2014 Sunderland City Council election

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2014 Sunderland City Council election
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  2012 22 May 2014 2015  

One third of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council
38 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats before6483
Seats won2131
Seats after6384
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0Increase2.svg1

Sunderland UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the 2014 Sunderland City Council election results. Labour in red, Independent in grey and Conservatives in blue.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2014 Sunderland City Council Election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England, as part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections. A third of the council (25 of 75 seats) were up for election, the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

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Election results

The Labour Party remained in control of the council, but had its majority reduced by one. Although Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in St Chad's, they lost a seat to the Conservatives in St Peter's. Labour Party Mayor, Councillor Robert Heron, lost his Copt Hill seat to Independent candidate Anthony Allen by 70 votes. Labour's one gain against two losses left them with a net loss of one councillor. For the first time ever, UKIP fielded a candidate in almost every ward, which led to them finishing second behind Labour, in terms of the popular vote, with 24%. Although UKIP failed to gain a seat, they came within 119 votes in Hetton and came second in 16 of the 23 wards they contested. This also led to a reduction in Labour's share of the vote in 18 out of the 25 wards. The overall turnout in the election was 33%.

Sunderland Local Election Result 2014 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2112Decrease2.svg184.046.332,349Decrease2.svg2.7%
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0024.316,951Increase2.svg24.3%
  Conservative 311Steady2.svg012.019.413,571Decrease2.svg5.8%
  Independent 110Increase2.svg14.03.82,674Decrease2.svg0.2%
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg003.72,569Decrease2.svg14.6%
  Green 000Steady2.svg001.81,263Increase2.svg1.5%
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg000.6424Increase2.svg0.6%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartyPrevious CouncilNew Council
Labour6463
Conservatives88
Independent34
Total7575
Working majority 53  51 

Ward by ward results

Barnes Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Peter Essl1,42040.8-0.1
Conservative Peter O'Connor1,28737.0+1.3
UKIP Ralph Foster60817.5NA
Liberal Democrats Laura Helen Bruton1373.9-14.1
Total votes3,452 99.2
Rejected ballots280.8
Turnout 3,48039.4-23.2
Majority1333.8-1.4
Labour hold Swing -
Castle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Doris Macknight1,32755.9+5.1
UKIP John Smail65627.6NA
Conservative Geoffrey Oliver1777.5-3.1
TUSC Gary Duncan1375.8NA
Liberal Democrats Ann Hollern572.4-9.5
Total votes3452 99.2
Rejected ballots200.8
Turnout 237427.7
Majority671
Labour hold Swing -
Copt Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentAnthony Allen1,46946.4+3.3%
Labour Co-op Bob Heron1,39944.2-0.2
Conservative Pat Francis2548.0NA
Majority70
Turnout 3,16634.8
Rejected ballots441.4
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Doxford Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Betty Gibson1,28047.0-4.7
UKIP Kay Rowham68325.0NA
Conservative Dominic McDonough56320.7-9.0%
Green Alan Michael David Robinson1806.6NA
Majority597
Turnout 272635.3
Rejected ballots200.7
Labour hold Swing -
Fulwell Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Edward Howe1,59143.3-1.8
Labour Margaret Beck1,17331.9-3.7
UKIP Paul Tweddle63517.3NA
Green Bill Martin1614.4NA
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Michael Pryke1022.8-16.4
Majority418
Turnout 367740.5
Rejected ballots150.4
Conservative hold Swing -
Hendon Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Barbara McClennan116250.1
UKIP Pauline Veronica Featonby-Warren63827.5
Conservative Debbie Lorraine28912.5
Green David Anthony Lawson1586.8
TUSC Owen Richard Taylor703.0
Majority524
Turnout 233827.9
Rejected ballots210.9
Labour hold Swing -
Hetton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cummings147047.7
UKIP John Defty135143.8
Conservative Doug Middlemiss1886.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Dowell752.4
Majority
Turnout 311335.0
Rejected ballots290.9
Labour hold Swing -
Houghton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Turton137542.6
Independent John Verill Ellis107633.4
UKIP Terrence Henderson61619.1
Conservative George Edward Brown1584.9
Majority299
Turnout 324235.5
Rejected ballots170.5
Labour hold Swing -
Millfield Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ian William Kay87536.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Robson78432.6
UKIP Lee Robson47919.9
Conservative Gwennyth Gibson1596.6
Green Helmut Izaks913.8
TUSC Karen Christian Sinclaire281.2
Majority91
Turnout 242431.9
Rejected ballots80.3
Labour hold Swing -
Pallion Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Celia Gofton104747.8
UKIP Daniel Tweddle65930.1
Conservative Shaun Cudworth31414.3
Green Charles Michael John Marshall1054.8
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Dorward673.1
Majority388
Turnout 221130.1
Rejected ballots190.9
Labour hold Swing -
Redhill Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Heather Fagan1295.9%
UKIP Lynn Marie Kelly60827.9%
Labour Co-op Paul Stewart128158.7%
Liberal Democrats Steve Thomas361.6%
Conservative Paula Wilinson1295.9%
Majority
Turnout 220225.9
Rejected ballots190.9
Labour hold Swing -
Ryhope Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Emerson126047.0
UKIP Bryan George Foster88132.9
Conservative Alex Douglas37213.9
Green Tim Brennan913.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Dowell752.8
Majority379
Turnout 269933.1
Rejected ballots200.7
Labour hold Swing -
Sandhill Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Allan147865.6
Conservative Christine Mary Reed54624.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Wilson23010.2
Majority932
Turnout 232427.9
Rejected ballots703.0
Labour hold Swing -
Shiney Row Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mel Speding166852.2
UKIP Tom Fowdy94029.4
Conservative Sally Oliver48015.0
Liberal Democrats Sue Sterling1053.3
Majority728
Turnout 321332.3
Rejected ballots200.6
Labour hold Swing -
Silksworth Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Derek Horsley86731.1%
Conservative Bryan Reynolds45316.3%
Labour Phil Tye146752.6%
Majority
Turnout 281733.2
Rejected ballots301.0
Labour hold Swing -
Southwick Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Bradley Cowling78031.7
Conservative Michael Henderson Leadbitter32413.2
Liberal Democrats Sham Vedhara632.6
Labour Co-op Norma Wright126251.3
Majority48219.6
Turnout 245830.1
Rejected ballots200.8
Labour hold Swing -
St Anne's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Morrisey29914.1
Green Caroline Leigh Robinson924.3
UKIP Keith Samme70233
Labour Co-op Tom Wright102248
Majority72334
Turnout 212725.0
Rejected ballots120.6
Labour hold Swing -
St Chad's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Crosby903.1
Labour Gillian Galbraith118040.6
UKIP Jamie Lee Nast61021
Conservative Keith Charles O'Brien101534.9
Majority1655.7
Turnout 290936.9
Rejected ballots140.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -
St Michael's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Vincent Gray Costello60618
Conservative Michael Dixon150144.6
Green Rachel Sarah Featherstone2507.4
Labour Zafar Iqbal86625.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood1313.9
Majority63518.9
Turnout 336438.8
Rejected ballots100.3
Conservative hold Swing -
St Peter's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Leadbitter1,08836.4%+0.6
Labour Stephen Bonallie99933.4-3.8
UKIP Brenda Tweddle65321.8NA
Green Saied Satei1354.5NA
TUSC Doug Beavers1143.8NA
Majority893
Turnout 2,98934.8
Rejected ballots291.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -2.2
Washington Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Williams162453.4+0.3
UKIP Erland Max Howard Polden93930.9N/A
Conservative Marjorie Matthews34311.3-12.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Griffin1374.5-18.6
Majority68522.4-6.9
Turnout 305734.425.8
Rejected ballots140.5
Labour hold Swing -
Washington East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neville Padgett125441.3-3.7
UKIP Linda Hudson79226.1N/A
Conservative Hilary Johnson76725.3-6.5
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Bannister1454.8-13.9
TUSC Wilf Laws752.5N/A
Majority46215.1-1.9
Turnout 305634.3-26.4
Rejected ballots230.8
Labour hold Swing -5.1
Washington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Fletcher154458.7+1.5
UKIP Tony Ormond81531.0N/A
Conservative Alice Miller Mclaren2037.7-6.4
Liberal Democrats Kevin Morris672.5-17.2
Majority72927.5-10
Turnout 265230.6-20.6
Rejected ballots230.9
Labour hold Swing +3.95 (Con to Lab)
Washington South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Graeme Miller123944.9-4.5
UKIP Alistair Baxter74028.8N/A
Conservative Martin John Talbot63823.1+3.6
Liberal Democrats David Griffin1405.1-19.9
Majority49918+8.4
Turnout 277534.126.6
Rejected ballots180.6
Labour hold Swing -4.05 (Lab to Con)
Washington West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Trueman167757.0+7.6
UKIP Kevin John Shephard70323.9N/A
Conservative Olwyn Bird43314.7-4.8
Liberal Democrats Irene Bannister1284.4-20.6
Majority97432.9-304
Turnout 296032.4-26
Rejected ballots190.6
Labour hold Swing +14.1
(Lib Dem to Lab)

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Preceded by
2012 Sunderland City Council election
Sunderland City Council elections Succeeded by
2015 Sunderland City Council election