Labour wins Hetton by-election - despite tough challenge from Lib Dems

The party kept the seat on Sunderland City Council left vacant after the sad passing of Doris Turner.

Labour’s Iain Scott will now sit as one of three councillors representing the ward on the council in the vote on Thursday, September 30.

The results in full were:

Maurice Allen (Ind) 67

Adelle Burnicle (Con) 303

David Geddis (Ind) 386

John Lennox (LDem) 634

Justine Merton-Scott (Green) 41

Iain Scott (Lab) 661

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