2023 Sunderland City Council election

2023 Sunderland City Council election
	4 May 2023
25 of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
	2023 Sunderland City Council Election Map
Leader before election; Graeme Miller; Labour	Leader after election ; Graeme Miller; Labour

The 2023 Sunderland City Council election will take place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sunderland City Council.

Background

25 of the 75 seats will be up for election[1]

Since the first election in 1973, Sunderland has been a strongly Labour council, which consistently achieves over 60% control of the council.[2] However, in recent years they have lost seats to the Conservatives, UKIP and Liberal Democrats. The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2019. In that election, Labour lost 10 seats, The Conservatives gained 4 and Liberal Democrats gained 3.

In 2022, Labour defied speculation they would continue to haemorrhage, Leader Graeme Miller commented that "It was a good night" for his party because they "stopped the rot".

Since the last election, three councillors have defected from the Conservatives, one to Labour, one to Reform UK, and one who currently sits as an Independent and is not standing for re-election. In the last election the Conservatives were outperformed by the Liberal Democrats, who gained one more seat. There was speculation that the Liberal Democrats could take over from the Conservatives as the main opposition party on the council.

Result summary

2023 Sunderland City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	16	2	66.7	29	45	60.0	28,796	45.3	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	20.8	10	15	20.0	10,882	17.1	1.6
	Conservative	3	2	4.0	10	13	17.3	14,358	22.6	8.3
	Reform UK	0	-	0.0	1	1	2.7	4,230	6.7	6.7
	Green	0	-	0.0	0	0	0.0	3,533	5.6	1.0
	Independent	0	-	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,719	2.7	0.6
	Monster Raving Loony	0	-	0.0	0	0	0.0	40	0.1	-
	Communist	0	-	0.0	0	0	0.0	27	0.1	-

Council Composition

In the last council, the composition of the council was:

↓
43	15	14	1	2
Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	Reform UK	Independent

↓
45	15	13	1
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative	Reform UK

Results by ward

An asterisk next to a candidate’s name denotes an incumbent councillor. All changes shown below are in relation to the 2019 local election.

Barnes[3]

Barnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Abul Bakkar Haque	1,272	40.3	+10.2
	Conservative	Kevin Leonard	1,130	35.8	-0.4
	Reform UK	Alan Douglas Bilton	296	9.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ellis-Dale	248	7.9	-4.9
	Green	Mark Tyers	212	6.7	0
Majority			142
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle[3]

LP

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Foster*	1,235	65.0	+16.6
	Conservative	Paul Burke	258	13.6	+2.6
	Reform UK	Peter Middleton	196	10.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mia Coupland	125	6.6	New
	Green	Gary Ogle	87	4.6	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Copt Hill[3]

Copt Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Melanie Thornton*	1,273
	Conservative	Pat Francis	364
	Independent	Phillip John Dowell	564
	Liberal Democrats	Nana Boddy	83
	Reform UK	Sheila Samme	98
	Green	Andrew Robertson	122
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Doxford[3]

Doxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Fagan*	1,788	59.2	+16.5
	Labour Co-op	Andrew John Rowntree	719	23.8	+0.5
	Conservative	John Scott Wiper	301	10.0	-2.6
	Reform UK	Dawn Hurst	146	4.8	New
	Green	Auburn Langley	67	2.2	-2.6
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fulwell[3]

Fulwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Walton	1,879	48.1	28.5
	Conservative	David Sinclair	1,036	26.5	4.3
	Labour	Andy Stafford	718	18.4	10.7
	Reform UK	Lisa Hilton	126	3.2	New
	Green	Liam Dufferwiel	108	2.8	3.7
	Monster Raving Loony	Jumping Jack Flash	40	1.0	New
Majority			843
Turnout			3,912	43.9	3.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hendon[3]

Hendon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Donkin
	Labour	Lynda Scanlan*
	Conservative	Syed Ali
	Reform UK	Ian Jones
	Green	Helmut Izaks
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

The election in Hendon has been countermanded due to the death of the Conservative candidate, Syed Ali. It will be held on 15 June.

Hetton[3]

Hetton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Iain Scott*	1,117	44.9	+11.6
	Independent	David Geddis	812	32.7	+11.1
	Conservative	Connor Sinclair	210	8.4	+2.8
	Reform UK	Sam Wood-Brass	157	6.3	New
	Green	Rachel Lowe	101	4.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian David Ellis	89	3.6	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Iain Scott was elected in a by-election on 30 September 2021 due to the death of the incumbent Labour councillor Doris Turner. The change shown in this table is relative to the result in May 2019, when Turner won the seat as a Labour candidate.

Houghton

Houghton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Juliana Herron*	1,625	60.1	+19.6
	Conservative	Craig Morrison	363	13.4	+3.6
	Independent	Donna Thomas	269	9.9	+3.2
	Reform UK	Steve Holt	206	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Boddy	128	4.7	+4.7
	Green	Alyson Kordbarlag	113	4.2	-3.8
Majority				46.7
Turnout				27.0	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Millfield

Millfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Potts*	1,497	56.3	-4.4
	Labour	Kingsley Osahon Okojie	872	32.8	+9.6
	Conservative	Hardip Barad	134	5.0	+1.4
	Green	Richard Peter Bradley	71	2.7	0
	Reform UK	David Craig	59	2.2	New
	Communist	Julio Romero Johnson	27	1.0	New
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pallion

Pallion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Haswell*		64.3	+0.6
	Labour	Karen Noble		27.7	+11.0
	Conservative	Gwennyth Gibson		3.6	-0.5
	Reform UK	Raymond Lathan		2.9	New
	Green	Dorothy Lynch		1.5	-0.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Redhill

Redhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Usher*		59.3	+21.7
	Reform UK	Neil Farrer		15.3	New
	Conservative	Sue Leishman		12.6	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Dale		7.8	New
	Green	Justine Merton-Scott		5.1	-2.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

John Usher was elected in a by-election on 3 March 2022 due to the resignation of the incumbent Independent councillor Keith Jenkins. The change shown in this table is relative to the result in May 2019, when Jenkins won the seat as a UKIP candidate.

Ryhope

Ryhope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lindsey Leonard		51.5	+19.6
	Conservative	Lorraine Douglas		22.7	+8.2
	Reform UK	Tony Thompson		14.0	New
	Green	Micheal Harker		6.3	-8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Ellis		5.4	-1.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Sandhill

Sandhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen O'Brien*		64.0	+25.3
	Labour	Keith Lakeman		24.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Christine Reed		4.6	-0.7
	Reform UK	Ciera Hudspith		4.4	New
	Green	Martha Bradley		2.6	-2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shiney Row

Shiney Row
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Snowdon*		53.8	+14.8
	Conservative	Richard Vardy		21.2	+5.9
	Green	Thomas Mower		11.1	+3.8
	Reform UK	Morgon Proud		6.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Peacock		4.9	-0.8
	Independent	Lynsey Gibson		2.7	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Silksworth

Silksworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Laverick		56.2	+18.6
	Conservative	Owen Snaith		19.0	-0.8
	Green	Chrisphoer Crozier		13.3	+3.7
	Reform UK	Michael Ellis		8.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mauro Amatosi		3.0	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Southwick

Southwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Butler*		60.2	+14.4
	Conservative	Liam Ritchie		17.2	+1.5
	Reform UK	Paul Watt		12.0	New
	Green	Emma Cutting		6.5	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helder Costa		4.0	-2.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St Anne's

St Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Catherine Hunter		48.5	+20.2
	Conservative	Pam Mann*		34.3	+19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Rumfitt		10.7	+2.9
	Green	Simon Hughes		6.5	+1.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Pam Mann won this seat in 2019 as a UKIP candidate. Her performance in this chart is shown relative to that of the Conservative candidate in the same election.

St Chad's

St Chad's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dominic Mcdonough*		50.2	+10.4
	Labour	Martin Old		34.4	+6.4
	Reform UK	Graham Hurst		6.3	New
	Green	Scott Burrows		4.8	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Usher		4.3	+0.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Michael's

St Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adele Graham-King		42.2	-8.6
	Labour	Chris Smith		40.6	+19.4
	Reform UK	Chris Eynon		8.0	New
	Green	John Appleton		5.9	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Wilson		3.2	-2.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peter's

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh McKeith*	1,348	43.4	+8.4
	Labour Co-op	David Newey	1,160	37.3	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Lennox	254	8.2	-2.4
	Green	Rachel Featherstone	193	6.2	-3.8
	Reform UK	Keith Samme	152	4.9	New
Majority			188
Turnout			3,111	39.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Washington Central

Washington Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Beth Jones	1,806	66.6	+25.3
	Conservative	Audrey Jaitay	505	18.6	+0.4
	Reform UK	Dean Hilton	158	5.8	New
	Green	Raymond Moore	145	5.3	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Wood	99	3.6	-2.2
Majority			1,301
Turnout			2,720	32.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Washington East

Washington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Fiona Miller*	1,651	56.4	+18.8
	Conservative	Hiliary Johnson	780	26.6	+2.6
	Reform UK	Lynda Alexander	210	7.2	New
	Green	Michal Chantokowski	166	5.7	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bond	122	4.2	-2.8
Majority			871
Turnout			2,936	33.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Washington West

Washington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Trueman*	1,534
	Conservative	Samantha Cosgrove	570
	Green	Paul Leonard	228
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bex	220
	Reform UK	Kathryn Brown	147
Majority			964
Turnout			2,705	31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Washington North

Washington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Walker*	1,455	68.2	+25.5
	Conservative	Svetlana Rakhimova	275	12.9	+0.7
	Reform UK	Elizabeth Anne Brown	163	7.6	New
	Green	Kevin Lynch	131	6.1	-5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Arnott	108	5.1	+1.5
Majority			1,180
Turnout			2,138	26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Washington South

Washington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Joanne Chapman	1,311	43.6	+18.8
	Conservative	Peter Noble	1,210	40.3	+20.9
	Reform UK	Deborah Lorraine	229	7.6	New
	Green	Robert Welsh	142	4.7	-20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Terry	114	3.8	-8.4
Majority			101
Turnout			3,012	39.5
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

References

"Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
"Sunderland City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
"Sunderland City Council" (PDF).

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[1] "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[2] "Sunderland City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[:0-3] "Sunderland City Council" (PDF).

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