Local Election Results 2008
Sunderland
Left = Left List
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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)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
29109 |
39.6% |
13 |
| Conservative |
23547 |
32.0% |
9 |
| Liberal Democrat |
8543 |
11.6% |
1 |
| British National Party |
7540 |
10.2% |
0 |
| Independent |
4710 |
6.4% |
2 |
| Left List |
90 |
0.1% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
40 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Anthony Morrissey |
C |
1712 |
51.6% |
| Philip Routledge |
Lab |
809 |
24.4% |
| Gulya Dixon |
LD |
489 |
14.7% |
| Robert Fletcher |
BNP |
308 |
9.3% |
| Tommy Foster |
Lab |
1376 |
52.8% |
| John Humble |
BNP |
350 |
13.4% |
| Clair Hall |
C |
343 |
13.2% |
| Ronald McQuillan |
Ind |
264 |
10.1% |
| Jon Dewart |
LD |
182 |
7.0% |
| Gary Duncan |
Left |
90 |
3.5% |
| Derrick Smith |
Ind |
1487 |
45.6% |
| Joan Carthy |
Lab |
1123 |
34.5% |
| George Brown |
C |
451 |
13.8% |
| Terence Woolford |
BNP |
197 |
6.0% |
| Richard Vardy |
C |
1178 |
41.6% |
| Linda Mitchell |
Lab |
991 |
35.0% |
| Lewis Green |
LD |
371 |
13.1% |
| Peter Swain |
BNP |
292 |
10.3% |
| Bob Francis |
C |
2092 |
53.2% |
| Bob Price |
Lab |
1032 |
26.2% |
| Geoffrey Pryke |
LD |
459 |
11.7% |
| Frederick Donkin |
BNP |
352 |
8.9% |
| Michael Mordey |
Lab |
874 |
36.4% |
| Sammy Doran |
Ind |
557 |
23.2% |
| Deborah Lorraine |
C |
517 |
21.5% |
| Ian Sayers |
BNP |
234 |
9.7% |
| Nathan Hazlett |
LD |
219 |
9.1% |
| Jim Blackburn |
Lab |
1843 |
69.2% |
| Douglas Middlemiss |
C |
821 |
30.8% |
| Sheila Ellis |
Ind |
1415 |
44.8% |
| Joe Lawson |
Lab |
1168 |
37.0% |
| Edward Allen |
C |
355 |
11.2% |
| Kevin Robe |
BNP |
219 |
6.9% |
| Paul Dixon |
LD |
1059 |
46.0% |
| Bob Bowman |
Lab |
558 |
24.3% |
| Gwennyth Gibson |
C |
346 |
15.0% |
| Christopher Lathan |
BNP |
179 |
7.8% |
| Margaret Snaith |
Ind |
84 |
3.7% |
| Pauline Featonby-Warren |
UKIP |
40 |
1.7% |
| Gary Hollern |
Ind |
35 |
1.5% |
| Amy Wilson |
Lab |
1055 |
44.3% |
| Michael Leadbitter |
C |
645 |
27.1% |
| Paul Humble |
BNP |
377 |
15.8% |
| Sham Vedhara |
LD |
305 |
12.8% |
| Bryan Charlton |
Lab |
1315 |
49.5% |
| John Martin |
BNP |
517 |
19.5% |
| Ian Leadbitter |
Ind |
359 |
13.5% |
| Martin Anderson |
C |
279 |
10.5% |
| Rob Boyce |
LD |
185 |
7.0% |
| Christopher Fairs |
C |
1012 |
33.7% |
| Ronald Bainbridge |
Lab |
983 |
32.7% |
| Patrick Lavelle |
Ind |
509 |
16.9% |
| Wayne Watts |
BNP |
291 |
9.7% |
| David Slone |
LD |
209 |
7.0% |
| Susan Watson |
Lab |
1089 |
45.3% |
| Shaun Cudworth |
C |
528 |
22.0% |
| Julie Potter |
BNP |
415 |
17.3% |
| Simon Dawes |
LD |
371 |
15.4% |
| Alan Wright |
C |
1660 |
50.3% |
| Darryl Dixon |
Lab |
1206 |
36.5% |
| Lynne Hudson |
BNP |
249 |
7.5% |
| Diana Lambton |
LD |
185 |
5.6% |
| Margaret Forbes |
C |
2046 |
60.2% |
| Lewis Atkinson |
Lab |
797 |
23.4% |
| Les Wascoe |
LD |
342 |
10.1% |
| Joanne Cruickshanks |
BNP |
216 |
6.4% |
| Lilian Walton |
C |
1501 |
47.8% |
| Stephen Bonallie |
Lab |
840 |
26.7% |
| Diana Talbott Matthew |
LD |
443 |
14.1% |
| Derek Wright |
BNP |
358 |
11.4% |
| Jim Scott |
Lab |
1196 |
47.0% |
| Paula Wilkinson |
C |
662 |
26.0% |
| Carl Donkin |
BNP |
358 |
14.1% |
| Robert Peel |
LD |
327 |
12.9% |
| Anne Hall |
Lab |
1571 |
48.4% |
| Joyce Wake |
C |
900 |
27.7% |
| Carol Attewell |
LD |
424 |
13.1% |
| Ian Baillie |
BNP |
350 |
10.8% |
| Pat Smith |
Lab |
1503 |
49.3% |
| Patricia Francis |
C |
866 |
28.4% |
| Anthony James |
BNP |
406 |
13.3% |
| Alf Fowler |
LD |
275 |
9.0% |
| Rosalind Copeland |
Lab |
1151 |
43.5% |
| Terence Docherty |
C |
702 |
26.5% |
| Alan Brettwood |
BNP |
530 |
20.0% |
| Anne Griffin |
LD |
263 |
9.9% |
| Dianne Snowdon |
Lab |
1283 |
40.3% |
| Hilary Johnson |
C |
833 |
26.2% |
| John McLelland |
LD |
741 |
23.3% |
| Clive Thompson |
BNP |
328 |
10.3% |
| Ivan Richardson |
C |
1384 |
43.2% |
| Neville Padgett |
Lab |
1291 |
40.3% |
| Malcolm Bannister |
LD |
401 |
12.5% |
| Paul Masters |
BNP |
130 |
4.1% |
| John Kelly |
Lab |
1490 |
53.0% |
| Kathleen Irvine |
C |
625 |
22.2% |
| Steve Thomas |
LD |
365 |
13.0% |
| Lynne Baillie |
BNP |
329 |
11.7% |
| Eddie Wake |
C |
1326 |
42.5% |
| Linda Williams |
Lab |
1173 |
37.6% |
| David Griffin |
LD |
390 |
12.5% |
| Mildred Smart |
BNP |
229 |
7.3% |
| Bernard Scaplehorn |
Lab |
1392 |
46.1% |
| Olwyn Bird |
C |
763 |
25.3% |
| Irene Bannister |
LD |
538 |
17.8% |
| Doreen Smart |
BNP |
326 |
10.8% |
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