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Local Election Results 2003

Sunderland

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Sunderland: 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
By-elections for Sunderland (may be incomplete): 24th November 2005 (Barnes) — 23rd March 2006 (Millfield) — 27th September 2007 (Washington E.) — 2nd May 2013 (Houghton) — 27th March 2014 (St Anne's) — 11th December 2014 (Washington E.) — 12th January 2017 (Sandhill) — 1st February 2018 (Pallion) — 30th September 2021 (Hetton) — 3rd March 2022 (Redhill)

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Consolidated results — Sunderland 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 52060 52.5% 21
Conservative 22089 22.3% 2
British National Party 13652 13.8% 0
Liberal Democrat 7265 7.3% 0
Independent 2669 2.7% 1
Liberal Party 1408 1.4% 1
National Front 73 0.1% 0

Castletown

Leslie Mann Lab 2087 64.5%
Ian McDonald BNP 752 23.2%
Gwennyth Gibson C 396 12.2%

Central

Colin Anderson Lab 1594 49.0%
Christopher Lathan BNP 686 21.1%
Dorreen Storey C 487 15.0%
Jane Walters LD 487 15.0%

Colliery

Norman Dent Lab 1722 52.4%
John Brown C 878 26.7%
Ian Leadbitter BNP 685 20.9%

Eppleton

Colin Wakefield Ind 1839 39.6%
Robert Heron Lab 1788 38.5%
David Wilson C 464 10.0%
Philip Dowell LD 330 7.1%
James Davison BNP 225 4.8%

Fulwell

John Walton C 2506 53.8%
Rosalind Copeland Lab 1313 28.2%
Joseph Dobbie BNP 431 9.3%
Amie Leung LD 406 8.7%

Grindon

David Forbes Lab 1885 62.3%
David Francis C 627 20.7%
Paul Humble BNP 515 17.0%

Hendon

Brynley Sidaway Lab 1711 42.8%
Paul Maddison C 1672 41.8%
David Guynan BNP 619 15.5%

Hetton

Florence Anderson Lab 2807 72.9%
Olwyn Bird C 624 16.2%
Andrew Morris BNP 419 10.9%

Houghton

Louise Farthing Lab 2461 70.1%
Gordon Newton C 571 16.3%
Ian Patterson BNP 480 13.7%

Pallion

Robert Pells Lab 1695 38.3%
Stephen Daughton C 1581 35.8%
David Martin BNP 556 12.6%
Sham Vedhara LD 410 9.3%
Ronald Smith Ind 178 4.0%

Ryhope

Aileen Handy Lab 2657 54.5%
Martyn Herron LD 798 16.4%
William Dunn C 730 15.0%
Michael Matthews BNP 691 14.2%

St Chad's

John Porthouse Lab 2090 50.2%
Lee Martin C 1224 29.4%
Elizabeth Foreman LD 437 10.5%
Carol Dobbie BNP 415 10.0%

St Michael's

Peter Wood C 2727 56.7%
David Errington Lab 1551 32.2%
Stephen Bilton BNP 534 11.1%

St Peter's

Christine Shattock Lab 1481 34.0%
Lilian Walton C 1362 31.3%
John Lennox LD 841 19.3%
Jason Dent BNP 674 15.5%

Shiney Row

Anne Hall Lab 3060 60.8%
Neil Grundy LD 878 17.4%
John Calvert C 621 12.3%
Sharon Leadbitter BNP 474 9.4%

Silksworth

Patricia Smith Lab 2760 65.7%
Patricia Francis C 646 15.4%
Trevor Jenkins BNP 575 13.7%
Georgina Kennedy Ind 221 5.3%

South Hylton

Susan Watson Lab 1927 61.7%
Debra Hiles BNP 674 21.6%
Kathryn Chamberlin C 520 16.7%

Southwick

Bryan Charlton Lab 1519 53.1%
Alan Brettwood BNP 510 17.8%
Fredrick Crone Ind 431 15.1%
Christine Griffin LD 217 7.6%
Alice McLaren C 183 6.4%

Thorney Close

David Allan Lab 1983 63.7%
Joseph Dobbie BNP 680 21.8%
Paula Wilkinson C 450 14.5%

Thornholme

Winifred Lundgren Lib 1408 42.9%
Phillip Gibson Lab 919 28.0%
Marjorie Matthews C 499 15.2%
Philip Clark BNP 453 13.8%

Town End Farm

Gowan Scott Lab 1760 59.4%
John Martin BNP 878 29.7%
Gillian Connor C 323 10.9%

Washington East

Eric Timmins Lab 3003 61.0%
Jacqueline Atkinson C 822 16.7%
Avril Kitching LD 650 13.2%
David Richardson BNP 371 7.5%
Mark Farrell NF 73 1.5%

Washington North

John Murray Lab 2703 74.0%
Kathleen Irvine C 528 14.5%
Ian Guilbert BNP 422 11.6%

Washington South

Bryan Williams Lab 3152 52.4%
Owen Dumpleton LD 1169 19.4%
Michael Dixon C 1112 18.5%
Gordon Pace BNP 586 9.7%

Washington West

William Craddock Lab 2432 61.5%
David Griffin LD 642 16.2%
Justin Garrod C 536 13.5%
Keith Byrne BNP 347 8.8%

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