Sunderland_local_elections

Sunderland City Council elections

Local authority elections in Sunderland, England

Sunderland City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Sunderland City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 75 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

By-election results

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Election	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat^[4]	Independent	UKIP	Green	Reform UK	Total
Election								Total
1973	21	56	0	1	0	0	0	78
1975	23	52	1	2	0	0	0	78
1976	26	49	1	2	0	0	0	78
1978	27	49	1	1	0	0	0	78
1979	24	53	0	1	0	0	0	78
1980	18	58	1	1	0	0	0	78
1982	15	49	8	3	0	0	0	75
1983	14	52	7	2	0	0	0	75
1984	13	53	7	2	0	0	0	75
1986	11	59	5	0	0	0	0	75
1987	10	61	4	0	0	0	0	75
1988	9	63	3	0	0	0	0	75
1990	8	64	3	0	0	0	0	75
1991	8	64	3	0	0	0	0	75
1992	8	64	3	0	0	0	0	75
1994	8	64	3	0	0	0	0	75
1995	5	67	3	0	0	0	0	75
1996	4	68	3	0	0	0	0	75
1998	4	68	3	0	0	0	0	75
1999	8	64	3	0	0	0	0	75
2000	10	62	3	0	0	0	0	75
2002	11	62	2	0	0	0	0	75
2003	9	63	1	2	0	0	0	75
2004	12	61	2	0	0	0	0	75
2006	13	59	2	1	0	0	0	75
2007	17	53	1	4	0	0	0	75
2008	22	48	1	4	0	0	0	75
2010	18	52	1	4	0	0	0	75
2011	14	56	1	4	0	0	0	75
2012	8	64	0	3	0	0	0	75
2014	8	63	0	4	0	0	0	75
2015	6	66	0	3	0	0	0	75
2016	6	67	1	1	0	0	0	75
2018	8	61	6	0	0	0	0	75
2019	12	51	8	0	3	1	0	75
2021	18	42	12	0	3	0	0	75
2022	18	41	14	1	0	0	0	75
2023	13	45	15	0	0	0	1	75

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	636	71.1	-10.3
	Conservative	178	19.9	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	80	9.0	+9.0
Majority		458	51.2
Turnout		894	11.4
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	646	46.7	-18.7
	Conservative	394	28.5	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	343	24.8	+8.9
Majority		252	18.2
Turnout		1,383	18.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,074	65.9	+2.2
	Conservative	860	18.4	-17.8
	Liberal Democrats	731	15.7	+15.7
Majority		2,214	47.5
Turnout		4,665
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Morrissey	1,139	50.8	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Taylor	547	24.4	4.7
	Labour	Ian Galbraith	489	21.8	4.5
	BNP	Ian Leadbitter	67	3.0	6.6
Majority			592	26.4
Turnout			2,242	25.5	23
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Dixon	566	43.5	10.2
	Labour	Shirley Waldron	397	30.5	1.1
	Conservative	Leslie Dobson	260	20.0	1.6
	BNP	James Davison	79	6.0	7.4
Majority			169	13.0
Turnout			1,302	18.2	17.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Cuthbert	1,196	49.9	9.8
	Labour	Dianne Snowdon	994	41.5	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Snowball	206	8.6	5.6
Majority			202	8.4
Turnout			2,396	27.6	8.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gemma Taylor	1,418	47.1	1.3
	Independent	John Ellis	1,124	37.3	37.3
	UKIP	Edward Coleman-Hughes	302	10
	Conservative	George Brown	111	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Sterling	55	1.8	0.5
Majority			294	9.8
Turnout			3,010	33.3	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	19.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Gallagher	945	48.1	24
	UKIP	Aileen Casey	555	28.2	28.2
	Conservative	Tony Morrissey	345	17.6	3.6
	Green	Emily Blyth	120	6.1	5
Majority			390	19.8
Turnout			1,965	23.2	4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	26.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Taylor	775	38.3	3
	Conservative	Hilary Johnson	595	29.4	4.1
	UKIP	Alistair Baxter	506	25	1.1
	Green	Tony Murphy	93	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen O'Brien	52	2.6	2.2
Majority			180	8.9
Turnout			2,021	23.4	10.9
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen O'Brien	824	45.0	41.5
	Labour	Gary Waller	458	25.0	29.9
	UKIP	Bryan Foster	343	18.7	7.2
	Conservative	Gavin Wilson	184	10.0	5.7
	Green	Helmut Izaks	23	1.3
Majority			366	20.0
Turnout			1,832	23.8	4.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	35.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Haswell	1,251	53.8	49.5
	Labour	Gordon Chalk	807	31.7	25.9
	Conservative	Grant Shearer	126	5.4	4.2
	UKIP	Steven Bewick	97	4.2	24.7
	Green	Craig Hardy	39	1.7	1.8
Majority			444	19.1
Turnout			2,324	31.7	2.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	37.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iain Scott	661	31.6	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Lennox	634	30.3	30.3
	Independent	David Geddis	386	18.5	3.1
	Conservative	Adelle Burnicle	303	14.5	8.8
	Independent	Maurice Allen	67	3.2	3.2
	Green	Justine Merton-Scott	41	2	1.8
Majority			27	1.3	3.3
Turnout			2,092	22.5	10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Usher	709	46.9	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Donkin	386	25.5	25.5
	Conservative	Sue Leishman	296	19.6	5.5
	UKIP	Ian Lines	85	5.6	35.4
	Green	Helmut Izaks	35	2.3	5.0
Majority			323	21.4
Turnout			1,511
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing