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{{Short description|2016 local election in Sunderland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2006 Sunderland City Council election, 2006
| country = England
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = [[2004 Sunderland City Council election, 2004]]
| previous_year = [[2004 Sunderland City Council election, 2004|2004]]
| election_date = 4 May 2006
| next_election = [[2007 Sunderland City Council election, 2007]]
| next_year = [[2007 Sunderland City Council election, 2007|2007]]
| seats_for_election = One third of 75 seats on [[Sunderland City Council]]
| majority_seats = 38
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| seat_change4 = {{steady}}0
| swing4 =
}}The '''2006 Sunderland Council election''' took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of [[Sunderland City Council]] in [[Tyne and Wear]], [[England]]. One third of the Council was up for election and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] partyParty stayed in overall control.<ref name="hold">{{cite webnews| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/cm.stm | title = Local elections: Sunderland | accessdateaccess-date = 2010-12-25 | publisherwork = ''[[BBC News Online]]''}}</ref><ref name="ull">{{cite news|title=Local elections 2006: Results in full|date=2006-05-06|publishernewspaper=[[The Guardian]]|page=20}}</ref>
 
==Campaign==
Before the election the council was composed of 60 Labour, 12 [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], 2 [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] and 1 [[Independent (politician)|independent]] [[councillor]]s.<ref name=stakes>{{cite news | title = Stakes are high in authorities around the North | publisher = [[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]] | page = 8 | date = 2006-04-18 }}</ref> In the period since the previous local elections in May 2004, there had been two by-elections, in Barnes Ward and Millfield Ward (with seats held by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats respectively), and Doxford councillor Mike Tansey had left the Labour Party to sit as an Independent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/councillor-treated-like-a-pariah-4558818|title=Councillor `treated like a pariah'|last=Administrator|first=journallive|date=2006-08-10|work=journallive|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204755/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/councillor-treated-like-a-pariah-4558818|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
In total 99 candidates stood in the election for the 25 seats that were being contested, with the Labour Party, Conservative Party and [[British National Party]] contesting every seat.<ref name="boat">{{cite news | first = Peter | last = Young | title = Tories miss election boat | publishernewspaper = [[Evening Chronicle]] | page = 6 | date = 2006-04-04 }}</ref> Other candidates included 22 from the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] and 1 from the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]].<ref name="sunderland">{{cite news | title = Sunderland | publisher = [[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]] | page = 4 | date = 2006-05-05 }}</ref> The council was safe for Labour, but the Conservatives were hoping to make gains in the [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]] of [[Doxford Park|Doxford]], St Peters, [[Washington, Tyne and Wear|Washington]] East and Washington South.<ref name="stakes" />
 
Sunderland was one of 4 local councils which had early [[polling station]]s available so voters could vote up to 2 weeks before the election.<ref name=early>{{cite news | title = Cast your vote early | publishernewspaper = [[Evening Chronicle]] | page = 13 | date = 2006-04-11 }}</ref>
 
==Election results==
The results saw Labour keep a strong majority on the council after finishing just one seat down with 59 councillors.<ref name=sunderland/> The Labour leader of the council, Robert Symonds, was among those to hold his seat in Castle ward, but the party did lose 2 seats including St Peters to the Conservatives.<ref name=sunderland/><ref name=grip>{{cite news | title = Lib Dems' grip on city strengthened | publishernewspaper = [[Evening Chronicle]] | page = 4 | date = 2006-05-05 }}</ref> The other Labour loss was to the Liberal Democrats in Millfield, but Labour also gained Washington South from the Liberal Democrats.<ref name=grip/><ref name="smiles">{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-184222614.html|title=All smiles as Labour comes through unscathed.|date=2006-05-05|publisher=''[[Sunderland Echo]]''|accessdateaccess-date=2010-12-26}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> This meant the Conservatives had 13 seats, the Liberal Democrats 2 and 1 independent.<ref name=sunderland/> Meanwhile, the British National Party failed to win any seats, but did win almost 15% of the vote.<ref name=smiles/><ref name=labour>{{cite webnews| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/4975072.stm | title = Labour keep control of Sunderland | accessdateaccess-date = 2010-12-26 | date = 2006-05-05 | publisherwork = ''[[BBC News Online]]''}}</ref> Overall [[Voter turnout|turnout]] was 32.2%, with 1,436 voters having used the early voting scheme, while 30,304 people used [[postal voting]], which was 67.54% of those registered to vote by post.<ref name="sunderland" /><ref name=labour/>
 
Following the election the leader of the Conservative group, Peter Wood, was challenged for the leadership by Lee Martin, but held on by one vote.<ref name=criticises>{{cite news | title = Councillor criticises his own party | publisher = [[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]] | page = 15 | date = 2006-05-10 }}</ref>
 
{{Election Summarysummary Beginbegin|title = Sunderland Local Election Result 2006<ref name=results>{{cite web | url = http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=7876&p=0 | title = Results of Poll | accessdateaccess-date = 2010-12-25 | publisher = ''Sunderland City Council'' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807062119/http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=7876&p=0 | archive-date = 7 August 2011 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=local>{{cite news | title = Local elections | publishernewspaper = [[The Times]] | page = 64 | date = 2006-05-06 }}</ref>}}
{{Election Summarysummary Party|party
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 19
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|plus/minus = {{decrease}}14.9
}}
{{Election Summarysummary Party|party
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 5
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|plus/minus = {{decrease}}0.5
}}
{{Election Summarysummary Party|party
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 1
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|plus/minus = {{increase}}7.7
}}
{{Election Summarysummary Party|party
|party = British National Party
|seats = 0
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|votes % = 14.6
|votes = 9,948
|plus/minus = {{increase}}8.0
}}
{{Election Summarysummary Party|party
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
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|plus/minus = {{decrease}}0.2
}}
{{Election Summarysummary Party|party
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|seats = 0
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{{Election box end}}This resulted in the following composition of the Council:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" valign="top" style="width: 230px" href="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |Party
! valign="top" style="width: 30px" |Previous Council
! valign="top" style="width: 30px" href="Independent (politician)" |New Council
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}; width: 3px;" |
|Labour
| href="Conservative Party (UK)" |Labour
|60
| href="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |60
|59
| href="Independent (politician)" |59
|-
|- href="councillor"
! style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}; width: 3px;" href="British National Party" |
| href="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |Conservatives
|12
| href="Official Monster Raving Loony Party" |12
|13
| href="Wards of the United Kingdom" |13
|-
|- href="Doxford Park"
! style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color}}; width: 3px;" href="Washington, Tyne and Wear" |
|Liberal Democrats
|2
| href="polling station" |2
|2
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)/meta/color}}; width: 3px;" href="Voter turnout" |
| href="postal voting" |Independent
|1
|1
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!{{Color box|red|43||border=darkgray}}
|}
 
==Ward by ward results==
 
{{Election box begin | title=Barnes<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Arnott
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Errington
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Taylor
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Jason Dent
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|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 761
|percentage = 23.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,305
|percentage = 37.3
|change = -11.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Castle<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Symonds
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Ian McDonald
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stephen Hanratty
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|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alice Mclaren
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|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 688
|percentage = 28.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,420
|percentage = 28.4
|change = -7.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Copt Hill<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Heron
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Wilson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Michael Webb
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 474
|percentage = 17.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,708
|percentage = 29.8
|change = -7.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Doxford<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Gibson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Elliot-West
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Major
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|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Peter Swain
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|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 262
|percentage = 10.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,607
|percentage = 32.5
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Fulwell<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Howe
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Price
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Leslie Wascoe
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Joseph Dobbie
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,019
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,824
|percentage = 42.7
|change = -9.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Hendon<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mary Smith
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = David Guynan
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alistair Newton
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Jackson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = Rosalyn Warner
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|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 528
|percentage = 20.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,533
|percentage = 31.4
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Hetton<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Tate
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = John Richardson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Brown
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 820
|percentage = 34.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,402
|percentage = 27.4
|change = -9.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Houghton<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Richardson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Avril Snowball
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jane Wilson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Lesley Dathan
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 836
|percentage = 32.3
|change = -6.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,592
|percentage = 29.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Millfield<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Maddison
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kevin O'Connor
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Leslie Dobson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Christopher Lathan
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 196
|percentage = 9.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,087
|percentage = 29.2
|change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Pallion<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Cecilia Gofton
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Hollern
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = James Davison
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gwennyth Gibson
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 560
|percentage = 24.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,331
|percentage = 29.7
|change = -6.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Redhill<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Stewart
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Ian Leadbitter
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Griffin
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Connor
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 626
|percentage = 24.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,568
|percentage = 29.7
|change = -6.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Ryhope<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Wares
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Daughton
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = William Brown
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jane Walters
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 337
|percentage = 12.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,615
|percentage = 32.6
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Sandhill<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Allan
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Vardy
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gary Hollern
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Joseph Dobbie
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 456
|percentage = 18.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,422
|percentage = 29.0
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Shiney Row<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Melville Speding
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Douglas Middlemiss
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul Forster
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Sharon Leadbitter
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 925
|percentage = 31.3
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,956
|percentage = 30.5
|change = -8.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Silksworth<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Tye
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paula Wilkinson
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sandra Hall
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Anthony James
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 654
|percentage = 22.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,948
|percentage = 34.9
|change = -8.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Southwick<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Norma Wright
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence Docherty
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Alan Brettwood
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christine Griffin
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 527
|percentage = 20.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,522
|percentage = 30.8
|change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=St Annes<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Wright
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marjorie Matthews
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Emma Pryke
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = John Boyd
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 537
|percentage = 25.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,147
|percentage = 27.7
|change = -7.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=St Chads<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Oliver
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Whitwham
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Carol Dobbie
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Diana Lambton
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 726
|percentage = 22.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,228
|percentage = 41.0
|change = -5.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
Line 968 ⟶ 970:
 
{{Election box begin | title=St Michaels<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Maddison
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Garry Dent
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lesley Dixon
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Ian Sayers
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,040
|percentage = 32.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,164
|percentage = 38.5
|change = -9.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
Line 1,013 ⟶ 1,015:
 
{{Election box begin | title=St Peters<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Shirley Leadbitter
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Shattock
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Pryke
Line 1,034 ⟶ 1,036:
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = John McCaffrey
Line 1,041 ⟶ 1,043:
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 342
|percentage = 11.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,108
|percentage = 38.1
|change = -7.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
Line 1,059 ⟶ 1,061:
 
{{Election box begin | title=Washington Central<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Denis Whalen
Line 1,066 ⟶ 1,068:
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Edward Keogh
Line 1,073 ⟶ 1,075:
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jacqueline Atkinson
Line 1,080 ⟶ 1,082:
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Kevin Lathan
Line 1,087 ⟶ 1,089:
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 641
|percentage = 22.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,865
|percentage = 32.4
|change = -7.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
Line 1,104 ⟶ 1,106:
 
{{Election box begin | title=Washington East<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Neil MacKnight
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Cuthbert
Line 1,118 ⟶ 1,120:
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Avril Grundy
Line 1,125 ⟶ 1,127:
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Derek Wright
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 98
|percentage = 3.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,881
|percentage = 33.2
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
Line 1,149 ⟶ 1,151:
 
{{Election box begin | title=Washington North<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jill Fletcher
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul Hillman
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Russell Bloxsom
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = David Laing
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 888
|percentage = 36.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,451
|percentage = 28.1
|change = -8.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
Line 1,194 ⟶ 1,196:
 
{{Election box begin | title=Washington South<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Graeme Miller
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kathyrn Chamberlin
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Boyce
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Deborah Boyd
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 35
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,547
|percentage = 30.9
|change = -6.0
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
Line 1,240 ⟶ 1,242:
 
{{Election box begin | title=Washington West<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jean Stephenson
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Irene Bannister
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Olwyn Bird
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Frederick Donkin
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|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 817
|percentage = 30.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,723
|percentage = 30.5
|change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
Line 1,288 ⟶ 1,290:
 
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