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:

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

Washington West - Lab HOLD

Andrew Philip BEX (Liberal Democrats) 129

Olwyn BIRD (Conservative Party) 916

Paul Andrew LEONARD (Green Party) 242

Bill LITTLE (UKIP) 64

Jimmy WARNE (Labour Party) 1,462

Turnout 32.5%

St Anne’s - Con GAIN

Bryan George FOSTER (UKIP) 190

Greg PEACOCK (Conservative Party) 911

Peter Arnold WALTON (Liberal Democrat) 158

Susan WATSON (Labour and Co-operative Party) 908

Turnout 27.6%

Washington East - Lab HOLD

Michal CHANTKOWSKI (Green Party) 193

Stephen CUTHBERT (UKIP) 98

Hilary JOHNSON (Conservative Party) 1,403

Sean Robert LAWS (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1,558

Reporter James Harrison: “And we’re done. Final tally Labour 42 seats, Cons 18, Lib Dems 12, UKIP 3”