Local Election Results 2003
Sunderland
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— 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)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
52060 |
52.5% |
21 |
| Conservative |
22089 |
22.3% |
2 |
| British National Party |
13652 |
13.8% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
7265 |
7.3% |
0 |
| Independent |
2669 |
2.7% |
1 |
| Liberal Party |
1408 |
1.4% |
1 |
| National Front |
73 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Leslie Mann |
Lab |
2087 |
64.5% |
| Ian McDonald |
BNP |
752 |
23.2% |
| Gwennyth Gibson |
C |
396 |
12.2% |
| Colin Anderson |
Lab |
1594 |
49.0% |
| Christopher Lathan |
BNP |
686 |
21.1% |
| Dorreen Storey |
C |
487 |
15.0% |
| Jane Walters |
LD |
487 |
15.0% |
| Norman Dent |
Lab |
1722 |
52.4% |
| John Brown |
C |
878 |
26.7% |
| Ian Leadbitter |
BNP |
685 |
20.9% |
| Colin Wakefield |
Ind |
1839 |
39.6% |
| Robert Heron |
Lab |
1788 |
38.5% |
| David Wilson |
C |
464 |
10.0% |
| Philip Dowell |
LD |
330 |
7.1% |
| James Davison |
BNP |
225 |
4.8% |
| John Walton |
C |
2506 |
53.8% |
| Rosalind Copeland |
Lab |
1313 |
28.2% |
| Joseph Dobbie |
BNP |
431 |
9.3% |
| Amie Leung |
LD |
406 |
8.7% |
| David Forbes |
Lab |
1885 |
62.3% |
| David Francis |
C |
627 |
20.7% |
| Paul Humble |
BNP |
515 |
17.0% |
| Brynley Sidaway |
Lab |
1711 |
42.8% |
| Paul Maddison |
C |
1672 |
41.8% |
| David Guynan |
BNP |
619 |
15.5% |
| Florence Anderson |
Lab |
2807 |
72.9% |
| Olwyn Bird |
C |
624 |
16.2% |
| Andrew Morris |
BNP |
419 |
10.9% |
| Louise Farthing |
Lab |
2461 |
70.1% |
| Gordon Newton |
C |
571 |
16.3% |
| Ian Patterson |
BNP |
480 |
13.7% |
| Robert Pells |
Lab |
1695 |
38.3% |
| Stephen Daughton |
C |
1581 |
35.8% |
| David Martin |
BNP |
556 |
12.6% |
| Sham Vedhara |
LD |
410 |
9.3% |
| Ronald Smith |
Ind |
178 |
4.0% |
| Aileen Handy |
Lab |
2657 |
54.5% |
| Martyn Herron |
LD |
798 |
16.4% |
| William Dunn |
C |
730 |
15.0% |
| Michael Matthews |
BNP |
691 |
14.2% |
| John Porthouse |
Lab |
2090 |
50.2% |
| Lee Martin |
C |
1224 |
29.4% |
| Elizabeth Foreman |
LD |
437 |
10.5% |
| Carol Dobbie |
BNP |
415 |
10.0% |
| Peter Wood |
C |
2727 |
56.7% |
| David Errington |
Lab |
1551 |
32.2% |
| Stephen Bilton |
BNP |
534 |
11.1% |
| Christine Shattock |
Lab |
1481 |
34.0% |
| Lilian Walton |
C |
1362 |
31.3% |
| John Lennox |
LD |
841 |
19.3% |
| Jason Dent |
BNP |
674 |
15.5% |
| Anne Hall |
Lab |
3060 |
60.8% |
| Neil Grundy |
LD |
878 |
17.4% |
| John Calvert |
C |
621 |
12.3% |
| Sharon Leadbitter |
BNP |
474 |
9.4% |
| Patricia Smith |
Lab |
2760 |
65.7% |
| Patricia Francis |
C |
646 |
15.4% |
| Trevor Jenkins |
BNP |
575 |
13.7% |
| Georgina Kennedy |
Ind |
221 |
5.3% |
| Susan Watson |
Lab |
1927 |
61.7% |
| Debra Hiles |
BNP |
674 |
21.6% |
| Kathryn Chamberlin |
C |
520 |
16.7% |
| Bryan Charlton |
Lab |
1519 |
53.1% |
| Alan Brettwood |
BNP |
510 |
17.8% |
| Fredrick Crone |
Ind |
431 |
15.1% |
| Christine Griffin |
LD |
217 |
7.6% |
| Alice McLaren |
C |
183 |
6.4% |
| David Allan |
Lab |
1983 |
63.7% |
| Joseph Dobbie |
BNP |
680 |
21.8% |
| Paula Wilkinson |
C |
450 |
14.5% |
| Winifred Lundgren |
Lib |
1408 |
42.9% |
| Phillip Gibson |
Lab |
919 |
28.0% |
| Marjorie Matthews |
C |
499 |
15.2% |
| Philip Clark |
BNP |
453 |
13.8% |
| Gowan Scott |
Lab |
1760 |
59.4% |
| John Martin |
BNP |
878 |
29.7% |
| Gillian Connor |
C |
323 |
10.9% |
| Eric Timmins |
Lab |
3003 |
61.0% |
| Jacqueline Atkinson |
C |
822 |
16.7% |
| Avril Kitching |
LD |
650 |
13.2% |
| David Richardson |
BNP |
371 |
7.5% |
| Mark Farrell |
NF |
73 |
1.5% |
| John Murray |
Lab |
2703 |
74.0% |
| Kathleen Irvine |
C |
528 |
14.5% |
| Ian Guilbert |
BNP |
422 |
11.6% |
| Bryan Williams |
Lab |
3152 |
52.4% |
| Owen Dumpleton |
LD |
1169 |
19.4% |
| Michael Dixon |
C |
1112 |
18.5% |
| Gordon Pace |
BNP |
586 |
9.7% |
| William Craddock |
Lab |
2432 |
61.5% |
| David Griffin |
LD |
642 |
16.2% |
| Justin Garrod |
C |
536 |
13.5% |
| Keith Byrne |
BNP |
347 |
8.8% |
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