Sunderland City Council

Sunderland City Council
Sunderland City Council
	File:Sunderland City Council logo.png
Type
Type	Metropolitan district
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor of Sunderland	Cllr David Snowdon, Labour ; since 3rd May 2019
Leader of the Council	Cllr Graeme Miller, Labour ; since 16th May 2018
Chief executive	Patrick Melia ; since 21st June 2018
Structure
Seats	75 councillors
Political groups	Administration Labour (51) Other parties Conservative (12) Liberal Democrat (8) UKIP (3) Green (1)
Joint committees	North East Combined Authority
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	2016 (one third of councillors); 2018 (one third of councillors); 2019 (one third of councillors)
Next election	2020 (one third of councillors); 2022 (one third of councillors); 2023 (one third of councillors)
Motto
	Nil desperandum auspice deo
Meeting place
	Civic Centre, Sunderland
Website
	www.sunderland.gov.uk

Sunderland City Council is the local authority of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Sunderland.

Political composition

Sunderland City Council has been controlled by the Labour Party from its formation in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. There are currently 51 Labour councillors, 12 Conservatives, eight Liberal Democrats, three UKIP and one Green on the Council.

Elections

Sunderland's Council area comprises 25 wards, each electing three councillors. Elections are held in thirds, in three years out of every four. Between 1974 and 1986, elections were held in every fourth year to Tyne and Wear County Council, until the County Council was abolished. In 1982 and 2004, all seats on Sunderland Council were up for election following boundary changes.^[1]

At the first round of elections in 1973, 78 councillors were elected from 26 wards, and the make-up of the Council was: 56 Labour councillors, 21 Conservatives, and one Independent.

At the 1982 local elections following boundary changes, 75 councillors were elected from 25 wards, and the composition of the Council was: 49 Labour, 15 Conservatives, eight SDP-Liberal Alliance, and three Independent Labour councillors

At the 2004 local elections following boundary changes, 75 councillors were elected from 25 wards, and the composition of the Council was: 61 Labour councillors, 12 Conservatives and two Liberal Democrats.

In the May 2016 local elections, the Labour Party gained two seats, the Conservatives held two seats, and the Liberal Democrats won one seat.^[2] This made the composition of the Council for 2016/17: 67 Labour councillors, six Conservatives, one Liberal Democrat and one Independent. Following by-elections in January 2017 and February 2018, the Liberal Democrats gained two further seats from the Labour Party.^[3]

In the May 2018 local elections, the Labour Party gained a seat from an Independent councillor in Copt Hill, but lost three seats to the Liberal Democrats, and two to the Conservatives.^[4]

In the May 2019 local elections, the Labour Party lost ten seats: four to the Conservatives, three to UKIP, two to the Liberal Democrats, and one to the Green Party. Neither UKIP nor the Green Party had previously been represented on the City Council.^[5]

The next Council election will be held on 7 May 2020.

Council wards

The Sunderland City Council area is coterminous with the boundaries of the city's three parliamentary constituencies – Sunderland Central, Houghton and Sunderland South and Washington and Sunderland West – and the 25 Council wards are distributed between them.^[6]

The following Sunderland Council wards fall within the Sunderland Central constituency: Barnes, Fulwell, Hendon, Millfield, Pallion, Ryhope, St Michael's (covering the areas of Ashbrooke and Hill View), St Peter's (covering the areas of Roker and Monkwearmouth) and Southwick.

Houghton and Sunderland South constituency comprises the wards of Copt Hill, Doxford, Hetton, Houghton, St Chad’s (covering the areas of Herrington and Farringdon), Sandhill (covering the areas of Thorney Close, Grindon and Springwell), Shiney Row, and Silksworth.

Washington and Sunderland West constituency comprises the wards of Castle (covering the areas of Castletown and Town End Farm), Redhill (covering Redhouse and Witherwack), St Anne's (covering South Hylton and Pennywell), Washington Central, Washington East, Washington North, Washington South and Washington West.

Sunderland Central	Houghton and Sunderland South	Washington and Sunderland West
A. Barnes E. Fulwell F. Hendon J. Millfield K. Pallion M. Ryhope P. St Michael's Q. St Peter's U. Southwick	C. Copt Hill D. Doxford G. Hetton H. Houghton O. St Chad's R. Sandhill S. Shiney Row T. Silksworth	B. Castle L. Redhill N. St Anne's V. Washington Central W. Washington East X. Washington North Y. Washington South Z. Washington West

Councillors

Sunderland's 25 Council wards are each represented by three elected councillors.^[7]

Current Sunderland City Councillors
Parliamentary Constituency	Ward	Councillors		Assumed office
Sunderland Central	Barnes	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Rebecca Atkinson	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Antony Mullen	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Helen Greener	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	Castle	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Denny Wilson	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Doris MacKnight	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Stephen Foster	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	Copt Hill	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Kevin Johnston	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jack Cunningham	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Melanie Thornton	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	Doxford	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Christine Marshall	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Elizabeth Gibson	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Heather Fagan	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	Fulwell	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Bob Francis	5 May 2016
		! style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	George Howe	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	James Doyle	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	Hendon	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Michael Mordey	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Barbara McClennan	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Lynda Scanlan	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	Hetton	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	James Blackburn	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Claire Rowntree	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Doris Turner	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	Houghton	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alex Scullion	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Neil MacKnight	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Juliana Heron	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	Millfield	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Niall Hodson	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Andrew Wood	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Julia Potts	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	Pallion	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Amy Wilson	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	George Smith	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Martin Haswell	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	Redhill	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Ronny Davison	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Paul Stewart	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:UKIP/meta/color" \|	Keith Jenkins	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	Ryhope	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Paula Hunt	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Michael Essl	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:UKIP/meta/color" \|	Steven Bewick	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	Sandhill	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Debra Waller	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Margaret Crosby	2 May 2019
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Stephen O'Brien	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	Shiney Row	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Anne Lawson	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Melville Speding	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Geoff Walker	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	Silksworth	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Patricia Smith	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Philip Tye	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Peter Gibson	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	Southwick	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Kelly Chequer	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Alex Samuels	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Michael Butler	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	St Anne's	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Susan Watson	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Karen Wood	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:UKIP/meta/color" \|	Pam Mann	2 May 2019
Houghton and Sunderland South	St Chad's	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Darryl Dixon	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Blackett	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Dominic McDonough	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	St Michael's	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Robert Oliver	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Michael Dixon	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Peter Wood	2 May 2019
Sunderland Central	St Peter's	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Julia Jackson	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Shirley Leadbitter	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Josh McKeith	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	Washington Central	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Dianne Snowdon	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Linda Williams	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Len Lauchlan	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	Washington East	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	David Snowdon	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Tony Taylor	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Fiona Miller	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	Washington North	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	John Kelly	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jill Fletcher	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Peter Walker	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	Washington South	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Louise Farthing	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Graeme Miller	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" \|	Dom Armstrong	2 May 2019
Washington and Sunderland West	Washington West	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Bernard Scaplehorn	5 May 2016
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Dorothy Trueman	3 May 2018
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Henry Trueman	2 May 2019

References

^ "Tyne and Wear: Ward Voting Summaries, 1973-2015". Tyne and Wear Elects. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ Silfverskiold, Petra (6 May 2016). "Labour dominate Sunderland 2016 elections – with a couple of surprises". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "What the Liberal Democrat by-election victory means for Labour control in Sunderland". Sunderland Echo. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ Lindsay, Kali (3 May 2018). "Sunderland City Council elections - results in full". nechronicle. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "How a night of drama unfolded at the Sunderland City Council elections 2019". www.sunderlandecho.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "Ward maps". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Elected Members". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[1] "Tyne and Wear: Ward Voting Summaries, 1973-2015". Tyne and Wear Elects. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[2] Silfverskiold, Petra (6 May 2016). "Labour dominate Sunderland 2016 elections – with a couple of surprises". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[3] "What the Liberal Democrat by-election victory means for Labour control in Sunderland". Sunderland Echo. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[4] Lindsay, Kali (3 May 2018). "Sunderland City Council elections - results in full". nechronicle. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[5] "How a night of drama unfolded at the Sunderland City Council elections 2019". www.sunderlandecho.com. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[6] "Ward maps". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[7] "Elected Members". Sunderland City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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