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    Sunderland, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (5 July 1945), Frederick Willey (The Labour Party) and Richard Ewart (The Labour Party) won Sunderland, with a majority of 7,345 votes.

    At the Local Elections 1975 (1 May 1975), 7 seats on Sunderland were filled: The Labour Party 5 and Conservative Party 2. The Labour Party won a majority of the seats contested.

    Area type
    constituency
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    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    8
    Wards / divisions
    21
    Sunderland: seats won by party at each election
    ElectionDateSeats won by party
    Local Elections 19885 May 1988Conservative Party 1
    Local Elections 19877 May 1987Conservative Party 1
    Local Elections 19801 May 1980The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 19793 May 1979Conservative Party 1
    Local Elections 19784 May 1978Conservative Party 1, The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 19766 May 1976Conservative Party 2, The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 19751 May 1975The Labour Party 5, Conservative Party 2
    Local Elections 10 May 1973 (metropolitan and Welsh districts)10 May 1973The Labour Party 3
    Sunderland: UK General Election 05 Jul 1945
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Frederick WilleyThe Labour Party38,76928.1%Yes
    Richard EwartThe Labour Party36,71126.6%Yes
    Stephen Noel FurnessLiberal National29,36621.3%No
    Baron Buckton Samuel StoreyConservative Party28,57920.7%No
    Thomas Alfred RichardsonCommunist4,5013.3%No
    Sunderland: UK General Election 14 Nov 1935
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Stephen Noel FurnessLiberal National49,00130.2%Yes
    Baron Buckton Samuel StoreyConservative Party48,76030%Yes
    George Edward Gordon CatlinThe Labour Party32,48320%No
    Elizabeth Leah ManningThe Labour Party32,05919.8%No
    Sunderland: UK General Election 27 Oct 1931
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Luke ThompsonConservative Party53,38632.3%Yes
    Baron Buckton Samuel StoreyConservative Party52,58931.8%Yes
    Marion PhillipsThe Labour Party29,70718%No
    Denis Nowell PrittThe Labour Party29,68017.9%No
    Sunderland: UK General Election 30 May 1929
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Marion PhillipsThe Labour Party31,79419.5%Yes
    Aidan SmithThe Labour Party31,08519%Yes
    Walter RaineUnionist29,18017.9%No
    Luke ThompsonUnionist28,93717.7%No
    Elizabeth Trebelle MorganLiberal Democrats21,30013%No
    John William PrattLiberal Democrats21,14212.9%No
    Sunderland: UK General Election 29 Oct 1924
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Luke ThompsonUnionist28,61225.3%Yes
    Walter RaineUnionist28,60825.3%Yes
    Jeremiah McVeaghThe Labour Party21,82319.3%No
    Lawrence Andrew CommonLiberal Democrats20,13917.8%No
    Ian Campbell HannahLiberal Democrats13,73112.2%No
    Sunderland: UK General Election 06 Dec 1923
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Walter RaineUnionist23,49719.9%Yes
    Luke ThompsonUnionist23,37919.8%Yes
    Lawrence Andrew CommonLiberal Democrats22,43819%No
    Hamar GreenwoodLiberal Democrats22,03418.6%No
    David Baxter LawleyThe Labour Party13,70711.6%No
    Thomas William GillinderThe Labour Party13,18411.2%No
    Sunderland: UK General Election 15 Nov 1922
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Walter RaineUnionist28,00125%Yes
    Luke ThompsonUnionist24,59122%Yes
    Hamar GreenwoodNational Liberal19,05817%No
    David Baxter LawleyThe Labour Party13,68312.2%No
    Vickerman Henzell RutherfordThe Labour Party13,49012.1%No
    Lawrence Andrew CommonLiberal Democrats13,03611.7%No
    Sunderland: UK General Election 14 Dec 1918
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Hamar GreenwoodLiberal with Coalition Coupon27,64643.9%Yes
    Ralph Milbanke HudsonUnionist25,69840.8%Yes
    Frank Walter GoldstoneThe Labour Party9,60315.3%No

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