2022 Sunderland City Council election

The 2022 Sunderland City Council election will take place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sunderland City Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 25 of the 75 seats will be up for election.[1]

Background

Since the first election in 1973, Sunderland has been a strongly Labour council, which consistently achieves over 60% control of the council.[2] 2021 represented the worst year for Labour in terms of seats; the party lost 9 with 39.2% of the vote.[3] The Conservatives gained 6 with 34.8%, the Liberal Democrats gained 4 with 15.4%, UKIP did not make any further gains with 4.5%, and the Green Party lost representation on the council with 5.2%.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour lost 4 seats, the Conservatives gained 2, the Liberal Democrats gained 3, and independents lost 1.[4]

Previous council composition
After 2021 election Before 2022 election[5]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 42 Labour 43
Conservative 18 Conservative 19
Liberal Democrats 12 Liberal Democrats 12
UKIP 3 UKIP 0
Independent 0 Independent 1

Changes:

  • August 2021: Pam Mann, Keith Jenkins, and Steven Bewick leave UKIP to sit as independents[6]
  • September 2021: Pam Mann (independent) joins Conservatives[7]
  • January 2022: Keith Jenkins (independent) resigns from council; by-election held March 2022[8]
  • March 2022: John Usher wins by-election for Labour from independent[9]

Results
2022 Sunderland City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Communist
  Conservative
  Freedom Alliance
  Green
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
  UKIP
  Independent

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Barnes
Barnes[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Ellis
Green Rachel Featherstone
Labour Abul Haque
Conservative Antony Mullen*
Majority
Turnout

Castle
Castle[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Burke
Labour Allison Chisnall
Green Alison Ogle
Majority
Turnout

Copt Hill
Copt Hill[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Reginald Coulson
Labour Tracy Dodds*
Conservative Patricia Francis
Independent Kathleen Pearson
Green Andrew Robertson
Majority
Turnout

Doxford
Doxford[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Richard Bradley
Liberal Democrats Allen Curtis
Conservative Tom Cuthbertson
Labour Steven Hansom
Majority
Turnout

Fulwell
Fulwell[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Bond
Conservative Sandra Boyers
Green Liam Dufferwiel
Labour Iain Kay
Majority
Turnout

Hendon
Hendon[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Syed Ali
Green Helmut Izaks
Liberal Democrats Tom Livingstone
Labour Michael Mordey
Majority
Turnout

Hetton
Hetton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adelle Burnicle
Independent David Geddis
Liberal Democrats John Lennox
Labour Claire Rowntree*
Majority
Turnout

Houghton
Houghton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Burrell
Conservative Craig Morrison
Green Emma Robson
Independent Donna Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Millfield
Millfield[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gwennyth Gibson
Communist Julio Johnson
Green Gary Ogle
Labour Kingsley Okojie
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood*
Majority
Turnout

Pallion
Pallion[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Dorothy Lynch
Conservative Judith Porter
Liberal Democrats George Smith*
Labour Karen Noble
Majority
Turnout

Redhill
Redhill[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Donkin
Green Billy Howells
Conservative Sue Leishman
Labour Paul Stewart*
Majority
Turnout

Ryhope
Ryhope[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martyn Herron
Conservative Kevin Leonard
Green Robert Welsh
Majority
Turnout

Sandhill
Sandhill[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Crosby*
Green Laura Hind
Conservative Christine Reed
Labour Debra Waller
Majority
Turnout

Shiney Row
Shiney Row[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Freedom Alliance Michael Kennedy
Green Thomas Mower
Labour Mel Speding*
Conservative Richard Vardy
Majority
Turnout

Silksworth
Silksworth[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Christopher Crozier
Conservative Jack Simm
Labour Phil Tye*
Majority
Turnout

Southwick
Southwick[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Samuels*
Green Morgan Seed
Conservative John Wiper
Majority
Turnout

St. Anne's
St. Anne's[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Foster
Green Raymond Moore
Labour Susan Watson
Majority
Turnout

St. Chad's
St. Chad's[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Ayre
Green Alyson Kordbarlag
Labour Martin Old
Liberal Democrats Anthony Usher
Majority
Turnout

St. Michael's
St. Michael's[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green John Appleton
Conservative Michael Dixon*
Labour Chris Smith
Liberal Democrats Colin Wilson
Majority
Turnout

St. Peter's
St. Peter's[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Auburn Langley
Labour Tom Newton
Conservative Lynn Vera
Liberal Democrats Peter Walton
Majority
Turnout

Washington Central
Washington Central[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Emma Cutting
Conservative Derek Dunn
Labour Linda Williams*
Majority
Turnout

Washington East
Washington East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Michal Chantkowski
Conservative Chris Eynon
Labour Logan Guy
Majority
Turnout

Washington North
Washington North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Scott Burrows
Labour Jill Fletcher*
Conservative Hilary Johnson
Majority
Turnout

Washington South
Washington South[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graeme Miller*
Conservative Peter Noble
Liberal Democrats Sean Terry
Majority
Turnout

Washington West
Washington West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Cosgrove
Green Paul Leonard
Labour Dorothy Trueman*
Majority
Turnout

References
  1. "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. "Sunderland City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. Graham, Hannah (8 April 2022). "Tories hope for Labour loss in Sunderland council elections". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  4. "Local government election 2018 results". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  5. "Your Councillors by Party". wolverhampton.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. Binding, Chris (25 August 2021). "Row as Sunderland Ukip councillors quit party to sit as independents". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  7. Clark, Kevin (1 September 2021). "Former Sunderland City Council UKIP group leader joins Conservatives after quitting party". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  8. Clark, Kevin (19 January 2022). "By-election looms for Redhill after resignation of former Sunderland UKIP councillor". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  9. "Local Elections Archive Project — Redhill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  10. "List of candidates standing" (PDF). Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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