Voters in Grimsby have their say ahead of 2024 General Election

Red bricks, some still in their blue wrapping, are stacked in a corner of Howarth Timber & Building Supplies.

As tradesmen scurry down aisles hunting for materials, I ask them to size up the election.

For decades, this North East Lincolnshire town was part of the seemingly impenetrable “red wall” – northern, predominantly working class, Labour strongholds.

However, with a deft swing of Boris Johnson’s wrecking ball, it was reduced to rubble at the 2019 vote.

The battle in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, a newly formed constituency, will be hard fought, with Labour’s Melanie Onn – who lost her seat to Conservative Lia Nici – keen to play a part in the reconstruction.