2007 Sunderland City Council election
The 2007 Sunderland Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1][2]
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One third of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council 38 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the 2007 Sunderland City Council election results. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Independents in white. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Before the election the council had 57 Labour, 13 Conservative, 4 independent and 1 Liberal Democrat councillors. In the period since the previous local elections in May 2006, three councillors had left their parties to sit as Independents: Peter Maddison leaving the Liberal Democrat Group in July 2006, and Bryn Sidaway (Hendon) and George Blyth (Doxford) leaving the Labour Group in November 2006.[3] Blyth's ward colleague Mike Tansey had previously left the Labour Group to sit as an Independent in November 2005, and stood for re-election as an Independent candidate in this election.[4]
25 seats were contested in the 2007 elections with a total of 111 candidates standing.[5] These included a full 25 each from the Labour, Conservative and British National Party, as well as 16 independents, 15 Liberal Democrats, 2 Respect, 2 British First Party and 1 from the United Kingdom Independence Party.[5]
As at the 2006 election this election saw Sunderland have three polling stations open for 10 days before election day in an attempt to make voting more convenient for voters.[6]
Election results
The results had Labour stay in control of the council but with a smaller majority.[7] The Conservatives gained 3 seats from Labour in St Chads, Washington East and Washington South to hold 16 seats compared to 54 for Labour.[8] The 2 Conservative gains in Washington were the first time the party had won seats in the town since it became part of Sunderland council.[9] Labour also lost one seat to an independent in Copt Hill, but regained another in Doxford where the sitting independent councillor, Mike Tansey, had originally been elected for the Labour party.[7] This meant there remained 4 Independents on the council, as well as 1 Liberal Democrat who was not defending a seat in the election.[8] Overall turnout in the election was 34%, up on 32% at the 2006 election.[9]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 43.3 | 31,148 | 2.8% | |
Conservative | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 28.1 | 20,223 | 0.3% | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8.3 | 5,992 | 7.6% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 7,653 | 4.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 6,293 | 7.0% | |
British First Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 335 | 0.5% | |
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 224 | 0.3% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 72 | 0.1% |
This resulted in the following composition of the Council:
Party | Previous Council | New Council | |
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Labour | 58 | 54 | |
Conservatives | 13 | 16 | |
Independent | 3 | 4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 75 | 75 | |
Working majority | 41 | 33 |
Ward by ward results
Barnes ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lee Martin | 1,767 | 53.7 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Helmut Izaks | 747 | 22.7 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Boyce | 492 | 14.9 | -4.8 | |
BNP | John McCaffrey | 287 | 8.7 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 1,020 | 31.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,293 | 37.7 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Denny Wilson | 1,675 | 66.0 | +16.3 | |
BNP | Ian McDonald | 395 | 15.6 | -5.7 | |
Independent | Ronald McQuillan | 276 | 10.9 | -7.7 | |
Conservative | Martin Anderson | 191 | 7.5 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 1,280 | 50.5 | +22.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,537 | 30.0 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Copt Hill ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Colin Wakefield | 1,382 | 42.9 | +42.9 | |
Labour | Juliana Heron | 1,146 | 35.6 | -15.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Vardy | 358 | 11.1 | -22.1 | |
BNP | Michael Webb | 176 | 5.5 | -10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Gibbons | 159 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 236 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,221 | 36.0 | +6.2 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Doxford ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Errington | 1,041 | 35.8 | -3.3 | |
Independent | Mike Tansey† | 924 | 31.8 | +31.8 | |
Conservative | Alistair Newton | 701 | 24.1 | -5.0 | |
BNP | Lesley Dathan | 243 | 8.4 | -6.6 | |
Majority | 117 | 4.0 | -6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,909 | 36.2 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
†Mike Tansey had been elected in 2004 as a Labour candidate, but subsequently left the party to sit as an Independent councillor. The result was technically a hold for Labour although Tansey, the incumbent, lost his seat.
Fulwell ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Walton | 2,077 | 53.9 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Bob Price | 968 | 25.1 | -0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geofrey Pryke | 507 | 13.1 | +1.1 | |
BNP | Joseph Dobbie | 304 | 7.9 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 1,109 | 28.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,856 | 42.7 | +0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hendon ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Martin | 1,045 | 43.0 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Sammy Doran | 453 | 18.6 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | Deborah Lorraine | 442 | 18.2 | -2.6 | |
BNP | David Guynan | 362 | 14.9 | -6.2 | |
Respect | Tafazzal Hussain | 129 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 592 | 24.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,431 | 30.2 | -1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hetton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Florence Anderson | 1,506 | 55.3 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Dowell | 489 | 17.9 | +17.9 | |
BNP | John Richardson | 402 | 14.8 | -7.8 | |
Conservative | George Brown | 328 | 12.0 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 1,017 | 37.3 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,725 | 31.3 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Houghton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kath Rolph | 1,496 | 50.7 | +0.1 | |
Independent | John Finn | 544 | 18.4 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | Douglas Middlemiss | 338 | 11.5 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Avril Snowball | 326 | 11.1 | -7.3 | |
BNP | Peter Swain | 246 | 8.3 | -6.2 | |
Majority | 952 | 32.3 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,950 | 33.8 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Millfield ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin O'Connor | 754 | 32.9 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Major | 698 | 30.5 | -10.5 | |
Conservative | Gwennyth Gibson | 306 | 13.4 | -1.6 | |
BNP | Christopher Lathan | 198 | 8.7 | -3.7 | |
Independent | Rachel Moore | 166 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Respect | Keith Adshead | 95 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | Pauline Featonby-Warren | 72 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 56 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,289 | 31.8 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pallion ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Watson | 1,061 | 44.7 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Leadbitter | 445 | 18.7 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Fred Dove | 314 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
BNP | James Davison | 279 | 11.7 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Hollern | 277 | 11.7 | -7.7 | |
Majority | 616 | 25.9 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,376 | 30.5 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Redhill ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Bell | 1,426 | 56.1 | +5.0 | |
BNP | Ian Leadbitter | 585 | 23.0 | -3.8 | |
Conservative | Paula Wilkinson | 275 | 10.8 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Lesley Dixon | 176 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
British First Party | Julie Potter | 78 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 841 | 33.1 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,540 | 29.9 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ryhope ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ellen Ball | 1,194 | 41.3 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Christopher Fairs | 872 | 30.2 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Patrick Lavelle | 443 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
BNP | Frederick Donkin | 383 | 13.2 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 322 | 11.1 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,892 | 36.1 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sandhill ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Forbes | 1,420 | 56.8 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Gordon Newton | 674 | 26.9 | +3.1 | |
BNP | Joseph Dobbie | 408 | 16.3 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 746 | 29.8 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,502 | 30.4 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shiney Row ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Scott | 1,656 | 54.2 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Eddie Wake | 740 | 24.2 | +5.5 | |
Independent | George Parkin | 353 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
BNP | Sharon Leadbitter | 309 | 10.1 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 916 | 30.0 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,058 | 31.7 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Silksworth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Gibson | 1,637 | 55.3 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Patricia Francis | 929 | 31.4 | +8.0 | |
BNP | Anthony James | 395 | 13.3 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 708 | 23.9 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,961 | 35.6 | +0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southwick ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Shattock | 1,193 | 44.8 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Terence Docherty | 541 | 20.3 | -1.0 | |
BNP | Alan Brettwood | 463 | 17.4 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Griffin | 278 | 10.4 | -5.1 | |
Independent | Stephen Hanratty | 190 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 652 | 24.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,665 | 32.9 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Anne's ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sylvia Old | 1,172 | 50.4 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Matthews | 399 | 17.2 | -3.3 | |
BNP | Deborah Boyd | 260 | 11.2 | -5.7 | |
British First Party | John Martin | 257 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Wascoe | 238 | 10.2 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 773 | 33.2 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,326 | 29.0 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St Chad's ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Dixon | 1,563 | 46.9 | -7.1 | |
Labour | Stuart Porthouse | 1,348 | 40.4 | +8.9 | |
BNP | Carol Dobbie | 248 | 7.4 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Chain Gill | 175 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 215 | 6.4 | -16.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,334 | 42.6 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
St Michael's ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Wood | 1,928 | 59.4 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Michael Mordey | 827 | 25.5 | +5.3 | |
Independent | Martin Quinn | 293 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
BNP | Ian Sayers | 196 | 6.0 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 1,101 | 33.9 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,244 | 39.3 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St Peter's ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Hall | 1,361 | 43.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Linda Mitchell | 968 | 31.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Matthew | 417 | 13.4 | -1.7 | |
BNP | Derek Wright | 275 | 8.9 | -4.0 | |
Independent | Robbie Menzies | 86 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 393 | 12.6 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,107 | 37.7 | -0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Washington Central ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Timmins | 1,522 | 48.6 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Jackie Atkinson | 727 | 23.2 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Snowball | 556 | 17.7 | -4.0 | |
BNP | Clive Thompson | 329 | 10.5 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 795 | 25.4 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,134 | 35.7 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Washington East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Cuthbert | 1,245 | 40.1 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Bryan Williams | 1,220 | 39.3 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Bannister | 441 | 14.2 | -2.7 | |
BNP | David Laing | 195 | 6.3 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 25 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,101 | 35.9 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Washington North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Walker | 1,567 | 58.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hillman | 441 | 16.3 | -2.3 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Irvine | 441 | 16.3 | +1.9 | |
BNP | Lynne Hudson | 254 | 9.4 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 1,126 | 41.7 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,703 | 31.3 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Washington South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kathryn Chamberlin | 1,066 | 37.1 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Louise Farthing | 1,019 | 35.4 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Griffin | 444 | 15.4 | -12.9 | |
BNP | William Ramshaw | 222 | 7.7 | -3.7 | |
Independent | Walter Scott | 124 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 47 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,875 | 34.8 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Washington West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Trueman | 1,540 | 52.9 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Irene Bannister | 530 | 18.2 | -3.2 | |
Conservative | Olwyn Bird | 509 | 17.5 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Jason Dent | 239 | 8.2 | -2.5 | |
Independent | Ian Snowball | 93 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 1,010 | 34.7 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,911 | 33.1 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
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- "Get ready to cast your vote". Evening Chronicle. 2 May 2007. p. 6.
- "Going to the polls early". The Northern Echo. 23 April 2007. p. 12.
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- Young, Peter (4 May 2007). "Winners and losers". Evening Chronicle. p. 6.
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Preceded by 2006 Sunderland City Council election |
Sunderland City Council elections | Succeeded by 2008 Sunderland City Council election |