2006 Sunderland City Council election

Map of the results of the 2006 Sunderland council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2006 Sunderland Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 59
• Conservative 13
• Liberal Democrat 2
• Independent 1

Election result

Sunderland Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour				-1
	Conservative				+1
	Liberal Democrats
	BNP
	Independent
	Liberal

Ward results

Barnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Arnott	1,540	46.6
	Labour	David Errington	779	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Taylor	652	19.7
	BNP	Jason Dent	334	10.1
Majority			761	23.0
Turnout			3,305	37.3	−11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Symonds	1,203	49.7
	BNP	Ian McDonald	515	21.3
	Independent	Stephen Hanratty	449	18.6
	Conservative	Alice Mclaren	253	10.5
Majority			688	28.4
Turnout			2,420	28.4	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Copt Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Heron	1,372	50.7
	Conservative	David Wilson	898	33.2
	BNP	Michael Webb	438	16.2
Majority			474	17.5
Turnout			2,708	29.8	−7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Doxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Gibson	1,020	39.1
	Conservative	Peter Elliot-West	758	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Major	438	16.8
	BNP	Peter Swain	391	15.0
Majority			262	10.0
Turnout			2,607	32.5	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Fulwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Howe	1,996	52.2
	Labour	Robert Price	977	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Wascoe	459	12.0
	BNP	Joseph Dobbie	392	10.3
Majority			1,019	26.6
Turnout			3,824	42.7	−9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hendon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Smith	1,062	41.9
	BNP	David Guynan	534	21.1
	Conservative	Alistair Newton	528	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Jackson	361	14.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Rosalyn Warner	48	1.9
Majority			528	20.8
Turnout			2,533	31.4	−4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Hetton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Tate	1,364	56.8
	BNP	John Richardson	544	22.6
	Conservative	George Brown	494	20.6
Majority			820	34.1
Turnout			2,402	27.4	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Houghton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Richardson	1,312	50.6
	Liberal Democrats	Avril Snowball	476	18.4
	Conservative	Jane Wilson	428	16.5
	BNP	Lesley Dathan	376	14.5
Majority			836	32.3	−6.0
Turnout			2,592	29.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Millfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maddison	856	41.0
	Labour	Kevin O'Connor	660	31.6
	Conservative	Leslie Dobson	313	15.0
	BNP	Christopher Lathan	258	12.4
Majority			196	9.4
Turnout			2,087	29.2	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Pallion

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecilia Gofton	1,013	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hollern	453	19.4
	BNP	James Davison	441	18.9
	Conservative	Gwennyth Gibson	424	18.2
Majority			560	24.0
Turnout			2,331	29.7	−6.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Redhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Stewart	1,313	51.1
	BNP	Ian Leadbitter	687	26.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Griffin	302	11.8
	Conservative	Gillian Connor	266	10.4
Majority			626	24.4
Turnout			2,568	29.7	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	BNP
Majority
Turnout
	) hold		Swing

References

Preceded by Sunderland Council election, 2004

Sunderland local elections

Succeeded by Sunderland Council election, 2007

Category:English local elections, 2006 Category:Council elections in Tyne and Wear Category:Politics of the City of Sunderland