Sunderland City Council
Sunderland City Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Leadership | |
Mayor of Sunderland | Cllr Harry Truman, Labour since 19 May 2021 |
Leader of the Council | Cllr Graeme Miller, Labour since 16 May 2018 |
Deputy Leader | Cllr Paul Stewart, Labour |
Leader of the Opposition | Cllr Dr Antony Mullen, Conservative |
Chief executive | Patrick Melia since 21 June 2018 |
Structure | |
Seats | 75 councillors[1] |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | North East Combined Authority |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) 2021 (one third of councillors) |
Next election | (one third of councillors) (one third of councillors) |
Motto | |
Nil desperandum auspice deo | |
Website | |
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Sunderland City Council is the local authority of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Sunderland.
Political composition[]
Sunderland City Council has been controlled by the Labour Party from its formation in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. There are currently 42 Labour councillors, 19 Conservatives, 12 Liberal Democrats and one independent (elected as UKIP) on the Council, along with one vacant seat in the Redhill Ward.
Elections[]
Sunderland's Council area comprises 25 wards, each electing three councillors. Elections are held in thirds, in three years out of every four. Between 1974 and 1986, elections were held in every fourth year to Tyne and Wear County Council, until the County Council was abolished. In 1982 and 2004, all seats on Sunderland Council were up for election following boundary changes.[2]
At the first round of elections in 1973, 78 councillors were elected from 26 wards, and the make-up of the Council was: 56 Labour councillors, 21 Conservatives, and one Independent.
At the 1982 local elections following boundary changes, 75 councillors were elected from 25 wards, and the composition of the Council was: 49 Labour, 15 Conservatives, eight SDP-Liberal Alliance, and three Independent Labour councillors
At the 2004 local elections following boundary changes, 75 councillors were elected from 25 wards, and the composition of the Council was: 61 Labour councillors, 12 Conservatives and two Liberal Democrats.
In the May 2016 local elections, the Labour Party gained two seats, the Conservatives held two seats, and the Liberal Democrats won one seat.[3] This made the composition of the Council for 2016/17: 67 Labour councillors, six Conservatives, one Liberal Democrat and one Independent. Following by-elections in January 2017 and February 2018, the Liberal Democrats gained two further seats from the Labour Party.[4]
In the May 2018 local elections, the Labour Party gained a seat from an Independent councillor in Copt Hill, but lost three seats to the Liberal Democrats, and two to the Conservatives.[5]
In the May 2019 local elections, the Labour Party lost ten seats: four to the Conservatives, three to UKIP, two to the Liberal Democrats, and one to the Green Party. Neither UKIP nor the Green Party had previously been represented on the City Council.[6]
The 2020 local elections were scheduled for 7 May 2020, but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and held on 6 May 2021.[7]
Council wards[]
The Sunderland City Council area is coterminous with the boundaries of the city's three parliamentary constituencies – Sunderland Central, Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West – and the 25 Council wards are distributed between them.[8]
The following Sunderland Council wards fall within the Sunderland Central constituency: Barnes, Fulwell, Hendon, Millfield, Pallion, Ryhope, St Michael's (covering the areas of Ashbrooke and Hill View), St Peter's (covering the areas of Roker and Monkwearmouth) and Southwick.
Houghton and Sunderland South constituency comprises the wards of Copt Hill, Doxford, Hetton, Houghton, St Chad's (covering the areas of Herrington and Farringdon), Sandhill (covering the areas of Thorney Close, Grindon and Springwell), Shiney Row, and Silksworth.
Washington and Sunderland West constituency comprises the wards of Castle (covering the areas of Castletown and Town End Farm), Redhill (covering Redhouse and Witherwack), St Anne's (covering South Hylton and Pennywell), Washington Central, Washington East, Washington North, Washington South and Washington West.
Sunderland Central | Houghton and Sunderland South | Washington and Sunderland West |
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A. Barnes
E. Fulwell F. Hendon J. Millfield K. Pallion M. Ryhope P. St Michael's Q. St Peter's U. Southwick |
C. Copt Hill
D. Doxford G. Hetton H. Houghton O. St Chad's R. Sandhill S. Shiney Row T. Silksworth |
B. Castle
L. Redhill N. St Anne's V. Washington Central W. Washington East X. Washington North Y. Washington South Z. Washington West |
Councillors[]
Sunderland's 25 Council wards are each represented by three elected councillors.[9]
Parliamentary Constituency | Ward | Councillors | Assumed office | |
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Sunderland Central | Barnes | Antony Mullen | 3 May 2018 | |
Helen Greener | 2 May 2019 | |||
Richard Dunn | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Castle | Doris MacKnight | 3 May 2018 | |
Stephen Foster | 2 May 2019 | |||
Denny Wilson | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Copt Hill | Melanie Thornton | 2 May 2019 | |
Kevin Johnson | 6 May 2021 | |||
Tracy Dodds | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Doxford | Elizabeth Gibson | 3 May 2018 | |
Heather Fegan | 2 May 2019 | |||
Paul Gibson | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | Fulwell | George Howe | 3 May 2018 | |
James Doyle | 2 May 2019 | |||
Michael Hartnack | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | Hendon | Barbara McClennan | 3 May 2018 | |
Lynda Scalan | 2 May 2019 | |||
Ciaran Morrissey | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Hetton | Claire Rowntree | 3 May 2018 | |
Iain Scott | 30 September 2021 | |||
James Blackburn | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Houghton | Neil MacKnight | 3 May 2018 | |
Juliana Heron | 2 May 2019 | |||
John Price | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | Millfield | Andrew Wood | 3 May 2018 | |
Julia Potts | 2 May 2019 | |||
Niall Hodson | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | Pallion | George Smith | 3 May 2018 | |
Martin Haswell | 2 May 2019 | |||
Colin Nicholson | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Redhill | Paul Stewart | 3 May 2018 | |
Keith Jenkins | 2 May 2019 | |||
Alison Smith | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | Ryhope | Michael Essl | 3 May 2018 | |
Steven Bewick | 2 May 2019 | |||
Usman Ali | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Sandhill | Margaret Crosby | 2 May 2019 | |
Stephen O’Brien | 2 May 2019 | |||
Paul Edgeworth | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Shiney Row | Geoff Walker | 2 May 2019 | |
David Snowdon | 6 May 2021 | |||
Katherine Mason-Gage | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Silksworth | Phillip Tye | 3 May 2018 | |
Peter Gibson | 2 May 2019 | |||
Pat Smith | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | Southwick | Alex Samuels | 3 May 2018 | |
Michael Butler | 2 May 2019 | |||
Kelly Chequer | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | St Anne's | Karen Wood | 3 May 2018 | |
Pam Mann | 2 May 2019 | |||
Greg Peacock | 6 May 2021 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | St Chad's | William Blackett | 3 May 2018 | |
Dominic McDonough | 2 May 2019 | |||
Chris Burnicle | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | St Michael's | Michael Dixon | 3 May 2018 | |
Peter Wood | 2 May 2019 | |||
Lyall Reed | 6 May 2021 | |||
Sunderland Central | St Peter's | Shirley Leadbitter | 3 May 2018 | |
Josh McKeith | 2 May 2019 | |||
Sam Johnston | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington Central | Linda Williams | 3 May 2018 | |
Len Lauchlan | 2 May 2019 | |||
Dianne Snowdon | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington East | Tony Taylor | 3 May 2018 | |
Fiona Miller | 2 May 2019 | |||
Sean Laws | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington North | Jill Fletcher | 3 May 2018 | |
Peter Walker | 2 May 2019 | |||
Michael Walker | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington South | Graeme Miller | 3 May 2018 | |
Louise Farthing | 6 May 2022 | |||
Paul Donaghy | 6 May 2021 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington West | Dorothy Trueman | 3 May 2018 | |
Henry Trueman | 2 May 2019 | |||
Jimmy Warne | 6 May 2021 |
References[]
- ^ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Tyne and Wear: Ward Voting Summaries, 1973-2015". Tyne and Wear Elects. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Silfverskiold, Petra (6 May 2016). "Labour dominate Sunderland 2016 elections – with a couple of surprises". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "What the Liberal Democrat by-election victory means for Labour control in Sunderland". Sunderland Echo. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Lindsay, Kali (3 May 2018). "Sunderland City Council elections - results in full". nechronicle. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "How a night of drama unfolded at the Sunderland City Council elections 2019". www.sunderlandecho.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "English local elections postponed over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Ward maps". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Elected Members". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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