2024 Sunderland City Council election
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The 2024 Sunderland City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Sunderland City Council. 25 of the 75 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.
The Labour Party remained in control of the council and the Liberal Democrats returned as the largest opposition party.[1] After the election Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) appointed Michael Mordey as group leader, replacing Gramme Miller who had led the council since 2018. The Lib Dem group leader Paul Edgeworth said it was "bad news" for Sunderland, adding: "Labour’s London and Newcastle HQs have clearly imposed a yes man for Keir Starmer and a yes man for Kim McGuinness."[2] Michael Mordey was formally confirmed as leader of the council at a council meeting on 20 May 2024.[3]
Background
[edit]25 of the 75 seats will be up for election, the last time councillors will be elected using the boundaries set in 2004.[4]
Since the first election in 1973, Sunderland has been a strongly Labour council, which consistently achieves over 60% control of the council.[5] However, in recent years they have lost seats to the Conservatives, UKIP and the Liberal Democrats. The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2021. In that election, Labour lost 9 seats, the Conservatives gained 6 and the Liberal Democrats gained 4.
Since the last election, three councillors defected from the Liberal Democrats, two to Labour and one became an independent. A Labour councillor (elected as a Conservative) now sits as an independent councillor after being accused of forcing a woman to marry.[6]
Result summary
[edit]2024 Sunderland City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 18 | ![]() | 72.0 | 35 | 53 | 70.7 | 29,446 | 45.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | ![]() | 16.0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 9,950 | 15.3 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | 3 | ![]() | 4.0 | 7 | 10 | 13.3 | 11,773 | 18.2 | -4.4 | |
Reform UK | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,377 | 14.5 | +7.8 | |
Green | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,355 | 5.2 | -0.4 | |
Independent | 0 | - | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 957 | 1.5 | -1.3 |
Results by ward
[edit]An asterisk next to a candidate's name denotes an incumbent councillor.
Barnes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Fiona Tobin | 1,191 | 39.8 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Dunn* | 1,019 | 34.1 | −1.7 | |
Reform UK | Alan Bilton | 415 | 13.9 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Ellis-Dale | 203 | 6.8 | −1.1 | |
Green | Mark Tyers | 162 | 5.4 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 172 | ||||
Turnout | 2,990 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Denny Wilson* | 1,130 | 62.9 | −2.1 | |
Reform UK | Keith Samme | 346 | 19.3 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher Rose | 160 | 8.9 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mia Coupland | 98 | 5.5 | −1.1 | |
Green | Dawn Jackson | 62 | 3.5 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 784 | 43.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,796 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Copt Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Johnston* | 1,432 | 57.4 | +6.6 | |
Reform UK | Michael John Lorraine | 395 | 15.8 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Davies-Scott | 316 | 12.7 | −1.8 | |
Green | Andrew Robertson | 245 | 9.8 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nana Boddy | 105 | 4.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,037 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,493 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Doxford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Gibson* | 1,441 | 49.3 | −9.9 | |
Labour | Liz Highmore | 831 | 28.4 | +4.6 | |
Reform UK | Susan Lathan | 359 | 12.3 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | George Brown | 200 | 6.8 | −3.2 | |
Green | Martha Bradly | 94 | 3.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 610 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,925 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Fulwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Hartnack* | 1,379 | 35.8 | +9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Miguel Smith | 1,234 | 32.0 | −16.1 | |
Labour | Andy Stafford | 791 | 20.6 | +2.2 | |
Reform UK | Lisa Marie Hilton | 303 | 7.9 | +4.7 | |
Green | Kevin Lynch | 127 | 3.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 145 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,848 | 43.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hendon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Lewis Elms | 976 | 39.6 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ciaran Morrissey* | 948 | 38.4 | −4.6 | |
Reform UK | Lynda Andrews | 258 | 10.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Georgina Gould | 144 | 5.8 | +0.6 | |
Green | Helmut Izaks | 125 | 5.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,466 | 27.5 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Hetton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | James Blackburn* | 1,153 | 46.6 | +1.7 | |
Independent | David Geddis | 721 | 29.2 | −3.5 | |
Reform UK | Stephen Holt | 269 | 10.9 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Connor Sinclair | 145 | 5.9 | −2.5 | |
Green | Rachel Lowe | 123 | 5.0 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Ellis | 62 | 2.5 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 432 | ||||
Turnout | 2,473 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Houghton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Price* | 1,692 | 61.4 | +1.3 | |
Reform UK | Lynda Alexander | 379 | 13.8 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Craig Morrison | 249 | 9.0 | −4.4 | |
Independent | Donna Thomas | 236 | 8.6 | −1.3 | |
Green | Alyson Kordbarlag | 106 | 3.8 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Boddy | 93 | 3.4 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 1,313 | ||||
Turnout | 2,755 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Millfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Niall Hodson* | 1,450 | 56.0 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Syed Ali | 742 | 28.6 | −4.2 | |
Reform UK | Kathryn Brown | 156 | 6.0 | +3.8 | |
Green | Richard Bradley | 118 | 4.6 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Hardipsinh Barad | 110 | 4.2 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 708 | 27.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,590 | 32.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Pallion
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steven Donkin | 1,147 | 48.2 | −16.1 | |
Labour | Karren Boble | 869 | 36.5 | +8.8 | |
Reform UK | Raymond Lathan | 255 | 10.7 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Gwennyth Gibson | 73 | 3.1 | −0.5 | |
Green | Dorothy Lynch | 38 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 278 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,382 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Redhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Alison Smith* | 931 | 51.9 | −7.4 | |
Reform UK | Chris Eynon | 579 | 32.3 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Susan Leishman | 156 | 8.7 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Dale | 128 | 7.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 352 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,794 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Ryhope
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Helen Glancy | 1,356 | 53.7 | +2.2 | |
Reform UK | Tony Thomposon | 656 | 26.0 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Kevin Leonard | 345 | 13.7 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janice Ellis | 167 | 6.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 700 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,524 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sandhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Edgeworth* | 1,318 | 60.5 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Dennis Carroll | 543 | 24.9 | +0.4 | |
Reform UK | Brain Alexander | 215 | 9.9 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Adam Aiston | 60 | 2.8 | −1.8 | |
Green | Welsh Robert | 42 | 1.9 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 775 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,178 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Shiney Row
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Katherine Mason-Gage* | 1,605 | 57.9 | +4.1 | |
Reform UK | Robert Snowdon | 466 | 16.8 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Christine Reed | 358 | 12.9 | −8.3 | |
Green | Thomas Mower | 252 | 9.1 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Peacock | 89 | 3.2 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 1,139 | 41.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,770 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Silksworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sophie Clinton | 1,322 | 51.9 | −4.3 | |
Green | Rachel Featherstone | 551 | 21.6 | +8.3 | |
Reform UK | Michael Ellis | 380 | 14.9 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Owen Snaith | 243 | 9.5 | −9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mauro Amatosi | 50 | 2.0 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 771 | 30.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,546 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kelly Chequer* | 1,141 | 55.0 | −5.2 | |
Reform UK | James Wilson | 453 | 21.8 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Bryan Reynolds | 227 | 10.9 | −6.3 | |
Green | Christopher Crozier | 139 | 6.7 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Dagg | 115 | 5.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 688 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,075 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Lynne Dagg | 869 | 38.9 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Greg Peacock* | 429 | 19.2 | −15.1 | |
Reform UK | Sam Wood-Brass | 420 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Green | Simion Hughes | 419 | 18.8 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Audrey Smith | 96 | 4.3 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 440 | 19.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,233 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
St Chad's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Burnicle* | 1,102 | 45.8 | −4.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Andrew Rowntree | 833 | 34.6 | +0.2 | |
Reform UK | Shelia Samme | 254 | 10.5 | +4.2 | |
Green | Scott Burrows | 113 | 4.7 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Usher | 106 | 4.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 269 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,408 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St Michael's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lyall Reed* | 1,525 | 45.7 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Jo Cooper | 1,201 | 36.0 | −4.6 | |
Reform UK | Neil Farrer | 270 | 8.1 | +0.1 | |
Green | John Appleton | 242 | 7.2 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Wilson | 102 | 3.1 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 324 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,340 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St Peter's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | David Newey | 1,167 | 38.3 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Sam Johnston* | 1,074 | 35.2 | −8.2 | |
Reform UK | David Craig | 411 | 13.5 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Lennox | 255 | 8.4 | +0.2 | |
Green | Liam Dufferwiel | 143 | 4.7 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 93 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,050 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Washington Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Dianne Elizabeth Snowdon* | 1,673 | 62.9 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Audrey Jaitay | 445 | 16.7 | −1.9 | |
Reform UK | Aimee Trow | 320 | 12.0 | +6.2 | |
Green | Raymond Moore | 133 | 5.0 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Wood | 90 | 3.4 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 1,228 | 46.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,661 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Washington East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Sean Laws* | 1,632 | 56.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Hilary Johnson | 550 | 19.1 | −7.5 | |
Reform UK | Ashton Muncaster | 466 | 16.2 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Crispin Welby | 233 | 8.1 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 1,082 | 37.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,881 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Washington North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Walker* | 1,398 | 64.2 | −4.0 | |
Reform UK | Elizabeth Brown | 478 | 21.9 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Svetlana Rakhimova | 179 | 8.2 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carlton West | 123 | 5.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 920 | 42.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,178 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Washington South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Brandon Mark Feeley | 1,555 | 51.7 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Noble | 890 | 29.6 | −10.7 | |
Reform UK | Paul Donaghy* | 382 | 12.7 | +5.1 | |
Green | Michal Chantowski | 96 | 3.2 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean Terry | 82 | 2.7 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 665 | 22.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,005 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Reform UK | Swing |
Washington West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Jimmy Warne* | 1,412 | 51.6 | −5.2 | |
Reform UK | Deborah Lorraine | 492 | 18.0 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Samantha Cosgrove | 395 | 14.4 | −6.7 | |
Green | Paul Andrew Leonard | 225 | 8.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Bex | 215 | 7.8 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 920 | 33.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,739 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
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