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

Labour has won the Hetton by-election, fighting off a tough challenge from the Lib Dems.
By Ross Robertson
Published 1st Oct 2021, 09:03 BST
Updated 1st Oct 2021, 09:08 BST
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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:

Winning candidate Iain Scott.Winning candidate Iain Scott.
Winning candidate Iain Scott.

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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