__NOTOC__ The 2015 Sunderland City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of

Sunderland City Council Sunderland City Council is the local authority of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the major ...

in England. This was on the same day as other

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, and the 2015 General Election.

Background

There had been one by-election held in the period since the previous local elections in 2014 which saw Labour hold the Washington East ward in November 2014 following the resignation of their incumbent councillor in October.

Election results

The election saw

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gain three seats, increasing the party's majority on the Council. Labour gained from the Conservatives in Barnes and Fulwell, and from an

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, Colin Wakefield, in Houghton. After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward by ward results

''Asterisk denotes incumbent councillor.''

Barnes Ward

Castle Ward

Copt Hill Ward

Doxford Ward

Fulwell Ward

Hendon Ward

Hetton Ward

Houghton Ward

Millfield Ward

Pallion Ward

Redhill Ward

Ryhope Ward

St Anne's Ward

St Chad's Ward

St Michael's Ward

St Peter's Ward

Sandhill Ward

Shiney Row Ward

Silksworth Ward

Southwick Ward

Washington Central Ward

Washington East Ward

Washington North Ward

Washington South Ward

Washington West Ward

References

''List of candidates standing - Local Government Election'', Sunderland City Council
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