# 2015 Sunderland City Council election

The 2015 Sunderland City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Sunderland City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the 2015 general election.

## Background

There had been one by-election held in the period since the previous local elections in 2014 which saw Labour hold the Washington East ward in November 2014 following the resignation of their incumbent councillor in October.

## Election results

The election saw Labour gain three seats, increasing the party's majority on the Council. Labour gained from the Conservatives in Barnes and Fulwell, and from an Independent, Colin Wakefield, in Houghton.
Sunderland local election result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 49.6 | 57,544 | 3.3 |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20.8 | 24,079 | 1.4 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 22,580 | 4.8 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 4,089 | 1.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3,617 | 0.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 3,582 | 0.6 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 448 | 0.2 |
| North East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 101 | 0.1 |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 63 | 66 |
| | Conservatives | 8 | 6 |
| | Independent | 4 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 75 | 75 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 51 | 57 |

## Ward by ward results

Asterisk denotes incumbent councillor.

### Barnes Ward

Barnes Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Galbraith | 2,336 | 43.7 | 3.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter O'Connor | 1,580 | 29.6 | 19.5 |
| | UKIP | J Nast | 889 | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Bruton | 302 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
| | Green | Lucky Pemu | 219 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 756 | 14.1 | 11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,344 | 61.2 | 15.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,732 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Castle Ward

Castle Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Martin Anderson |
| | TUSC | Gary Duncan |
| | Labour | Stephen Foster |
| | UKIP | Keith Samme |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Copt Hill Ward

Copt Hill Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Pat Francis |
| | Green | Daniel Olaman |
| | Labour | Mary Turton |
| | Independent | Colin Wakefield |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Doxford Ward

Doxford Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Alex Douglas |
| | Labour | Colin English |
| | Green | Alan Robinson |
| | UKIP | Kay Rowham |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Fulwell Ward

Fulwell Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Labour | Margaret Beck |
| | UKIP | Sheila Samme |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diana Talbott-Matthew |
| | Conservative | John Wiper |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Hendon Ward

Hendon Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | UKIP | Pauline Featonby-Warren |
| | Green | David Lawson |
| | Conservative | Deborah Lorraine |
| | Labour Co-op | Victoria O'Neil |
| | TUSC | Owen Taylor |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Hetton Ward

Hetton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | UKIP | John Defty |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Dowell |
| | Conservative | Douglas Middlemiss |
| | Labour | Doris Turner |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Houghton Ward

Houghton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | George Brown |
| | Independent | John Ellis |
| | UKIP | Terrence Henderson |
| | Labour | Juliana Heron |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Snowball |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Millfield Ward

Millfield Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | UKIP | David Geddis |
| | Conservative | Gwennyth Gibson |
| | Green | Helmut Izaks |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen O'Brien |
| | Labour Co-op | Lynda Scanlan |
| | TUSC | Karen Sinclair |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Pallion Ward

Pallion Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Dorward |
| | Green | Rachel Featherstone |
| | UKIP | Ian Pallace |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Watson |
| | Conservative | Philip Young |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Redhill Ward

Redhill Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Labour Co-op | Richard Bell |
| | Conservative | Shaun Cudworth |
| | North East | Heather Fagan |
| | UKIP | Lynn Kelly |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Thomas |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Ryhope Ward

Ryhope Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Labour Co-op | Ellen Ball |
| | Green | Paul Burwood |
| | UKIP | Bryan Foster |
| | Conservative | Harry Todd |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### St Anne's Ward

St Anne's Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | UKIP | Aileen Casey |
| | Conservative | Tony Morrissey |
| | Green | Caroline Robinson |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Usher |
| | Labour | Karen Waters |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### St Chad's Ward

St Chad's Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Crosby | 171 |
| | Conservative | Dominic McDonough | 1462 |
| | Labour | John Porthouse | 2046 |
| | Green | Gavin Taylor | 143 |
| | UKIP | Linda Welsh | 773 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 584 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |

### St Michael's Ward

St Michael's Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Green | Tim Brennan |
| | UKIP | Vince Costello |
| | Labour | Zaf Iqbal |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wood |
| | Conservative | Peter Wood |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### St Peter's Ward

St Peter's Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | TUSC | Douglas Beavers |
| | Labour | Barry Curran |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Lennox |
| | UKIP | Ronald McQuillan |
| | Green | Saied Satei |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Scott |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Sandhill Ward

Sandhill Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Labour | Jacqui Gallagher |
| | UKIP | Tony Morrow |
| | Conservative | Christine Reed |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Wilson |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Shiney Row Ward

Shiney Row Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Green | Rebecca Cowell |
| | UKIP | Richard Elvin |
| | Conservative | Sally Oliver |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Thomas |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Walker |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Silksworth Ward

Silksworth Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Green | Chris Crozier |
| | UKIP | William Davies |
| | Labour | Peter Gibson |
| | Conservative | Bryan Reynolds |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Southwick Ward

Southwick Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Green | Kate Dowell |
| | Labour | Miles Elliott |
| | Conservative | Michael Leadbitter |
| | Liberal Democrats | Callum Littlemore |
| | UKIP | Alexander Taylor |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Washington Central Ward

Washington Central Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Griffin |
| | Labour | Len Lauchlan |
| | Green | Paul Leonard |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Matthews |
| | UKIP | Erland Polden |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Washington East Ward

Washington East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Bannister |
| | Conservative | Hilary Johnson |
| | TUSC | Wilf Laws |
| | Labour Co-op | Fiona Miller |
| | Green | Anthony Murphy |
| | UKIP | Lynn O'Neil |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Washington North Ward

Washington North Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Green | June Bradley |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Morris |
| | Conservative | Norman Oliver |
| | UKIP | Tony Ormond |
| | Labour | Peter Walker |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Washington South Ward

Washington South Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Green | Dominic Armstrong |
| | UKIP | Alistair Baxter |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Griffin |
| | Labour | Paul Middleton |
| | Conservative | Martin Talbot |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |

### Washington West Ward

Washington West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Bannister |
| | Conservative | Olwyn Bird |
| | Green | Ben Rathbone-Wells |
| | UKIP | Kevin Sheppard |
| | Labour | Harry Trueman |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |