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![]() Map of the 2012 Sunderland City Council election results. Labour in red, Independents in grey and Conservatives in blue. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Sunderland Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. [1]
Following the election, the Labour Party remained in control of the council with its majority increased by eight. Labour took seats from the Conservatives in Washington East, Washington South, St Peter's, St Chad's, Ryhope, Doxford and Barnes. The Liberal Democrats also lost out to Labour in Millfield.
The Conservatives held two wards – Fulwell and St Michael's. Independents in Copt Hill and Houghton also held their seats.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 22 | 8 | 0 | ![]() | 88 | 61.3 | 43,485 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 7 | ![]() | 8 | 19.4 | 14,783 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0 | 5.6 | 3,958 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 3,548 | ![]() | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 8 | 4.8 | 3,376 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 2.3 | 1,620 | ![]() | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 0.2 | 122 | ![]() | |
This resulted in the following composition of the council:
Party | Previous Council | New Council | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 56 | 64 | |
Conservatives | 15 | 8 | |
Independent | 3 | 3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 75 | 75 | |
Working majority | 37 | 53 |
An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rebecca Atkinson | 2,041 | 55.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Anthony Morrissey* | 1,486 | 40.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Gouilnara Dixon | 150 | 4.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 555 | 15.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,692 | 40.8 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denny Wilson | 1,978 | 86.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Paula Wilkinson | 215 | 9.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hillman | 104 | 4.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,763 | 76.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,319 | 26.7 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Derrick Smith* | 1,679 | 55.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Ann Owen | 1,250 | 41.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Sterling | 111 | 3.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 429 | 14.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,052 | 33.6 | ![]() | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
†Swing to the Independent candidate from the Conservatives, who had stood last time this seat was contested.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Marshall | 1,863 | 67.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Richard Vardy* | 590 | 21.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Caroline Robinson | 246 | 8.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Matt MacDonald | 76 | 2.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,273 | 45.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,789 | 35.1 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Francis* | 1,758 | 48.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Margaret Beck | 1,657 | 45.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Pryke | 238 | 6.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 101 | 2.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,670 | 40 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Michael Mordey* | 1,518 | 66.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Debbie Lorraine | 360 | 15.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Pauline Featonby-Warren | 244 | 10.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Samuel May | 159 | 7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,158 | 50.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,297 | 25.6 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Blackburn* | 1,628 | 51.8 | ![]() | |
UKIP | John Defty | 1,363 | 43.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Dowell | 154 | 4.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 265 | 8.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,166 | 35.1 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sheila Ellis* | 1,697 | 51.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | Gemma Taylor | 1,496 | 45.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Smith | 74 | 2.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 201 | 6.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,278 | 35.8 | ![]() | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
†Swing to the Independent candidate from the Conservatives, who had stood last time this seat was contested.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Bob Price | 1,058 | 45.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Dixon* | 888 | 38.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Keith O'Brien | 164 | 7.1 | ![]() | |
National Front | Paul Birleson | 122 | 5.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Helmut Izaks | 94 | 4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 170 | 7.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,339 | 28.8 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amy Wilson* | 1,541 | 66.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Peter O'Connor | 365 | 15.8 | ![]() | |
Green | David Campbell | 304 | 13.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Doward | 101 | 4.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,176 | 50.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,321 | 30.4 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ronny Davison | 1,887 | 78.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Lynn Kelly | 388 | 16.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Gwennyth Gibson | 125 | 5.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,499 | 62.46 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,415 | 28 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
†Swing to Labour from the BNP, who had stood last time this seat was contested.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Anthony Farr | 1,887 | 72.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Shaun Cudworth | 706 | 27.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,181 | 45.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,620 | 31.9 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Watson* | 1,743 | 72.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Norman Oliver | 339 | 14 | ![]() | |
Green | Emily Blyth | 268 | 11.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy Walker | 69 | 2.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,404 | 58 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,426 | 28 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Darryl Dixon | 1,755 | 55.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alan Wright* | 1,312 | 41.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Wilson | 105 | 3.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 443 | 14 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,188 | 40 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Forbes* | 1,649 | 51.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Chris Johnson | 1,161 | 36.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Rachel Featherstone | 265 | 8.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wood | 140 | 4.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 488 | 15.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,242 | 35.4 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julia Jackson | 1,595 | 52.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Graham Hall | 1,221 | 40.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Henry | 224 | 7.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 374 | 12.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,065 | 35.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Debra Waller | 1,830 | 90.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mary Turton | 1,424 | 70.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Paul Tweddle | 459 | 22.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Usher | 335 | 16.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 965 | 47.7 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,035 | 23.8 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
There was a double vacancy in Sandhill ward in 2012, due to the retirement of Labour councillor Jim Scott, and the death of Labour councillor John Gallagher. [3] Two seats were up for election, and each voter could cast two votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Hall* | 2,286 | 73.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Malcolm Vardy | 635 | 20.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Attewell | 187 | 6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,651 | 53.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,129 | 30.8 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Smith* | 1,960 | 67.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Dominic McDonough | 451 | 15.5 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Derek Horsley | 376 | 12.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Joella Lynch | 128 | 4.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,509 | 51.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,919 | 34.3 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosalind Copeland* | 1,582 | 66.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Terence Docherty | 394 | 16.5 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Michael Leadbitter | 325 | 13.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Hollern | 81 | 3.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,188 | 49.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,394 | 28.6 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Dianne Snowdon* | 1,999 | 65.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Erland Polden | 536 | 17.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Pat Francis | 327 | 10.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Ashford | 179 | 5.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,463 | 48.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,058 | 33.9 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Snowdon | 1,721 | 56.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Hilary Johnson | 735 | 24.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Linda Hudson | 316 | 10.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Tony Murphy | 156 | 5.1 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Bannister | 119 | 3.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 986 | 32.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,055 | 34.6 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Kelly* | 2,047 | 80.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Kathleen Irvine | 349 | 13.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Morris | 160 | 6.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,698 | 66.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,577 | 29 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Louise Farthing | 1,802 | 65.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Martin Talbot | 757 | 27.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | David Griffin | 209 | 7.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,045 | 37.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,797 | 33.9 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Scaplehorn* | 2,200 | 77.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Olwyn Bird | 386 | 13.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Irene Bannister | 254 | 8.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,814 | 63.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,869 | 31.5 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
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Preceded by 2011 Sunderland City Council election | Sunderland City Council elections | Succeeded by 2014 Sunderland City Council election |