2024 Sunderland City Council election

2024 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 Paul Edgeworth Antony Mullen
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 47 12 13
Seats won 18 4 3
Seats after 53 12 10
Seat change Increase6 - Decrease3
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Reform UK Independent
Seats before 1 2
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 0 0
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease2
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Sunderland City Council election
Leader before election

Graeme Miller
Labour

Leader after election

Michael Mordey
Labour

The 2024 Sunderland City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Sunderland City Council. 25 of the 75 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.

The Labour Party remained in control of the council and the Liberal Democrats returned as the largest opposition party.[1] After the election Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) appointed Michael Mordey as group leader, replacing Gramme Miller who had led the council since 2018. The Lib Dem group leader Paul Edgeworth said it was "bad news" for Sunderland, adding: "Labour’s London and Newcastle HQs have clearly imposed a yes man for Keir Starmer and a yes man for Kim McGuinness."[2] Michael Mordey was formally confirmed as leader of the council at a council meeting on 20 May 2024.[3]

  1. ^ "Sunderland result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Sunderland's likely new leader 'not a Starmer yes man'". BBC News. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  3. ^ Marko, Nic (21 May 2024). "New Sunderland City Council leader begins first day at the job after official vote takes place". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 9 June 2024.