Sunderland City Council election, 2015

Sunderland City Council election, 2015
7 May 2015
One third of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council
38 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats before 63 8 4
Seats won 24 1 0
Seats after 66 6 3
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2 Decrease1
Map of the 2015 Sunderland City Council election results. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.
Majority party before election

Labour

 Majority party after election

Labour

The 2015 Sunderland City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections, and the 2015 General Election.

Background

There had been one by-election held in the period since the previous local elections in 2014 which saw Labour hold the Washington East ward in November 2014 following the resignation of their incumbent councillor in October.[2]

Election results

The election saw Labour gain three seats, increasing the party's majority on the Council. Labour gained from the Conservatives in Barnes and Fulwell, and from an Independent, Colin Wakefield, in Houghton.[3]

Sunderland Local Election Result 2015[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 24 3 0 Increase3 96 49.6 57,544 Increase3.3
  Conservative 1 0 0 Decrease2 4 20.8 24,079 Increase1.4
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady0 0 19.5 22,580 Decrease4.8
  Green 0 0 0 Steady0 0 3.5 4,089 Increase1.7
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 Steady0 0 3.1 3,617 Decrease0.6
  Independent 0 0 1 Decrease1 0 3.1 3,582 Decrease0.6
  Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 0 0 0 Steady0 0 0.4 448 Decrease0.2
  North East Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0 0.1 101 Increase0.1

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Previous Council New Council
Labour 63 66
Conservatives 8 6
Independent 4 3
Total 75 75
Working majority  51   57 

Ward by ward results

Barnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Laura Bruton 302
Labour Ian Galbraith 2336
UKIP Jamie Nast 889
Conservative Peter O'Connor 1580
Green Lucky Pemu 219
Majority
Turnout
Castle Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Martin Anderson
TUSC Gary Duncan
Labour Stephen Foster
UKIP Keith Samme
Majority
Turnout
Copt Hill Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Pat Francis
Green Daniel Olaman
Labour Mary Turton
Independent Colin Wakefield
Majority
Turnout
Doxford Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alex Douglas
Labour Colin English
Green Alan Robinson
UKIP Kay Rowham
Majority
Turnout
Fulwell Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Margaret Beck
UKIP Sheila Samme
Liberal Democrat Diana Talbott-Matthew
Conservative John Wiper
Majority
Turnout
Hendon Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP Pauline Featonby-Warren
Green David Lawson
Conservative Deborah Lorraine
Labour Co-op Victoria O'Neil
TUSC Owen Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Hetton Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP John Defty
Liberal Democrat Philip Dowell
Conservative Douglas Middlemiss
Labour Doris Turner
Majority
Turnout
Houghton Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Brown
Independent John Ellis
UKIP Terrence Henderson
Labour Juliana Heron
Liberal Democrat David Snowball
Majority
Turnout
Millfield Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP David Geddis
Conservative Gwennyth Gibson
Green Helmut Izaks
Liberal Democrat Stephen O'Brien
Labour Co-op Lynda Scanlan
TUSC Karen Sinclair
Majority
Turnout
Pallion Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Sylvia Dorward
Green Rachel Featherstone
UKIP Ian Pallace
Labour Co-op Paul Watson
Conservative Philip Young
Majority
Turnout
Redhill Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Richard Bell
Conservative Shaun Cudworth
North East Party Heather Fagan
UKIP Lynn Kelly
Liberal Democrat Steve Thomas
Majority
Turnout
Ryhope Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Ellen Ball
Green Paul Burwood
UKIP Bryan Foster
Conservative Harry Todd
Majority
Turnout
St Anne's Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP Aileen Casey
Conservative Tony Morrissey
Green Caroline Robinson
Liberal Democrat Anthony Usher
Labour Karen Waters
Majority
Turnout
St Chad's Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Crosby 171
Conservative Dominic McDonough 1462
Labour John Porthouse 2046
Green Gavin Taylor 143
UKIP Linda Welsh 773
Majority 584
Turnout
St Michael's Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Tim Brennan
UKIP Vince Costello
Labour Zaf Iqbal
Liberal Democrat Andrew Wood
Conservative Peter Wood
Majority
Turnout
St Peter's Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
TUSC Douglas Beavers
Labour Barry Curran
Liberal Democrat John Lennox
UKIP Ronald McQuillan
Green Saied Satei
Conservative Geoffrey Scott
Majority
Turnout
Sandhill Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jacqui Gallagher
UKIP Tony Morrow
Conservative Christine Reed
Liberal Democrat Susan Wilson
Majority
Turnout
Shiney Row Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Rebecca Cowell
UKIP Richard Elvin
Conservative Sally Oliver
Liberal Democrat Jo Thomas
Labour Geoffrey Walker
Majority
Turnout
Silksworth Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Chris Crozier
UKIP William Davies
Labour Peter Gibson
Conservative Bryan Reynolds
Majority
Turnout
Southwick Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Kate Dowell
Labour Miles Elliott
Conservative Michael Leadbitter
Liberal Democrat Callum Littlemore
UKIP Alexander Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Washington Central Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Anne Griffin
Labour Len Lauchlan
Green Paul Leonard
Conservative Marjorie Matthews
UKIP Erland Polden
Majority
Turnout
Washington East Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Bannister
Conservative Hilary Johnson
TUSC Wilf Laws
Labour Co-op Fiona Miller
Green Anthony Murphy
UKIP Lynn O'Neil
Majority
Turnout
Washington North Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green June Bradley
Liberal Democrat Kevin Morris
Conservative Norman Oliver
UKIP Tony Ormond
Labour Peter Walker
Majority
Turnout
Washington South Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Dominic Armstrong
UKIP Alistair Baxter
Liberal Democrat David Griffin
Labour Paul Middleton
Conservative Martin Talbot
Majority
Turnout
Washington West Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Irene Bannister
Conservative Olwyn Bird
Green Ben Rathbone-Wells
UKIP Kevin Sheppard
Labour Harry Trueman
Majority
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ex-councillor paying back £10,000 of overpaid expenses claims". Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  3. ↑ "Sunderland local election results 2015: Who was elected in your area?". Evening Chronicle. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 20 Feb 2018.
  4. ↑ 2015 Results
Preceded by
Sunderland City Council election, 2014		 Sunderland City Council elections Succeeded by
Sunderland City Council election, 2016
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