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Local Election Results 2006

Sunderland

Other results for Sunderland: 2002 2003 2004 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 2006

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 27546 40.5% 19
Conservative 19280 28.4% 5
Liberal Democrat 10683 15.7% 1
British National Party 9948 14.6% 0
Independent 449 0.7% 0
Official Monster Raving Loony Party 48 0.1% 0

Barnes

Michael Arnott C 1540 46.6%
David Errington Lab 779 23.6%
Peter Taylor LD 652 19.7%
Jason Dent BNP 334 10.1%

Castle

Robert Symonds Lab 1203 49.7%
Ian McDonald BNP 515 21.3%
Patrick Hanratty Ind 449 18.6%
Alice McLaren C 253 10.5%

Copt Hill

Robert Heron Lab 1372 50.7%
David Wilson C 898 33.2%
Michael Webb BNP 438 16.2%

Doxford

Elizabeth Gibson Lab 1020 39.1%
Peter Elliot-West C 758 29.1%
James Major LD 438 16.8%
Peter Swain BNP 391 15.0%

Fulwell

George Howe C 1996 52.2%
Robert Price Lab 977 25.5%
Leslie Wascoe LD 459 12.0%
Joseph Dobbie BNP 392 10.3%

Hendon

Mary Smith Lab 1062 41.9%
Edward Guynan BNP 534 21.1%
Alistair Newton C 528 20.8%
John Jackson LD 361 14.3%
Rosalyn Warner Loony 48 1.9%

Hetton

Richard Tate Lab 1364 56.8%
John Richardson BNP 544 22.6%
George Brown C 494 20.6%

Houghton

Dennis Richardson Lab 1312 50.6%
Avril Snowball LD 476 18.4%
Jane Wilson C 428 16.5%
Lesley Dathan BNP 376 14.5%

Millfield [LD gain from Lab]

Peter Maddison LD 856 41.0%
Kevin O'Connor Lab 660 31.6%
Leslie Dobson C 313 15.0%
Christopher Lathan BNP 258 12.4%

Pallion

Cecilia Gofton Lab 1013 43.5%
Margaret Hollern LD 453 19.4%
James Davison BNP 441 18.9%
Gwennyth Gibson C 424 18.2%

Redhill

Paul Stewart Lab 1313 51.1%
Ian Leadbitter BNP 687 26.8%
David Griffin LD 302 11.8%
Kathryn Connor C 266 10.4%

Ryhope

David Wares Lab 1077 41.2%
Stephen Daughton C 740 28.3%
William Brown BNP 415 15.9%
Jane Walters LD 383 14.6%

St Anne's

Thomas Wright Lab 977 45.5%
Marjorie Matthews C 440 20.5%
Emma Pryke LD 368 17.1%
John Boyd BNP 362 16.9%

St Chad's

Robert Oliver C 1743 54.0%
Alan Whitwham Lab 1017 31.5%
Carol Dobbie BNP 250 7.7%
Diana Lambton LD 218 6.8%

St Michael's

Paul Maddison C 1680 53.1%
Garry Dent Lab 640 20.2%
Lesley Dixon LD 523 16.5%
Ian Sayers BNP 321 10.1%

St Peter's [C gain from Lab]

Shirley Leadbitter C 1289 41.5%
Christine Shattock Lab 947 30.5%
Geoffrey Pryke LD 470 15.1%
John McCaffrey BNP 402 12.9%

Sandhill

David Allan Lab 1033 42.7%
Richard Vardy C 577 23.8%
Gary Hollern LD 439 18.1%
Joseph Dobbie BNP 373 15.4%

Shiney Row

Melville Speding Lab 1477 50.0%
Douglas Middlemiss C 552 18.7%
Paul Forster LD 548 18.5%
Sharon Leadbitter BNP 379 12.8%

Silksworth

Philip Tye Lab 1345 45.6%
Paula Wilkinson C 691 23.4%
Sandra Hall LD 479 16.2%
Anthony James BNP 433 14.7%

Southwick

Norma Wright Lab 1063 42.1%
Terence Docherty C 536 21.3%
Alan Brettwood BNP 532 21.1%
Christine Griffin LD 391 15.5%

Washington Central

Denis Whalen Lab 1263 44.1%
Edward Keogh LD 622 21.7%
Jacqueline Atkinson C 576 20.1%
Kevin Lathan BNP 404 14.1%

Washington East

Neil MacKnight Lab 1103 38.3%
Ian Cuthbert C 1005 34.9%
Avril Grundy LD 487 16.9%
Derek Wright BNP 286 9.9%

Washington North

Jill Fletcher Lab 1343 54.8%
Paul Hillman LD 455 18.6%
Russell Bloxsom C 354 14.4%
David Laing BNP 299 12.2%

Washington South [Lab gain from LD]

Graeme Miller Lab 786 30.9%
Kathryn Chamberlin C 751 29.5%
Robert Boyce LD 720 28.3%
Deborah Boyd BNP 290 11.4%

Washington West

Jean Stephenson Lab 1400 51.4%
Irene Bannister LD 583 21.4%
Olwyn Bird C 448 16.5%
Frederick Donkin BNP 292 10.7%

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