RECAP: How Sunderland City Council local elections 2021 unfolded as Labour took a battering in Wearside
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
Ryhope - Con GAIN
Usman ALI (Conservative Party) 1,411
Ellen BALL (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,230
Marek FILIPKOWSKI (UKIP) 233
Turnout 33.7%
St Peter’s - Con GAIN
Rachel Sara FEATHERSTONE (Green Party) 216
Sam Martin JOHNSTON (Conservative Party) 1,808
John Anthony LENNOX (Liberal Democrat) 183
Ian LINES (UKIP) 95
David Laurence NEWEY (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,056
Houghton - Lab HOLD
Raymond Hall DAVISON (Conservative Party) 951
Billy Scott HOWELLS (Green Party) 195
John PRICE (Labour Party) 1,437
Donna Sarah THOMAS (UKIP) 307
Carlton Lee WEST (Liberal Democrat) 106
Turnout 30.1%
Fulwell - Con HOLD
Malcolm John BOND (Liberal Democrat) 1,571
Barry Stanley CURRAN (Labour and Co-operative Party) 730
Liam DUFFERWIEL (Green Party) 180
Michael Peter HARTNACK (Conservative Party) 1,826 Turnout 49%
Doxford - Lib Dem GAIN
Paul Wilfred Leslie GIBSON (Liberal Democrat) 1,510
Thomas Patrick JOHNSTON (Labour and Co-operative Party) 797
Auburn LANGLEY (Green Party) 110
John Scott WIPER (Conservative Party) 684
Turnout 39.5%
Pictures here of newly elected Liberal Democrat councillor Ciaran Morrissey, who claimed the first Labour scalp of the night, defeating former deputy council leader Michael Mordey in the former red stronghold of Hendon:
Copt Hill - Lab HOLD x2
George Edward BROWN (Conservative Party) 833
Reg COULSON (UKIP) 403
John DEFTY (UKIP) 384
Tracy DODDS (Labour Party) 1,203
Esme Rose Stafford FEATHERSTONE (Green Party) 256
Kevin JOHNSTON (Labour Party) 1,327
Sue STERLING (Liberal Democrat) 272
Anthony USHER (Liberal Democrat) 83
Jakub WYPYCH (Conservative Party) 519
Shiney Row - Labour HOLD x2
Nana BODDY (Liberal Democrat) 170
Katherine Mary Elizabeth MASON-GAGE (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,639
Raymond John MOORE (Green Party) 223
Kay ROWHAM (UKIP) 197
Grant SHEARER (Conservative Party) 1,069
David SNOWDON (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,190
Richard Steven VARDY (Conservative Party) 1,026
Robert WELSH (Green Party) 176
Turnout 33.5%
Washington South - Lab HOLD + Con GAIN
Richard Peter BRADLEY (Green Party) 418
Paul DONAGHY (Conservative Party) 1,186
Steven Boyd DONKIN (Liberal Democrat) 240
Michael Anthony ELLIS (Green Party) 521
Louise Anthea Florence FARTHING (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,171
Brandon FEELEY (Labour and Co-operative Party) 931
Josh GREEN (UKIP) 88
Craig MORRISON (Conservative Party) 801
Turnout 37.8%