Local Election Results 2016
Sunderland
One-third of council up for election.
NEast = North East Party
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By-elections for Sunderland (may be incomplete): 24th November 2005 (Barnes)
— 23rd March 2006 (Millfield)
— 27th September 2007 (Washington E.)
— 2nd May 2013 (Houghton)
— 27th March 2014 (St Anne's)
— 11th December 2014 (Washington E.)
— 12th January 2017 (Sandhill)
— 1st February 2018 (Pallion)
— 30th September 2021 (Hetton)
— 3rd March 2022 (Redhill)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
35905 |
54.0% |
22 |
| Conservative |
14695 |
22.1% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
7522 |
11.3% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
4627 |
7.0% |
1 |
| Green Party |
2640 |
4.0% |
0 |
| Independent |
703 |
1.1% |
0 |
| North East Party |
324 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
116 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Rebecca Atkinson |
Lab |
1502 |
46.8% |
| Peter O'Connor |
C |
1173 |
36.5% |
| Alan Rinaldi |
Ind |
199 |
6.2% |
| Bailey Baker |
LD |
179 |
5.6% |
| Caroline Robinson |
Grn |
157 |
4.9% |
| Denny Wilson |
Lab |
1665 |
78.8% |
| Grant Shearer |
C |
261 |
12.4% |
| Jack Stoker |
LD |
187 |
8.8% |
| Kevin Johnston |
Lab |
1577 |
53.6% |
| Reginald Coulson |
UKIP |
847 |
28.8% |
| Pat Francis |
C |
339 |
11.5% |
| Daniel Olaman |
Grn |
181 |
6.1% |
| Christine Marshall |
Lab |
1320 |
50.0% |
| Keith O'Brien |
C |
555 |
21.0% |
| Vincent Costello |
UKIP |
528 |
20.0% |
| Rachel Featherstone |
Grn |
171 |
6.5% |
| Geoff Pryke |
LD |
66 |
2.5% |
| Robert Francis |
C |
1728 |
45.7% |
| Ken Richardson |
Lab |
1279 |
33.8% |
| Christopher Marshall |
UKIP |
480 |
12.7% |
| Diana Talbott Matthew |
LD |
161 |
4.3% |
| Peter Murray |
Grn |
136 |
3.6% |
| Dale Mordey |
Lab |
1376 |
65.0% |
| Syed Ali |
C |
429 |
20.3% |
| Helmut Izaks |
Grn |
156 |
7.4% |
| Callum Littlemore |
LD |
155 |
7.3% |
| Jim Blackburn |
Lab |
1531 |
51.8% |
| John Defty |
UKIP |
1037 |
35.1% |
| Douglas Middlemiss |
C |
159 |
5.4% |
| David Geddis |
Ind |
135 |
4.6% |
| Philip Dowell |
LD |
92 |
3.1% |
| Alex Scullion |
Lab |
1607 |
56.5% |
| Anthony Holt |
UKIP |
641 |
22.5% |
| Mick Watson |
Ind |
369 |
13.0% |
| George Brown |
C |
229 |
8.0% |
| Niall Hodson |
LD |
1588 |
60.2% |
| Bob Price |
Lab |
838 |
31.7% |
| Gwennyth Gibson |
C |
143 |
5.4% |
| Lucky Pemu |
Grn |
71 |
2.7% |
| Amy Wilson |
Lab |
1046 |
50.7% |
| Ian Pallace |
UKIP |
596 |
28.9% |
| Philip Young |
C |
261 |
12.6% |
| Conor Sutton |
LD |
91 |
4.4% |
| Alan Robinson |
Grn |
71 |
3.4% |
| Ronny Davison |
Lab |
1409 |
69.7% |
| Heather Fagan |
NEast |
324 |
16.0% |
| Shaun Cudworth |
C |
163 |
8.1% |
| Edward Robinson |
Grn |
67 |
3.3% |
| Steve Thomas |
LD |
59 |
2.9% |
| Paula Hunt |
Lab |
1572 |
65.4% |
| Andrei Lucaci |
C |
462 |
19.2% |
| Emma Robson |
Grn |
247 |
10.3% |
| Anthony Usher |
LD |
121 |
5.0% |
| Susan Watson |
Lab |
1371 |
71.4% |
| Tony Morrissey |
C |
548 |
28.6% |
| Darryl Dixon |
Lab |
1188 |
42.2% |
| Dominic McDonough |
C |
978 |
34.8% |
| Joshua Green |
UKIP |
448 |
15.9% |
| Margaret Crosby |
LD |
132 |
4.7% |
| Richard Bradley |
Grn |
68 |
2.4% |
| Robert Oliver |
C |
1675 |
53.2% |
| Zaf Iqbal |
Lab |
996 |
31.6% |
| John Appleton |
Grn |
242 |
7.7% |
| Andrew Wood |
LD |
237 |
7.5% |
| Julia Jackson |
Lab |
1405 |
45.9% |
| Geoffrey Scott |
C |
1215 |
39.7% |
| John Lennox |
LD |
260 |
8.5% |
| Michal Chantkowski |
Grn |
184 |
6.0% |
| Debra Waller |
Lab |
1229 |
55.0% |
| Bryan Foster |
UKIP |
579 |
25.9% |
| Christine Reed |
C |
277 |
12.4% |
| Susan Wilson |
LD |
90 |
4.0% |
| Jonathan Hume |
Grn |
59 |
2.6% |
| Anne Lawson |
Lab |
1733 |
56.1% |
| Richard Elvin |
UKIP |
740 |
23.9% |
| Sally Oliver |
C |
456 |
14.8% |
| Sean Terry |
LD |
88 |
2.8% |
| Polly Robinson |
Grn |
74 |
2.4% |
| Patricia Smith |
Lab |
1405 |
51.3% |
| Alan Davies |
UKIP |
649 |
23.7% |
| Bryan Reynolds |
C |
458 |
16.7% |
| Chris Crozier |
Grn |
146 |
5.3% |
| Paul Edgeworth |
LD |
83 |
3.0% |
| Kelly Chequer |
Lab |
1430 |
60.9% |
| Sandy Taylor |
UKIP |
426 |
18.1% |
| Neville Chamberlin |
C |
352 |
15.0% |
| Stephen O'Brien |
LD |
80 |
3.4% |
| David Lawson |
Grn |
61 |
2.6% |
| Dianne Snowdon |
Lab |
1994 |
70.2% |
| Grace Hanson-Eden |
C |
503 |
17.7% |
| Anne Griffin |
LD |
345 |
12.1% |
| David Snowdon |
Lab |
1508 |
53.3% |
| Hilary Johnson |
C |
842 |
29.8% |
| Irene Bannister |
LD |
183 |
6.5% |
| Anthony Murphy |
Grn |
180 |
6.4% |
| Wilf Laws |
TUSC |
116 |
4.1% |
| John Kelly |
Lab |
1709 |
72.8% |
| Andrew Gray |
C |
373 |
15.9% |
| June Bradley |
Grn |
266 |
11.3% |
| Louise Farthing |
Lab |
1523 |
59.7% |
| Martin Talbot |
C |
732 |
28.7% |
| David Griffin |
LD |
294 |
11.5% |
| Bernie Scaplehorn |
Lab |
1692 |
59.0% |
| Lynn O'Neil |
UKIP |
551 |
19.2% |
| Olwyn Bird |
C |
384 |
13.4% |
| Jo Thomas |
LD |
136 |
4.7% |
| Benjamin Wells |
Grn |
103 |
3.6% |
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