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Local Election Results 2004

Sunderland

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Other results for Sunderland: 2002 2003 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 2004

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 37622 43.5% 61
Conservative 24799 28.7% 12
British National Party 12398 14.3% 0
Liberal Democrat 9624 11.1% 2
Independent 1638 1.9% 0
Liberal Party 429 0.5% 0

Barnes (3)

Stephen Daughton C 1557 35.0%
Lee Martin C 1495
Michael Arnott C 1427
Mark Greenfield LD 1296 29.1%
Ian Galbraith Lab 1171 26.3%
Emma Pryke LD 1016
Anne Morrison Lab 1011
Iain Kay Lab 938
Peter Taylor LD 884
Paul Humble BNP 427 9.6%

Castle (3)

Thomas Foster Lab 1655 58.0%
Leslie Mann Lab 1543
Robert Symonds Lab 1449
Ian McDonald BNP 687 24.1%
Gillian Connor C 513 18.0%
Alice McLaren C 443

Copt Hill (3)

Joan Carthy Lab 1805 52.0%
Juliana Heron Lab 1642
Robert Heron Lab 1551
Jane Wilson C 1161 33.4%
Anthony James BNP 508 14.6%

Doxford (3)

George Blyth Lab 1543 52.2%
Michael Tansey Lab 1494
Elizabeth Gibson Lab 1463
Peter Elliot-West C 918 31.0%
George Brown C 909
Stephen Sinclair C 843
Debra Hiles BNP 496 16.8%

Fulwell (3)

Norman Bohill C 2978 60.2%
John Walton C 2394
George Howe C 2263
Rosalind Copeland Lab 884 17.9%
Norman Dent Lab 864
Gordon Higgins Lab 819
Bill Ryder LD 665 13.5%
Joseph Dobbie BNP 417 8.4%

Hendon (3)

Brynley Sidaway Lab 1142 34.6%
Thomas Martin Lab 1123
Mary Smith Lab 1015
Janice Morrissey C 647 19.6%
John Cowley C 627
Jane Walters LD 578 17.5%
Malcolm Vickers C 507
David Guynan BNP 504 15.3%
Tafazzal Hussain LD 456
Winifred Lundgren Lib 429 13.0%

Hetton (3)

James Blackburn Lab 1670 45.0%
Florence Anderson Lab 1663
Richard Tate Lab 1413
Philip Dowell LD 920 24.8%
Christopher Galley C 676 18.2%
John Richardson BNP 442 11.9%

Houghton (3)

Joseph Lawson Lab 2054 61.2%
Kathryn Rolph Lab 1944
Dennis Richardson Lab 1864
William Lewis C 783 23.3%
Louise Smith BNP 518 15.4%

Millfield (3)

James Hollern LD 893 33.3%
Colin Anderson Lab 846 31.6%
Keith Adshead Lab 824
Louise Farthing Lab 728
John Jackson LD 629
Michael Dixon C 579 21.6%
Patricia Francis C 570
Sham Vedhara LD 557
Gordon Newton C 530
Jason Dent BNP 360 13.4%

Pallion (3)

Amy Wilson Lab 1350 48.2%
Paul Watson Lab 1333
Robert Kirby Lab 1148
Gwennyth Gibson C 802 28.7%
Dorreen Storey C 754
James Davison BNP 647 23.1%

Redhill (3)

Bryan Charlton Lab 1804 59.8%
Richard Bell Lab 1594
Paul Stewart Lab 1521
Ian Leadbitter BNP 716 23.7%
Terence Docherty C 499 16.5%
James McIntosh C 441

Ryhope (3)

Ronald Bainbridge Lab 1433 49.8%
Aileen Handy Lab 1268
David Wares Lab 1218
Audrey Casson C 859 29.9%
William Brown BNP 585 20.3%
Tariq al-Dulaymi C 549

St Anne's (3)

Susan Watson Lab 1300 54.6%
Patricia Bates Lab 1252
Thomas Wright Lab 1189
Marjorie Matthews C 593 24.9%
Norman Oliver C 508
Treena Smith BNP 490 20.6%

St Chad's (3)

Leslie Scott Lab 1762 49.9%
John Porthouse Lab 1466
Robert Oliver C 1341 38.0%
Paula Wilkinson C 1323
Cecilia Gofton Lab 1240
Anthony Morrissey C 1145
Carol Dobbie BNP 430 12.2%

St Michael's (3)

Margaret Forbes C 2072 50.8%
Peter Wood C 1997
Paul Maddison C 1918
Garry Dent Lab 1045 25.6%
Barbara McClennan Lab 861
Philip Gibson Lab 821
Geoffrey Pryke LD 656 16.1%
Pauline Smith BNP 302 7.4%

St Peter's (3)

Lilian Walton C 1679 45.4%
Graham Hall C 1609
Christine Shattock Lab 1414 38.2%
Alistair Newton C 1336
Linda Mitchell Lab 1261
David Errington Lab 1069
Derek Wright BNP 604 16.3%

Sandhill (3)

James Scott Lab 1515 51.5%
David Forbes Lab 1411
David Allan Lab 1238
Ronald Drayton C 894 30.4%
Christopher Lathan BNP 530 18.0%

Shiney Row (3)

Anne Hall Lab 1817 46.6%
John Scott Lab 1491
Melville Speding Lab 1417
Neil Grundy LD 994 25.5%
Paul Forster LD 846
Douglas Middlemiss C 664 17.0%
Kathleen Cowe C 582
Sharon Leadbitter BNP 423 10.9%

Silksworth (3)

Patricia Smith Lab 1811 53.3%
Peter Gibson Lab 1773
John Donnelly Lab 1578
Dionne Ross C 941 27.7%
Norman Rosemurgey C 922
Joseph Dobbie BNP 647 19.0%

Southwick (3)

Margaret Higgins Lab 1680 53.5%
Maureen Ambrose Lab 1398
Norma Wright Lab 1344
John Brown C 762 24.3%
John Calvert C 701
Alan Brettwood BNP 698 22.2%

Washington Central (3)

Derek Sleightholme Lab 1880 47.8%
Eric Timmins Lab 1725
Denis Whalen Lab 1621
Christine Griffin LD 860 21.8%
Jacqueline Atkinson C 797 20.2%
Olwyn Bird C 777
Kathleen Irvine C 635
Andrew Galloway BNP 400 10.2%

Washington East (3)

Peter Young Lab 1445 41.6%
Bryan Williams Lab 1360
Neil MacKnight Lab 1284
Kathryn Chamberlin C 882 25.4%
Avril Grundy LD 821 23.7%
Ian Cuthbert C 727
David Wilson C 657
Duncan Matthews BNP 322 9.3%

Washington North (3)

James Walker Lab 1876 48.5%
Peter Walker Lab 1500
Pamela Baggaley Lab 1478
John Bedlington Ind 969 25.1%
Russell Bloxsom C 589 15.2%
Richard Templeton BNP 431 11.2%

Washington South (3)

Linda Williams Lab 1135 28.1%
Joan Grey Lab 994
Owen Dumpleton LD 972 24.1%
Justin Garrod C 851 21.1%
Robert Bowman Lab 848
Jill Martin C 731
Walter Scott Ind 669 16.6%
Gordon Pace BNP 411 10.2%

Washington West (3)

William Stephenson Lab 1585 42.6%
Henry Trueman Lab 1487
Dennis Haworth Lab 1392
Irene Bannister LD 969 26.1%
David Griffin LD 874
Robert Sharp C 762 20.5%
Frank Butterfield BNP 403 10.8%

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