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Local Election Results 2007

Sunderland

N9S = British First Party (November 9th Society)

Other results for Sunderland: 2002 2003 2004 2006 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 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 31148 43.3% 17
Conservative 20223 28.1% 7
British National Party 7653 10.6% 0
Liberal Democrat 6293 8.7% 0
Independent 5992 8.3% 1
British First Party (November 9th Society) 335 0.5% 0
Respect - The Unity Coalition 224 0.3% 0
UK Independence Party 72 0.1% 0

Barnes

Lee Martin C 1767 53.7%
Helmut Izaks Lab 747 22.7%
Robert Boyce LD 492 14.9%
John McCaffrey BNP 287 8.7%

Castle

Denny Wilson Lab 1675 66.0%
Ian McDonald BNP 395 15.6%
Ronald McQuillan Ind 276 10.9%
Martin Anderson C 191 7.5%

Copt Hill [Ind gain from Lab]

Colin Wakefield Ind 1382 42.9%
Juliana Heron Lab 1146 35.6%
Richard Vardy C 358 11.1%
Michael Webb BNP 176 5.5%
Margaret Gibbons LD 159 4.9%

Doxford

David Errington Lab 1041 35.8%
Mike Tansey Ind 924 31.8%
Alistair Newton C 701 24.1%
Lesley Dathan BNP 243 8.4%

Fulwell

John Walton C 2077 53.9%
Bob Price Lab 968 25.1%
Geoffrey Pryke LD 507 13.1%
Joseph Dobbie BNP 304 7.9%

Hendon

Thomas Martin Lab 1045 43.0%
Sammy Doran Ind 453 18.6%
Deborah Lorraine C 442 18.2%
David Guynan BNP 362 14.9%
Tafazzal Hussain Respect 129 5.3%

Hetton

Florence Anderson Lab 1506 55.3%
Philip Dowell LD 489 17.9%
John Richardson BNP 402 14.8%
George Brown C 328 12.0%

Houghton

Kath Rolph Lab 1496 50.7%
John Finn Ind 544 18.4%
Douglas Middlemiss C 338 11.5%
Avril Snowball LD 326 11.1%
Peter Swain BNP 246 8.3%

Millfield

Kevin O'Connor Lab 754 32.9%
Jim Major LD 698 30.5%
Gwennyth Gibson C 306 13.4%
Christopher Lathan BNP 198 8.7%
Rachel Moore Ind 166 7.3%
Keith Adshead Respect 95 4.2%
Pauline Featonby-Warren UKIP 72 3.1%

Pallion

Paul Watson Lab 1061 44.7%
Michael Leadbitter C 445 18.7%
Fred Dove Ind 314 13.2%
James Davison BNP 279 11.7%
Ann Hollern LD 277 11.7%

Redhill

Richard Bell Lab 1426 56.1%
Ian Leadbitter BNP 585 23.0%
Paula Wilkinson C 275 10.8%
Lesley Dixon Ind 176 6.9%
Julie Potter N9S 78 3.1%

Ryhope

Ellen Ball Lab 1194 41.3%
Christopher Fairs C 872 30.2%
Patrick Lavelle Ind 443 15.3%
Frederick Donkin BNP 383 13.2%

St Anne's

Sylvia Old Lab 1172 50.4%
Marjorie Matthews C 399 17.2%
Deborah Boyd BNP 260 11.2%
John Martin N9S 257 11.0%
Leslie Wascoe LD 238 10.2%

St Chad's [C gain from Lab]

Michael Dixon C 1563 46.9%
Stuart Porthouse Lab 1348 40.4%
Carol Dobbie BNP 248 7.4%
Chain Singh Gill Ind 175 5.2%

St Michael's

Peter Wood C 1928 59.4%
Michael Mordey Lab 827 25.5%
Martin Quinn Ind 293 9.0%
Ian Sayers BNP 196 6.0%

St Peter's

Graham Hall C 1361 43.8%
Linda Mitchell Lab 968 31.2%
Diana Matthew LD 417 13.4%
Derek Wright BNP 275 8.9%
Robbie Menzies Ind 86 2.8%

Sandhill

David Forbes Lab 1420 56.8%
Gordon Newton C 674 26.9%
Joseph Dobbie BNP 408 16.3%

Shiney Row

John Scott Lab 1656 54.2%
Eddie Wake C 740 24.2%
George Parkin Ind 353 11.5%
Sharon Leadbitter BNP 309 10.1%

Silksworth

Peter Gibson Lab 1637 55.3%
Patricia Francis C 929 31.4%
Anthony James BNP 395 13.3%

Southwick

Christine Shattock Lab 1193 44.8%
Terence Docherty C 541 20.3%
Alan Brettwood BNP 463 17.4%
Anne Griffin LD 278 10.4%
Stephen Hanratty Ind 190 7.1%

Washington Central

Eric Timmins Lab 1522 48.6%
Jackie Atkinson C 727 23.2%
David Snowball LD 556 17.7%
Clive Thompson BNP 329 10.5%

Washington East [C gain from Lab]

Ian Cuthbert C 1245 40.1%
Bryan Williams Lab 1220 39.3%
Malcolm Bannister LD 441 14.2%
David Laing BNP 195 6.3%

Washington North

Peter Walker Lab 1567 58.0%
Paul Hillman LD 441 16.3%
Kathleen Irvine C 441 16.3%
Lynne Hudson BNP 254 9.4%

Washington South [C gain from Lab]

Kathryn Chamberlin C 1066 37.1%
Louise Farthing Lab 1019 35.4%
David Griffin LD 444 15.4%
William Ramshaw BNP 222 7.7%
Walter Scott Ind 124 4.3%

Washington West

Harry Trueman Lab 1540 52.9%
Irene Bannister LD 530 18.2%
Olwyn Bird C 509 17.5%
Jason Dent BNP 239 8.2%
Ian Snowball Ind 93 3.2%

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