RECAP: How Sunderland City Council local elections 2021 unfolded as Labour took a battering in Wearside

It was a tough night for Labour in Sunderland

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

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 02:16 BST

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 02:24 BST

Millfield - Lib Dem HOLD

Syed Ajmol ALI (Conservative Party) 192

Niall Dane HODSON (Liberal Democrat) 1,701

Iain William KAY (Labour and Co-operative Party) 609

Gary OGLE (Green Party) 50

Julio ROMERO JOHNSON (Communist Party of Britain) 32

Turnout 35.2%

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 02:55 BST

St Chad’s - Con GAIN

Chris BURNICLE (Conservative Party Candidate) 1,647

Elizabeth Agnes CROSBY (Liberal Democrat) 208

Darryl Oliver DIXON (Labour Party) 895

Turnout 37.3%

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 02:55 BSTUpdated 02:57 BST

St Michael’s - Con HOLD

John Leonard APPLETON (Green Party) 455

Lyall Jonathan REED (Conservative Party) 1,958

Chris SMITH (Labour Party) 902

Colin Andrew WILSON (Liberal Democrat) 117

Turnout 41%

NOTE: The newly elected Councillor Reed replaces outgoing councillor and former leader of the opposition Conservative group, Robert Oliver

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 02:56 BST

Washington North - Lab HOLD

Derek DUNN (Conservative Party) 730

Graeme EDMINSON (Green Party) 148

Maureen HIBBERT (UKIP) 89

Jaye JORDAN (Liberal Democrat) 119

Michael Lee WALKER (Labour Party) 1,216

Turnout 29.1%

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 03:12 BST

Pallion - Lib Dem GAIN

Danielle Francoise Emmanuelle CHAMBERLIN (Green Party) 93

Abul Bakkar Ehthesham HAQUE (Labour Party) 480

Colin Richard NICHOLSON (Liberal Democrat) 1,440

Judith PORTER (Conservative Party) 410

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 03:13 BST

Redhill - Lab HOLD

Paul James Anthony BURKE (Conservative Party) 623

Sandra Helen HESSLEWOOD (UKIP) 371

Alison SMITH (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,019

Turnout 25.4%

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 03:13 BST

Washington Central - Lab HOLD

Scott Andrew BURROWS (Green Party) 211

Tony ORMOND (UKIP) 107 Dianne Elizabeth SNOWDON (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,611

Sean TERRY (Liberal Democrat) 82

Michael WINTER (Conservative Party) 915

Turnout 34.9%

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 03:25 BST

Fri, 07 May, 2021, 03:28 BST

Castle - Lab HOLD

Tony CLARKE (UKIP) 201

Allen CURTIS (Liberal Democrat) 111

Gwennyth GIBSON (Conservative Party) 583

Denny WILSON (Labour Party) 1,243 Turnout 26.3%