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2021 at 17:05:09 (UTC)

Original – View of Sacsayhuamán, a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, historic capital of the Inca Empire, modern-day Peru
Reason
FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Sacsayhuamán
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Poco a poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:09, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Star trail

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2021 at 16:58:19 (UTC)

Original – Star trail composite image created by ISS Expedition 30 crew member Donald Pettit
Reason
Good composition. FP on Commons and Spanish Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
Star trail
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator
NASA/Donald Pettit

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:08, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sea caves at Cape Greco National Park

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2021 at 16:50:37 (UTC)

Original – Sea caves at Cape Greco National Park, Cyprus
Reason
Good composition. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Cape Greco, Cyprus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Kallerna

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:07, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mushroom in Timna Valley

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2021 at 16:43:49 (UTC)

Original – Mushroom and a half, result of wind erosion, in Timna Valley, Southern Israel.
Reason
FP on Commons. Good composition
Articles in which this image appears
Timna Valley
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Chmee2

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:47, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Caves of Hercules

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2021 at 16:36:26 (UTC)

Original – The Caves of Hercules are of archeological, historical and mythological significance and are located 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Tangier in Cape Spartel, in the North of Morocco.
Reason
High quality. Good composition. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Caves of Hercules, Cape Spartel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Poco a poco

Promoted File:Cuevas de Hércules, Cabo Espartel, Marruecos, 2015-12-11, DD 22-24 HDR.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:43, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kobe Bryant

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 May 2021 at 17:36:53 (UTC)

Original – Kobe Bryant wearing the LA Lakers uniform, standing at the free throw line, 11 October 2005, during an NBA game against the Golden State Warriors
Alt 1
Reason
High resolution photo (2005) of a highly notable athlete in his prime years, good quality and composition, unrepeatable
Articles in which this image appears
Kobe Bryant, NBA Finals, Shaq–Kobe feud, NBA All-Rookie Team, National Basketball Association Christmas games, List of 2015–16 NBA season transactions
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Sgt. Joseph A. Lee; derivative work: JoeJohnson2

Promoted File:Kobe Bryant 7144 adjusted.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:38, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rega air rescue

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 May 2021 at 17:01:40 (UTC)

Original – Sequence image of mountain take-off by Agusta A109 SP helicopter from Rega air rescue service
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Rega (air rescue), Air medical services
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Roy Egloff

Promoted File:CH.SZ.Stoos Fronalpstock Sequence Rescue-Helicopter REGA 16K 16x9-R.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:32, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Daphne mezereum

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 May 2021 at 16:54:13 (UTC)

Original – Flowers of Daphne mezereum (Ø 10–15 mm), Keila, Northwestern Estonia
Reason
Another excellent focus stack with high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Daphne mezereum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Daphne mezereum flowers - Keila.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:27, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Perna viridis

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 May 2021 at 19:51:48 (UTC)

Original – Perna viridis, Asian green mussel, left valve; length 10.7 cm; Native from the Indo-Pacific; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded.
Reason
A future FP on Commons. High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Perna viridis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
H. Zell

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:44, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blue jay

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 May 2021 at 19:47:22 (UTC)

Original – Blue jay in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Reason
A future FP on Commons. High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Blue jay
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Rhododendrites

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:43, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.

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