2006 Sunderland City Council election

2016 local election in Sunderland March 2025 November 2013 2006 Sunderland City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 2004 Sunderland City Council election 2004 4 May 2006 2007 Sunderland City Council election 2007 One third of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council 38 Labour Party (UK) 60 19 59 1 Sunderland 2006 election map.png Map of the 2006 Sunderland City Council election results. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Majority party Labour Majority party after election Labour Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 1 2 0 Conservative Party (UK) 12 5 13 1 Independent (politician) 1 0 1 0 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 stayed in overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/cm.stm Local elections: Sunderland 2010-12-25 BBC NewsLocal elections 2006: Results in full 2006-05-06 The Guardian 20 Campaign Before the election the council was composed of 60 Labour, 12 Conservative, 2 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent councillors. Stakes are high in authorities around the North The Journal 8 2006-04-18 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.http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/councillor-treated-like-a-pariah-4558818 Councillor 'treated like a pariah' Administrator journallive 2006-08-10 journallive 2018-07-02 en 2 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204755/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/councillor-treated-like-a-pariah-4558818 dead 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. Peter Young Tories miss election boat Evening Chronicle 6 2006-04-04 Other candidates included 22 from the Liberal Democrats and 1 from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Sunderland The Journal 4 2006-05-05 The council was safe for Labour, but the Conservatives were hoping to make gains in the wards of Doxford, St Peters, Washington East and Washington South. Sunderland was one of 4 local councils which had early polling stations available so voters could vote up to 2 weeks before the election. Cast your vote early Evening Chronicle 13 2006-04-11 Election results The results saw Labour keep a strong majority on the council after finishing just one seat down with 59 councillors. 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. Lib Dems' grip on city strengthened Evening Chronicle 4 2006-05-05 The other Labour loss was to the Liberal Democrats in Millfield, but Labour also gained Washington South from the Liberal Democrats.All smiles as Labour comes through unscathed. 2006-05-05 Sunderland Echo This meant the Conservatives had 13 seats, the Liberal Democrats 2 and 1 independent. Meanwhile, the British National Party failed to win any seats, but did win almost 15% of the vote. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/4975072.stm Labour keep control of Sunderland 2010-12-26 2006-05-05 BBC News Overall 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. 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. Councillor criticises his own party The Journal 15 2006-05-10 Sunderland local election result 2006 http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=7876&p=0 Results of Poll 2010-12-25 Sunderland City Council https://web.archive.org/web/20110807062119/http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=7876&p=0 7 August 2011 dead Local elections The Times London 64 2006-05-06 Labour Party (UK) 19 1 2 1 76.0 40.5 27,546 14.9 Conservative Party (UK) 5 1 0 1 20.0 28.4 19,280 0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 1 0 4.0 15.7 10,683 7.7 British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 14.6 9,948 8.0 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 449 0.2 Official Monster Raving Loony Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 48 0.1 This resulted in the following composition of the council: PartyPrevious CouncilNew CouncilLabour6059Conservatives1213Liberal Democrats22Independent11Total7575Working majorityred 45 darkgrayred 43 darkgray Ward by ward results Barnes Conservative Party (UK) Michael Arnott 1,540 46.6 Labour Party (UK) David Errington 779 23.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Taylor 652 19.7 British National Party Jason Dent 334 10.1 761 23.0 3,305 37.3 -11.2 Conservative Party (UK) Castle Labour Party (UK) Robert Symonds 1,203 49.7 British National Party Ian McDonald 515 21.3 Independent (politician) Stephen Hanratty 449 18.6 Conservative Party (UK) Alice Mclaren 253 10.5 688 28.4 2,420 28.4 -7.9 Labour Party (UK) Copt Hill Labour Party (UK) Robert Heron 1,372 50.7 Conservative Party (UK) David Wilson 898 33.2 British National Party Michael Webb 438 16.2 474 17.5 2,708 29.8 -7.4 Labour Party (UK) Doxford Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Gibson 1,020 39.1 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Elliot-West 758 29.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Major 438 16.8 British National Party Peter Swain 391 15.0 262 10.0 2,607 32.5 -6.4 Labour Party (UK) Fulwell Conservative Party (UK) George Howe 1,996 52.2 Labour Party (UK) Robert Price 977 25.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leslie Wascoe 459 12.0 British National Party Joseph Dobbie 392 10.3 1,019 26.6 3,824 42.7 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Hendon Labour Party (UK) Mary Smith 1,062 41.9 British National Party David Guynan 534 21.1 Conservative Party (UK) Alistair Newton 528 20.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Jackson 361 14.3 Official Monster Raving Loony Party Rosalyn Warner 48 1.9 528 20.8 2,533 31.4 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) Hetton Labour Party (UK) Richard Tate 1,364 56.8 British National Party John Richardson 544 22.6 Conservative Party (UK) George Brown 494 20.6 820 34.1 2,402 27.4 -9.8 Labour Party (UK) Houghton Labour Party (UK) Dennis Richardson 1,312 50.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Avril Snowball 476 18.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Wilson 428 16.5 British National Party Lesley Dathan 376 14.5 836 32.3 -6.0 2,592 29.6 Labour Party (UK) Millfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Maddison 856 41.0 Labour Party (UK) Kevin O'Connor 660 31.6 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Dobson 313 15.0 British National Party Christopher Lathan 258 12.4 196 9.4 2,087 29.2 -6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Pallion Labour Party (UK) Cecilia Gofton 1,013 43.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Hollern 453 19.4 British National Party James Davison 441 18.9 Conservative Party (UK) Gwennyth Gibson 424 18.2 560 24.0 2,331 29.7 -6.3 Labour Party (UK) Redhill Labour Party (UK) Paul Stewart 1,313 51.1 British National Party Ian Leadbitter 687 26.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Griffin 302 11.8 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Connor 266 10.4 626 24.4 2,568 29.7 -6.8 Labour Party (UK) Ryhope Labour Party (UK) David Wares 1,077 41.2 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Daughton 740 28.3 British National Party William Brown 415 15.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jane Walters 383 14.6 337 12.9 2,615 32.6 -5.0 Labour Party (UK) Sandhill Labour Party (UK) David Allan 1,033 42.7 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Vardy 577 23.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gary Hollern 439 18.1 British National Party Joseph Dobbie 373 15.4 456 18.8 2,422 29.0 -7.7 Labour Party (UK) Shiney Row Labour Party (UK) Melville Speding 1,477 50.0 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Middlemiss 552 18.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Forster 548 18.5 British National Party Sharon Leadbitter 379 12.8 925 31.3 2,956 30.5 -8.3 Labour Party (UK) Silksworth Labour Party (UK) Philip Tye 1,345 45.6 Conservative Party (UK) Paula Wilkinson 691 23.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Hall 479 16.2 British National Party Anthony James 433 14.7 654 22.2 2,948 34.9 -8.3 Labour Party (UK) Southwick Labour Party (UK) Norma Wright 1,063 42.1 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Docherty 536 21.3 British National Party Alan Brettwood 532 21.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Griffin 391 15.5 527 20.9 2,522 30.8 -7.0 Labour Party (UK) St Annes Labour Party (UK) Thomas Wright 977 45.5 Conservative Party (UK) Marjorie Matthews 440 20.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Emma Pryke 368 17.1 British National Party John Boyd 362 16.9 537 25.0 2,147 27.7 -7.4 Labour Party (UK) St Chads Conservative Party (UK) Robert Oliver 1,743 54.0 Labour Party (UK) Alan Whitwham 1,017 31.5 British National Party Carol Dobbie 250 7.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Lambton 218 6.8 726 22.5 3,228 41.0 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) St Michaels Conservative Party (UK) Paul Maddison 1,680 53.1 Labour Party (UK) Garry Dent 640 20.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lesley Dixon 523 16.5 British National Party Ian Sayers 321 10.1 1,040 32.9 3,164 38.5 -9.8 Conservative Party (UK) St Peters Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Leadbitter 1,289 41.5 Labour Party (UK) Christine Shattock 947 30.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Pryke 470 15.1 British National Party John McCaffrey 402 12.9 342 11.0 3,108 38.1 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Washington Central Labour Party (UK) Denis Whalen 1,263 44.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Keogh 622 21.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Atkinson 576 20.1 British National Party Kevin Lathan 404 14.1 641 22.4 2,865 32.4 -7.8 Labour Party (UK) Washington East Labour Party (UK) Neil MacKnight 1,103 38.3 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Cuthbert 1,005 34.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Avril Grundy 487 16.9 British National Party Derek Wright 286 9.9 98 3.4 2,881 33.2 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) Washington North Labour Party (UK) Jill Fletcher 1,343 54.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Hillman 455 18.6 Conservative Party (UK) Russell Bloxsom 354 14.4 British National Party David Laing 299 12.2 888 36.2 2,451 28.1 -8.5 Labour Party (UK) Washington South Labour Party (UK) Graeme Miller 786 30.9 Conservative Party (UK) Kathyrn Chamberlin 751 29.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Boyce 720 28.3 British National Party Deborah Boyd 290 11.4 35 1.4 2,547 30.9 -6.0 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Washington West Labour Party (UK) Jean Stephenson 1,400 51.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Irene Bannister 583 21.4 Conservative Party (UK) Olwyn Bird 448 16.5 British National Party Frederick Donkin 292 10.7 817 30.0 2,723 30.5 -7.0 Labour Party (UK) References 2004 Sunderland City Council election Sunderland City Council elections 2007 Sunderland City Council election Category:2006 English local elections 2006 Category:2000s in Tyne and Wear