2006 Sunderland City Council election

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2006 Sunderland City Council election
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  2004 4 May 2006 2007  

One third of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council
38 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before60122
Seats won1951
Seats after59132
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg0

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats before1
Seats won0
Seats after1
Seat changeSteady2.svg0

Sunderland 2006 election map.png
Map of the 2006 Sunderland City Council election results. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2006 Sunderland Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control. [1] [2]

Contents

Campaign

Before the election the council was composed of 60 Labour, 12 Conservative, 2 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent councillors. [3] In the period since the previous local elections in May 2004, there had been two by-elections, in Barnes Ward and Millfield Ward (with seats held by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats respectively), and Doxford councillor Mike Tansey had left the Labour Party to sit as an Independent. [4]

In total 99 candidates stood in the election for the 25 seats that were being contested, with the Labour Party, Conservative Party and British National Party contesting every seat. [5] Other candidates included 22 from the Liberal Democrats and 1 from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. [6] The council was safe for Labour, but the Conservatives were hoping to make gains in the wards of Doxford, St Peters, Washington East and Washington South. [3]

Sunderland was one of 4 local councils which had early polling stations available so voters could vote up to 2 weeks before the election. [7]

Election results

The results saw Labour keep a strong majority on the council after finishing just one seat down with 59 councillors. [6] The Labour leader of the council, Robert Symonds, was among those to hold his seat in Castle ward, but the party did lose 2 seats including St Peters to the Conservatives. [6] [8] The other Labour loss was to the Liberal Democrats in Millfield, but Labour also gained Washington South from the Liberal Democrats. [8] [9] This meant the Conservatives had 13 seats, the Liberal Democrats 2 and 1 independent. [6] Meanwhile, the British National Party failed to win any seats, but did win almost 15% of the vote. [9] [10] Overall turnout was 32.2%, with 1,436 voters having used the early voting scheme, while 30,304 people used postal voting, which was 67.54% of those registered to vote by post. [6] [10]

Following the election the leader of the Conservative group, Peter Wood, was challenged for the leadership by Lee Martin, but held on by one vote. [11]

Sunderland Local Election Result 2006 [12] [13]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1912Decrease2.svg176.040.527,546Decrease2.svg14.9
  Conservative 510Increase2.svg120.028.419,280Decrease2.svg0.5
  Liberal Democrats 111Steady2.svg04.015.710,683Increase2.svg7.7
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0014.69,948Increase2.svg8.0
  Independent 000Steady2.svg000.7449Decrease2.svg0.2
  Monster Raving Loony 000Steady2.svg000.148Increase2.svg0.1

This resulted in the following composition of the Council:

PartyPrevious CouncilNew Council
Labour6059
Conservatives1213
Liberal Democrats22
Independent11
Total7575
Working majority 45  43 

Ward by ward results

Barnes [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Arnott1,54046.6
Labour David Errington77923.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Taylor65219.7
BNP Jason Dent33410.1
Majority76123.0
Turnout 3,30537.3-11.2
Conservative hold Swing
Castle [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Symonds1,20349.7
BNP Ian McDonald51521.3
Independent Stephen Hanratty44918.6
Conservative Alice Mclaren25310.5
Majority68828.4
Turnout 2,42028.4-7.9
Labour hold Swing
Copt Hill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Heron1,37250.7
Conservative David Wilson89833.2
BNP Michael Webb43816.2
Majority47417.5
Turnout 2,70829.8-7.4
Labour hold Swing
Doxford [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Gibson1,02039.1
Conservative Peter Elliot-West75829.1
Liberal Democrats James Major43816.8
BNP Peter Swain39115.0
Majority26210.0
Turnout 2,60732.5-6.4
Labour hold Swing
Fulwell [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Howe1,99652.2
Labour Robert Price97725.5
Liberal Democrats Leslie Wascoe45912.0
BNP Joseph Dobbie39210.3
Majority1,01926.6
Turnout 3,82442.7-9.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hendon [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Smith1,06241.9
BNP David Guynan53421.1
Conservative Alistair Newton52820.8
Liberal Democrats John Jackson36114.3
Monster Raving Loony Rosalyn Warner481.9
Majority52820.8
Turnout 2,53331.4-4.6
Labour hold Swing
Hetton [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Tate1,36456.8
BNP John Richardson54422.6
Conservative George Brown49420.6
Majority82034.1
Turnout 2,40227.4-9.8
Labour hold Swing
Houghton [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Richardson1,31250.6
Liberal Democrats Avril Snowball47618.4
Conservative Jane Wilson42816.5
BNP Lesley Dathan37614.5
Majority83632.3-6.0
Turnout 2,59229.6
Labour hold Swing
Millfield [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Maddison85641.0
Labour Kevin O'Connor66031.6
Conservative Leslie Dobson31315.0
BNP Christopher Lathan25812.4
Majority1969.4
Turnout 2,08729.2-6.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Pallion [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cecilia Gofton1,01343.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Hollern45319.4
BNP James Davison44118.9
Conservative Gwennyth Gibson42418.2
Majority56024.0
Turnout 2,33129.7-6.3
Labour hold Swing
Redhill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Stewart1,31351.1
BNP Ian Leadbitter68726.8
Liberal Democrats David Griffin30211.8
Conservative Gillian Connor26610.4
Majority62624.4
Turnout 2,56829.7-6.8
Labour hold Swing
Ryhope [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wares1,07741.2
Conservative Stephen Daughton74028.3
BNP William Brown41515.9
Liberal Democrats Jane Walters38314.6
Majority33712.9
Turnout 2,61532.6-5.0
Labour hold Swing
Sandhill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Allan1,03342.7
Conservative Richard Vardy57723.8
Liberal Democrats Gary Hollern43918.1
BNP Joseph Dobbie37315.4
Majority45618.8
Turnout 2,42229.0-7.7
Labour hold Swing
Shiney Row [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Melville Speding1,47750.0
Conservative Douglas Middlemiss55218.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Forster54818.5
BNP Sharon Leadbitter37912.8
Majority92531.3
Turnout 2,95630.5-8.3
Labour hold Swing
Silksworth [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Tye1,34545.6
Conservative Paula Wilkinson69123.4
Liberal Democrats Sandra Hall47916.2
BNP Anthony James43314.7
Majority65422.2
Turnout 2,94834.9-8.3
Labour hold Swing
Southwick [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norma Wright1,06342.1
Conservative Terence Docherty53621.3
BNP Alan Brettwood53221.1
Liberal Democrats Christine Griffin39115.5
Majority52720.9
Turnout 2,52230.8-7.0
Labour hold Swing
St Annes [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Wright97745.5
Conservative Marjorie Matthews44020.5
Liberal Democrats Emma Pryke36817.1
BNP John Boyd36216.9
Majority53725.0
Turnout 2,14727.7-7.4
Labour hold Swing
St Chads [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Oliver1,74354.0
Labour Alan Whitwham1,01731.5
BNP Carol Dobbie2507.7
Liberal Democrats Diana Lambton2186.8
Majority72622.5
Turnout 3,22841.0-5.4
Conservative hold Swing
St Michaels [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Maddison1,68053.1
Labour Garry Dent64020.2
Liberal Democrats Lesley Dixon52316.5
BNP Ian Sayers32110.1
Majority1,04032.9
Turnout 3,16438.5-9.8
Conservative hold Swing
St Peters [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Leadbitter1,28941.5
Labour Christine Shattock94730.5
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Pryke47015.1
BNP John McCaffrey40212.9
Majority34211.0
Turnout 3,10838.1-7.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Washington Central [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denis Whalen1,26344.1
Liberal Democrats Edward Keogh62221.7
Conservative Jacqueline Atkinson57620.1
BNP Kevin Lathan40414.1
Majority64122.4
Turnout 2,86532.4-7.8
Labour hold Swing
Washington East [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil MacKnight1,10338.3
Conservative Ian Cuthbert1,00534.9
Liberal Democrats Avril Grundy48716.9
BNP Derek Wright2869.9
Majority983.4
Turnout 2,88133.2-3.8
Labour hold Swing
Washington North [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Fletcher1,34354.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Hillman45518.6
Conservative Russell Bloxsom35414.4
BNP David Laing29912.2
Majority88836.2
Turnout 2,45128.1-8.5
Labour hold Swing
Washington South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graeme Miller78630.9
Conservative Kathyrn Chamberlin75129.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Boyce72028.3
BNP Deborah Boyd29011.4
Majority351.4
Turnout 2,54730.9-6.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Washington West [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Stephenson1,40051.4
Liberal Democrats Irene Bannister58321.4
Conservative Olwyn Bird44816.5
BNP Frederick Donkin29210.7
Majority81730.0
Turnout 2,72330.5-7.0
Labour hold Swing

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Preceded by
2004 Sunderland City Council election
Sunderland City Council elections Succeeded by
2007 Sunderland City Council election