RECAP: How Sunderland City Council local elections 2021 unfolded as Labour took a battering in Wearside
The final results for the Sunderland City Council local elections are now in.
The Echo team worked through the night to keep readers up-to-date with the results as they came in. Here’s how the count unfolded:
Sunderland City Council elections 2021
Key Events
- Labour suffered heavy damage from the Lib Dems and Tories
- Cabinet member Rebecca Atkinson and former deputy council leader Michael Mordey are among Labour councillors to lose seats
- The new breakdown of seats on Sunderland City Council is Labour 42, Conservatives 18, Lib Dems 12 and UKIP 3
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