Sunderland City Council election, 2014

The 2014 Sunderland City Council Election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. They were part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2014. A third of the council (25 of 75 seats) were up for election, the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 63
Conservative 8
Independent 4

Election Result

The results saw Labour remain in control of the council, but with a reduced majority of one. Although Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in St Chad's, they lost a seat to the Conservatives in St Peter's. The largest shock of the night was the Labour Mayor, Councillor Robert Heron, losing his Copt Hill seat to an Independent candidate by 70 votes. Labour's one gain against two losses left them with a net loss of one Councillor. For the first time ever, UKIP fielded a candidate in almost every ward, which led to them finishing second after Labour in terms of the popular vote with 24%. Although UKIP failed to gain a seat, they came within 119 votes in Hetton and came second in 16 of the 23 wards they contested. This also led to a reduction in Labour's share of the vote in 18 out of the 25 wards. The overall turnout in the election was 33%.

Sunderland Local Election Result 2014
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	1	2	-1	84.0	46.3	32,349	-2.7%
	Conservative	3	1	1	0	12.0	19.4	13,571	-5.8%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	4.0	3.8	2,674	-0.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	24.3	16,951	+24.3%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	2,569	-14.6%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	1,263	+1.5%
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	424	+0.6%

Elections By Ward

Barnes Ward

Barnes Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Peter Essl	1,420	41.1%	-0.1%
	Conservative	Peter O`Connor	1,287	37.3%	+1.3%
	UKIP	Ralph Foster	608	17.6%	NA
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Helen Bruton	137	4.0%	-14.1%
Majority			133
Turnout			3480	39.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-

Castle Ward

Castle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Macknight	1,327	56.4%	+5.1%
	UKIP	John Smail	656	27.9%	NA
	Conservative	Geoffrey Oliver	177	7.5%	-3.1%
	TUSC	Gary Duncan	137	5.8%	NA
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Hollern	57	2.4%	-9.5%
Majority			671
Turnout			2374	27.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-

Copt Hill Ward

Copt Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Allen	1,469	47.1%	+3.3%
	Labour	Bob Heron	1,399	44.8%	-0.2%
	Conservative	Pat Francis	254	8.1%	NA
Majority			70
Turnout			3,166	34.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Doxford Ward

Doxford Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty Gibson	1,280	47.3%	-4.7%
	UKIP	Kay Rowham	683	25.2%	NA
	Conservative	Dominic McDonough	563	20.8%	-9.0%
	Green	Alan Michael David Robinson	180	6.7%	NA
Majority			597
Turnout			2726	35.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-

Fulwell Ward

Fulwell Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Howe	1,591	43.4%	-1.8%
	Labour	Margaret Beck	1,173	32.0%	-3.7%
	UKIP	Paul Tweddle	635	17.3%	NA
	Green	Bill Martin	161	4.4%	NA
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Michael Pryke	102	2.8%	-16.4%
Majority			418
Turnout			3677	40.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

Hendon Ward

Hendon Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Pauline Veronica Featonby-Warren	638
	Green	David Anthony Lawson	158
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Michael Pryke	289
	Labour	Barbara McClennan	1162
	TUSC	Owen Richard Taylor	70
Turnout			2338	27.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-

Hetton Ward

Hetton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cummings	1470
	UKIP	John Defty	1351
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Dowell	75
	Conservative	Doug Middlemiss	188
Majority
Turnout			3113	35.0
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Houghton Ward

Houghton Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Brown	158
	Independent	John Verill Elllis	1076
	UKIP	Terrence Henderson	616
	Labour	Billy Turton	1375
Majority
Turnout			3242	35.5
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Millfield Ward

Millfield Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwennyth Gibson	159
	Green	Helmut Izaks	91
	Labour	Ian William Kay	875
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Robson	784
	UKIP	Lee Robson	479
	TUSC	Karen Christian Sinclaire	28
Majority
Turnout			2424	31.9
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Pallion Ward

Pallion Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shaun Cudworth	314
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Dorward	67
	Labour	Celia Gofton	1047
	Green	Charles Michael John Marshall	105
	UKIP	Daniel Tweddle	659
Majority
Turnout			2211	30.1
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Redhill

Redhill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Heather Fagan	129	5.9%
	UKIP	Lynn Marie Kelly	608	27.9%
	Labour	Paul Stewart	1281	58.7%
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Thomas	36	1.6%
	Conservative	Paula Wilinson	129	5.9%
Majority
Turnout			2202	25.9
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Ryhope

Ryhope Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tim Brennan	91
	Conservative	Alex Douglas	372
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Dowell	75
	Labour	Alan Emerson	1260
	UKIP	Bryan George Foster	881
Majority
Turnout			2699	33.1
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Sandhill Ward

Sandhill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Allan	1478
	Conservative	Christine Mary Reed	546
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Wilson	230
Majority
Turnout			2324	27.9
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Shiney Row Ward

Shiney Row Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Tom Fowdy	940
	Conservative	Sally Oliver	480
	Labour	Mel Speding	1668
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Sterling	105
Majority
Turnout			3213	32.3
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Silksworth Ward

Silksworth Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Derek Horsley	867	31.1%
	Conservative	Bryan Reynolds	453	16.3%
	Labour	Phil Tye	1467	52.6%
Majority
Turnout			2817	33.2
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Southwick

Southwick Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Bradley Cowling	780
	Conservative	Michael Henderson Leadbitter	324
	Liberal Democrat	Sham Vedhara	63
	Labour	Norma Wright	1262
Majority
Turnout			2458	30.1
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

St. Anne's Ward

St Anne's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Morrisey	299
	Green	Caroline Leigh Robinson	92
	UKIP	Kieth Samme	702
	Labour	Tom Wright	1022
Majority
Turnout			2127	25.0
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

St Chad's Ward

St Chad's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Crosby	90
	Labour	Gillian Galbraith	1180
	UKIP	Jamie Lee Nast	610
	Conservative	Kieth Charles O'Brien	1015
Majority
Turnout			2909	36.9
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

St Michaels

St Michael's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Vincent Gray Costello	606
	Conservative	Michael Dixon	1501
	Green	Rachel Sarah Featherstone	250
	Labour	Zafar Iqbal	866
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Wood	131
Majority
Turnout			3364	38.8
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

St. Peters

St Peter's Ward^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shirley Leadbitter	1,088	36.4%	+0.6%
	Labour	Stephen Bonallie	999	33.4%	-3.8%
	UKIP	Brenda Tweddle	653	21.8%	NA
	Green	Saied Satei	135	4.5%	NA
	TUSC	Doug Beavers	114	3.8%	NA
Majority			89
Turnout			2,989	34.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Washington Central

Washington Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Griffin	137
	Conservative	Marjorie Matthews	343
	UKIP	Erland Max Howard Polden	939
	Labour	Linda Williams	1624
Majority
Turnout			3057	34.4
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Washington East

Washington East Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Bannister	145
	UKIP	Linda Hudson	792
	Conservative	Hilary Johnson	767
	TUSC	Wilf Laws	75
	Labour	Neville Padgett	1254
Majority
Turnout			3056	34.3
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Washington North

St Michael's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Fletcher	1544
	Conservative	Alice Miller Mclaren	203
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Morris	67
	UKIP	Tony Ormond	815
Majority
Turnout			2652	30.6
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Washington South

St Michael's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Alistair Baxter	740
	Liberal Democrat	David Griffin	140
	Labour	Graeme Miller	1239
	Conservative	Martin John Talbot	638
Majority
Turnout			2775	34.1
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

Washington West

St Michael's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Bannister	128
	Conservative	Olwyn Bird	433
	UKIP	Kevin John Shephard	703
	Labour	Dorothy Trueman	1677
Majority
Turnout			2960	32.4
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing	-

References

(2013 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2014 (→ 2015)

London boroughs	London Borough councils Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

District councils	Adur Amber Valley Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest

Northern Irish councils	Antrim and Newtownabbey Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry and Strabane Fermanagh and Omagh Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid-Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down North Down and Ards

Mayoral elections	Hackney Lewisham Newham Tower Hamlets Watford

See also: European Parliament election