Sunderland City Council
Sunderland City Council | |
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Type | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Leader of the Council | |
Deputy Leader of the Council | |
Structure | |
Seats | 75 councillors |
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Political groups |
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Joint committees | North East Combined Authority |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election |
2015 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors) 2018 (one third of councillors) |
Next election |
2019 (one third of councillors) 2020 (one third of councillors) 2022 (one third of councillors) |
Motto | |
Nil desperandum auspice deo | |
Meeting place | |
Civic Centre, Sunderland | |
Website | |
www |
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 60 Labour councillors, eight Conservatives, six Liberal Democrats, and one Independent on the Council.
Elections
See also: Sunderland City 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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
The next Council election will be held on 2 May 2019.
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.[5]
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.[6]
Parliamentary Constituency | Ward | Councillors | Assumed office | |
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Sunderland Central | Barnes | Ian Galbraith | 7 May 2015 | |
Rebecca Atkinson | 5 May 2016 | |||
Antony Mullen | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Castle | Stephen Foster | 7 May 2015 | |
Denny Wilson | 5 May 2016 | |||
Doris MacKnight | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Copt Hill | Mary Turton | 7 May 2015 | |
Kevin Johnston | 5 May 2016 | |||
Jack Cunningham | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Doxford | Colin English | 7 May 2015 | |
Christine Marshall | 5 May 2016 | |||
Elizabeth Gibson | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | Fulwell | Margaret Beck | 7 May 2015 | |
Bob Francis | 5 May 2016 | |||
George Howe | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | Hendon | Victoria O'Neil | 7 May 2015 | |
Michael Mordey | 5 May 2016 | |||
Barbara McClennan | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Hetton | Doris Turner | 7 May 2015 | |
James Blackburn | 5 May 2016 | |||
Claire Rowntree | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Houghton | Juliana Heron | 7 May 2015 | |
Alex Scullion | 5 May 2016 | |||
Neil MacKnight | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | Millfield | Lynda Scanlan | 7 May 2015 | |
Niall Hodson | 5 May 2016 | |||
Andrew Wood | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | Pallion | Martin Haswell | 1 Feb 2018 | |
Amy Wilson | 5 May 2016 | |||
George Smith | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Redhill | Richard Bell | 7 May 2015 | |
Ronny Davison | 5 May 2016 | |||
Paul Stewart | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | Ryhope | Ellen Ball | 7 May 2015 | |
Paula Hunt | 5 May 2016 | |||
Michael Essl | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Sandhill | Stephen O'Brien | 12 Jan 2017 | |
Debra Waller | 5 May 2016 | |||
Lynn Appleby | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Shiney Row | Geoff Walker | 7 May 2015 | |
Anne Lawson | 5 May 2016 | |||
Melville Speding | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | Silksworth | Peter Gibson | 7 May 2015 | |
Patricia Smith | 5 May 2016 | |||
Philip Tye | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | Southwick | Miles Elliott | 7 May 2015 | |
Kelly Chequer | 5 May 2016 | |||
Alex Samuels | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | St Anne's | Karen Waters | 7 May 2015 | |
Susan Watson | 5 May 2016 | |||
Karen Wood | 3 May 2018 | |||
Houghton and Sunderland South | St Chad's | Stuart Porthouse | 7 May 2015 | |
Darryl Dixon | 5 May 2016 | |||
William Blackett | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | St Michael's | Peter Wood | 7 May 2015 | |
Robert Oliver | 5 May 2016 | |||
Michael Dixon | 3 May 2018 | |||
Sunderland Central | St Peter's | Barry Curran | 7 May 2015 | |
Julia Jackson | 5 May 2016 | |||
Shirley Leadbitter | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington Central | Len Lauchlan | 7 May 2015 | |
Dianne Snowdon | 5 May 2016 | |||
Linda Williams | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington East | Fiona Miller | 7 May 2015 | |
David Snowdon | 5 May 2016 | |||
Tony Taylor | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington North | Peter Walker | 7 May 2015 | |
John Kelly | 5 May 2016 | |||
Jill Fletcher | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington South | Paul Middleton | 7 May 2015 | |
Louise Farthing | 5 May 2016 | |||
Graeme Miller | 3 May 2018 | |||
Washington and Sunderland West | Washington West | Henry Trueman | 7 May 2015 | |
Bernard Scaplehorn | 5 May 2016 | |||
Dorothy Trueman | 3 May 2018 |
References
- ↑ "Tyne and Wear: Ward Voting Summaries, 1973-2015". Tyne and Wear Elects. Retrieved 19 Feb 2018.
- ↑ Silfverskiold, Petra (6 May 2016). "Labour dominate Sunderland 2016 elections – with a couple of surprises". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 18 Feb 2018.
- ↑ "What the Liberal Democrat by-election victory means for Labour control in Sunderland". Sunderland Echo. 2 Feb 2018. Retrieved 18 Feb 2018.
- ↑ Lindsay, Kali (2018-05-03). "Sunderland City Council elections - results in full". nechronicle. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "Ward maps". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 Feb 2018.
- ↑ "Elected Members". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 Feb 2018.