2023 Sunderland City Council election

2023 Sunderland City Council election
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25 of 75 seats on Sunderland City Council
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Graeme Miller Niall Hodson Antony Mullen
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 43 14 15
Seats won 16 5 3
Seats after 45 15 13
Seat change Increase2 Increase1 Decrease2
Popular vote 28,796 10,882 14,358
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Reform UK Independent
Seats before 1 2
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change - Decrease2
Popular vote 4,230 1,719
2023 Sunderland City Council Election Map
Leader before election

Graeme Miller
Labour

Leader after election

Graeme Miller
Labour

The 2023 Sunderland City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Sunderland City Council. There were 25 of the 75 seats of the council up for election, being the usual third of the council. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.

Labour retained its majority on the council.[1][2] The Liberal Democrats overtook the Conservatives to become the largest opposition party. The Liberal Democrats were led into the election by Niall Hodson, but he was replaced as party leader after the election by Paul Edgeworth.[3]

  1. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour hold Sunderland, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ Binding, Chris (5 May 2023). "Sunderland City Council election results 2023 in full". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ Gillan, Tony (18 May 2023). "Sunderland City Council has new main opposition leader after Lib Dems announce change at the top". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 20 May 2023.