The 2015 Sunderland City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections, and the 2015 general election.

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2015 Sunderland City Council election

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One third of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats before 63 8 4 Seats won 24 1 0 Seats after 66 6 3 Seat change 3 2 1
Map of the 2015 Sunderland City Council election results. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

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There had been one by-election held in the period since the previous local elections in 2014 which saw Labour hold the Washington East ward in November 2014 following the resignation of their incumbent councillor in October.^[2]

The election saw Labour gain three seats, increasing the party's majority on the Council. Labour gained from the Conservatives in Barnes and Fulwell, and from an Independent, Colin Wakefield, in Houghton.^[3]

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Sunderland local election result 2015^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	24	3	0	3	96	49.6	57,544	3.3
	Conservative	1	0	0	2	4	20.8	24,079	1.4
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	22,580	4.8
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	4,089	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3,617	0.6
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0	3.1	3,582	0.6
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	448	0.2
	North East	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	101	0.1

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Asterisk denotes incumbent councillor.

Barnes Ward

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Barnes Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Galbraith	2,336	43.7	3.1
	Conservative	Peter O'Connor	1,580	29.6	19.5
	UKIP	J Nast	889	16.6	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Bruton	302	5.7	1.5
	Green	Lucky Pemu	219	4.1	4.1
Rejected ballots			18	0.3
Majority			756	14.1	11.8
Turnout			5,344	61.2	15.5
Registered electors			8,732
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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