1975 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election

1975 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1975 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election 1 Conservative Party (UK) 9 2 Liberal Party (UK) 1 1 Independent Labour Party 1 23 Labour 1 1 21 0 0 0 1 1 Majority party after election England 40 Arms of the Sunderland City Council.svg Parliamentary no yes 1973 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election 1973 1 May 1975 1976 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election 1976 One third of 78 seats on Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council Labour Party (UK) 56 15 52 4 Majority party Labour Independent politician The 1975 Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 1 May 1975. A third of the seats on the Council were up for election, with each of the 26 council wards returning one councillor by first-past-the-post. The election was held on the same day as other local elections. Background The new Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council had been formed following the Local Government Act 1972 - all councillors on the new council were elected in an all-up election in 1973. The order in which the councillors were elected in the 1973 election dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates in each ward serving two years and up for re-election in 1975.Rallings Colin https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3c3Q3QmdlTVBoRms/view?usp=sharing Local Elections Handbook 1975 Thrasher Michael The Elections Centre 20 June 2020 Labour had come out of the 1973 elections with a clear majority ahead of the Conservatives. Election results Labour maintained a comfortable majority on the Council after the election, despite losing four seats. The Conservatives gained seats from Labour in Deptford and Pallion ward and Humbledon ward, whilst the Liberals took a seat from Labour in Houghton-le-Spring. An Independent Labour Party candidate took a seat from Labour in Silksworth. Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 1975Labour Party (UK) 15 0 4 4 57.7 38.8 22,066 12.8 Conservative Party (UK) 9 2 0 2 34.6 35.4 20,166 0.7 Liberal Party (UK) 1 1 0 1 3.8 19.3 10,995 12.4 0 0 0 0 3.4 1,925 3.4 All Sunderland District Action Group Independent Labour Party 1 1 0 1 3.8 2.8 1,593 1.3 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.2 123 0.10 0 Independent politician 1.2 0 0 42 0.1 The election resulted in the following composition of the Council: PartyCouncilLabour52Conservatives23Liberal1Independent Labour1Independent1Total78Working majorityred 26 darkgray References Category:Sunderland City Council elections