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Local Election Results 2016

Sunderland

One-third of council up for election.

NEast = North East Party

Other results for Sunderland: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 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 2016

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 35905 54.0% 22
Conservative 14695 22.1% 2
UK Independence Party 7522 11.3% 0
Liberal Democrat 4627 7.0% 1
Green Party 2640 4.0% 0
Independent 703 1.1% 0
North East Party 324 0.5% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 116 0.2% 0

Barnes

Rebecca Atkinson Lab 1502 46.8%
Peter O'Connor C 1173 36.5%
Alan Rinaldi Ind 199 6.2%
Bailey Baker LD 179 5.6%
Caroline Robinson Grn 157 4.9%

Castle

Denny Wilson Lab 1665 78.8%
Grant Shearer C 261 12.4%
Jack Stoker LD 187 8.8%

Copt Hill [Lab gain from Ind]

Kevin Johnston Lab 1577 53.6%
Reginald Coulson UKIP 847 28.8%
Pat Francis C 339 11.5%
Daniel Olaman Grn 181 6.1%

Doxford

Christine Marshall Lab 1320 50.0%
Keith O'Brien C 555 21.0%
Vincent Costello UKIP 528 20.0%
Rachel Featherstone Grn 171 6.5%
Geoff Pryke LD 66 2.5%

Fulwell

Robert Francis C 1728 45.7%
Ken Richardson Lab 1279 33.8%
Christopher Marshall UKIP 480 12.7%
Diana Talbott Matthew LD 161 4.3%
Peter Murray Grn 136 3.6%

Hendon

Dale Mordey Lab 1376 65.0%
Syed Ali C 429 20.3%
Helmut Izaks Grn 156 7.4%
Callum Littlemore LD 155 7.3%

Hetton

Jim Blackburn Lab 1531 51.8%
John Defty UKIP 1037 35.1%
Douglas Middlemiss C 159 5.4%
David Geddis Ind 135 4.6%
Philip Dowell LD 92 3.1%

Houghton [Lab gain from Ind]

Alex Scullion Lab 1607 56.5%
Anthony Holt UKIP 641 22.5%
Mick Watson Ind 369 13.0%
George Brown C 229 8.0%

Millfield [LD gain from Lab]

Niall Hodson LD 1588 60.2%
Bob Price Lab 838 31.7%
Gwennyth Gibson C 143 5.4%
Lucky Pemu Grn 71 2.7%

Pallion

Amy Wilson Lab 1046 50.7%
Ian Pallace UKIP 596 28.9%
Philip Young C 261 12.6%
Conor Sutton LD 91 4.4%
Alan Robinson Grn 71 3.4%

Redhill

Ronny Davison Lab 1409 69.7%
Heather Fagan NEast 324 16.0%
Shaun Cudworth C 163 8.1%
Edward Robinson Grn 67 3.3%
Steve Thomas LD 59 2.9%

Ryhope

Paula Hunt Lab 1572 65.4%
Andrei Lucaci C 462 19.2%
Emma Robson Grn 247 10.3%
Anthony Usher LD 121 5.0%

St Anne's

Susan Watson Lab 1371 71.4%
Tony Morrissey C 548 28.6%

St Chad's

Darryl Dixon Lab 1188 42.2%
Dominic McDonough C 978 34.8%
Joshua Green UKIP 448 15.9%
Margaret Crosby LD 132 4.7%
Richard Bradley Grn 68 2.4%

St Michael's

Robert Oliver C 1675 53.2%
Zaf Iqbal Lab 996 31.6%
John Appleton Grn 242 7.7%
Andrew Wood LD 237 7.5%

St Peter's

Julia Jackson Lab 1405 45.9%
Geoffrey Scott C 1215 39.7%
John Lennox LD 260 8.5%
Michal Chantkowski Grn 184 6.0%

Sandhill

Debra Waller Lab 1229 55.0%
Bryan Foster UKIP 579 25.9%
Christine Reed C 277 12.4%
Susan Wilson LD 90 4.0%
Jonathan Hume Grn 59 2.6%

Shiney Row

Anne Lawson Lab 1733 56.1%
Richard Elvin UKIP 740 23.9%
Sally Oliver C 456 14.8%
Sean Terry LD 88 2.8%
Polly Robinson Grn 74 2.4%

Silksworth

Patricia Smith Lab 1405 51.3%
Alan Davies UKIP 649 23.7%
Bryan Reynolds C 458 16.7%
Chris Crozier Grn 146 5.3%
Paul Edgeworth LD 83 3.0%

Southwick

Kelly Chequer Lab 1430 60.9%
Sandy Taylor UKIP 426 18.1%
Neville Chamberlin C 352 15.0%
Stephen O'Brien LD 80 3.4%
David Lawson Grn 61 2.6%

Washington Central

Dianne Snowdon Lab 1994 70.2%
Grace Hanson-Eden C 503 17.7%
Anne Griffin LD 345 12.1%

Washington East

David Snowdon Lab 1508 53.3%
Hilary Johnson C 842 29.8%
Irene Bannister LD 183 6.5%
Anthony Murphy Grn 180 6.4%
Wilf Laws TUSC 116 4.1%

Washington North

John Kelly Lab 1709 72.8%
Andrew Gray C 373 15.9%
June Bradley Grn 266 11.3%

Washington South

Louise Farthing Lab 1523 59.7%
Martin Talbot C 732 28.7%
David Griffin LD 294 11.5%

Washington West

Bernie Scaplehorn Lab 1692 59.0%
Lynn O'Neil UKIP 551 19.2%
Olwyn Bird C 384 13.4%
Jo Thomas LD 136 4.7%
Benjamin Wells Grn 103 3.6%

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