Sunderland City Council elections
One third of Sunderland City Council in Tyne and Wear, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 75 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.[1]
Political control[]
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1973–present |
Council composition[]
Whilst under Labour control solidly since 1973, the political composition of Sunderland City Council has fluctuated over the years as the Conservatives, SDP-Liberal Alliance, and Independents gained seats from the Labour Party. Until 2019, only Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Independents (including Independent Labour) had ever won seats on Sunderland City Council. When UKIP and Green Party councillors were elected in 2019, Sunderland became one of the few British councils with all five parties represented. The table below gives an impression of the Council's composition based on local election results.[3]
Election | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat[4] | Independent | UKIP | Green | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | 21 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 78 | ||
1975 | 23 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 78 | ||
1976 | 26 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 78 | |
1978 | 27 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | |
1979 | 24 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | |
1980 | 18 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | |
1982 | 15 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 75 | |
1983 | 14 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 75 | |
1984 | 13 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 75 | |
1986 | 11 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
1987 | 10 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
1988 | 9 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
1990 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
1991 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
1992 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
1994 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
1995 | 5 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
1996 | 4 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
1998 | 4 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
1999 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2000 | 10 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2002 | 11 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2003 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2004 | 12 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2006 | 13 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2007 | 17 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2008 | 22 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2010 | 18 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2011 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2012 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2014 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2015 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2016 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2018 | 8 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2019 | 12 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75 |
2021 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75 |
Council 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.[5]
Elections under 1973-1980 boundaries[]
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1973 (whole council elected)
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1975
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1976
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1978
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1979
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1980
Elections under 1982-2003 boundaries[]
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1982 (whole council elected after boundary changes)
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1983
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1984
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1986
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1987
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1988
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1990
- Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1991
- 1998 Sunderland City Council election
- 1999 Sunderland City Council election
- 2000 Sunderland City Council election
- 2002 Sunderland City Council election
- 2003 Sunderland City Council election
Elections under 2004 boundaries[]
- 2004 Sunderland City Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes)[6]
- 2006 Sunderland City Council election
- 2007 Sunderland City Council election
- 2008 Sunderland City Council election
- 2010 Sunderland City Council election
- 2011 Sunderland City Council election
- 2012 Sunderland City Council election
- 2014 Sunderland City Council election
- 2015 Sunderland City Council election
- 2016 Sunderland City Council election
- 2018 Sunderland City Council election
- 2019 Sunderland City Council election
- 2021 Sunderland City Council election
Election results maps[]
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2014 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
By-election results[]
1997-2004[]
Party | Candidate | 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 | Candidate | 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 | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 509 | 63.4 | |||
Conservative | 155 | 19.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 139 | 17.3 | |||
Majority | 354 | 44.1 | |||
Turnout | 803 | 11.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | 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 |
2004-present[]
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 |
References[]
- ^ "Information available about your Local Area". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Sunderland". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ Incorporating local by-election results from 2000.
- ^ Liberal prior to 1981, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988.
- ^ "Tyne and Wear: Ward Voting Summaries 1973-2015". Tyne and Wear Elects. Retrieved 19 Feb 2018.
- ^ "Sunderland council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Lib-Dems retain second seat in city". Sunderland Echo. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll". Sunderland City Council. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
External links[]
- Sunderland City Council elections
- Council elections in Tyne and Wear
- Politics of the City of Sunderland
- Metropolitan borough council elections in England