2015 Sunderland City Council election

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2015 Sunderland City Council election
Coat of arms of Sunderland City Council.png
  2014 7 May 2015 2016  

One third of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council
38 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats before6384
Seats won2410
Seats after6663
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1

Sunderland UK local election 2015 map.svg
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.

Contents

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]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2430Increase2.svg39649.657,544Increase2.svg3.3
  Conservative 100Decrease2.svg2420.824,079Increase2.svg1.4
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0019.522,580Decrease2.svg4.8
  Green 000Steady2.svg003.54,089Increase2.svg1.7
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg003.13,617Decrease2.svg0.6
  Independent 001Decrease2.svg103.13,582Decrease2.svg0.6
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg000.4448Decrease2.svg0.2
  North East 000Steady2.svg000.1101Increase2.svg0.1

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6366
Conservatives86
Independent43
Total7575
Working majority 51  57 

Ward by ward results

Asterisk denotes incumbent councillor.

Barnes Ward

Barnes Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Galbraith 2,336 43.7 Decrease2.svg 3.1
Conservative Peter O'Connor1,58029.6Decrease2.svg 19.5
UKIP J Nast88916.6Increase2.svg 16.6
Liberal Democrats Laura Bruton3025.7Increase2.svg 1.5
Green Lucky Pemu2194.1Increase2.svg 4.1
Rejected ballots180.3
Majority75614.1Increase2.svg 11.8
Turnout 5,34461.2Increase2.svg 15.5
Registered electors 8,732
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Castle Ward

Castle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Anderson
TUSC Gary Duncan
Labour Stephen Foster
UKIP Keith Samme
Majority
Turnout

Copt Hill Ward

Copt Hill Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pat Francis
Green Daniel Olaman
Labour Mary Turton
Independent Colin Wakefield
Majority
Turnout

Doxford Ward

Doxford Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Douglas
Labour Colin English
Green Alan Robinson
UKIP Kay Rowham
Majority
Turnout

Fulwell Ward

Fulwell Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Beck
UKIP Sheila Samme
Liberal Democrats Diana Talbott-Matthew
Conservative John Wiper
Majority
Turnout

Hendon Ward

Hendon Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Pauline Featonby-Warren
Green David Lawson
Conservative Deborah Lorraine
Labour Co-op Victoria O'Neil
TUSC Owen Taylor
Majority
Turnout

Hetton Ward

Hetton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP John Defty
Liberal Democrats Philip Dowell
Conservative Douglas Middlemiss
Labour Doris Turner
Majority
Turnout

Houghton Ward

Houghton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Brown
Independent John Ellis
UKIP Terrence Henderson
Labour Juliana Heron
Liberal Democrats David Snowball
Majority
Turnout

Millfield Ward

Millfield Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Geddis
Conservative Gwennyth Gibson
Green Helmut Izaks
Liberal Democrats Stephen O'Brien
Labour Co-op Lynda Scanlan
TUSC Karen Sinclair
Majority
Turnout

Pallion Ward

Pallion Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Dorward
Green Rachel Featherstone
UKIP Ian Pallace
Labour Co-op Paul Watson
Conservative Philip Young
Majority
Turnout

Redhill Ward

Redhill Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Richard Bell
Conservative Shaun Cudworth
North East Heather Fagan
UKIP Lynn Kelly
Liberal Democrats Steve Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Ryhope Ward

Ryhope Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ellen Ball
Green Paul Burwood
UKIP Bryan Foster
Conservative Harry Todd
Majority
Turnout

St Anne's Ward

St Anne's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Aileen Casey
Conservative Tony Morrissey
Green Caroline Robinson
Liberal Democrats Anthony Usher
Labour Karen Waters
Majority
Turnout

St Chad's Ward

St Chad's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Crosby171
Conservative Dominic McDonough1462
Labour John Porthouse2046
Green Gavin Taylor143
UKIP Linda Welsh773
Majority584
Turnout

St Michael's Ward

St Michael's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tim Brennan
UKIP Vince Costello
Labour Zaf Iqbal
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood
Conservative Peter Wood
Majority
Turnout

St Peter's Ward

St Peter's Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TUSC Douglas Beavers
Labour Barry Curran
Liberal Democrats John Lennox
UKIP Ronald McQuillan
Green Saied Satei
Conservative Geoffrey Scott
Majority
Turnout

Sandhill Ward

Sandhill Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqui Gallagher
UKIP Tony Morrow
Conservative Christine Reed
Liberal Democrats Susan Wilson
Majority
Turnout

Shiney Row Ward

Shiney Row Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Rebecca Cowell
UKIP Richard Elvin
Conservative Sally Oliver
Liberal Democrats Jo Thomas
Labour Geoffrey Walker
Majority
Turnout

Silksworth Ward

Silksworth Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Chris Crozier
UKIP William Davies
Labour Peter Gibson
Conservative Bryan Reynolds
Majority
Turnout

Southwick Ward

Southwick Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kate Dowell
Labour Miles Elliott
Conservative Michael Leadbitter
Liberal Democrats Callum Littlemore
UKIP Alexander Taylor
Majority
Turnout

Washington Central Ward

Washington Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Griffin
Labour Len Lauchlan
Green Paul Leonard
Conservative Marjorie Matthews
UKIP Erland Polden
Majority
Turnout

Washington East Ward

Washington East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 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

Washington North Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green June Bradley
Liberal Democrats Kevin Morris
Conservative Norman Oliver
UKIP Tony Ormond
Labour Peter Walker
Majority
Turnout

Washington South Ward

Washington South Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dominic Armstrong
UKIP Alistair Baxter
Liberal Democrats David Griffin
Labour Paul Middleton
Conservative Martin Talbot
Majority
Turnout

Washington West Ward

Washington West Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Bannister
Conservative Olwyn Bird
Green Ben Rathbone-Wells
UKIP Kevin Sheppard
Labour Harry Trueman
Majority
Turnout

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References

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  2. "Ex-councillor paying back £10,000 of overpaid expenses claims". Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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  4. 2015 Results
Preceded by
2014 Sunderland City Council election
Sunderland City Council elections Succeeded by
2016 Sunderland City Council election