Before (end of 1975)
Not known.
After (end of 1976)
Not known.
Ward results
No. 1 (Sunderland: Bishopswearmouth)1 seat · turnout 28.2%
| J. Sword | Conservative | 1,239 |
| A. Otterson | Labour | 493 |
| H. Blackeman | LIB | 183 |
No. 10 (Sunderland: Humbledon)1 seat · turnout 38.6%
| D. Jessop | Conservative | 1,284 |
| H. Maddison | Labour | 1,250 |
| C. Milburn | LIB | 234 |
No. 11 (Sunderland: Hylton Castle)1 seat · turnout 18.0%
| A. Hird | Labour | 844 |
| W. Storey | Conservative | 276 |
No. 12 (Sunderland: Monkwearmouth & Roker)1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| G. Spencer | Conservative | 3,195 |
| W. Harrison | Labour | 1,077 |
No. 13 (Sunderland: Ryhope)1 seat · turnout 36.0%
| B. Dodds | Labour | 1,416 |
| J. Mason | LIB | 807 |
| M. Bailey | Conservative | 227 |
No. 15 (Sunderland: St. Michaels)1 seat · turnout 41.7%
| H. Verne-Jones | Conservative | 2,673 |
| F. Hall | Labour | 550 |
| B. Doberman | LIB | 539 |
No. 17 (Sunderland: Thorney Close)1 seat · turnout 23.1%
| D. Thompson | Labour | 1,193 |
| G. Brown | Conservative | 739 |
| O. Carlyon | LIB | 241 |
No. 18 (Sunderland: Thornhill)1 seat · turnout 46.2%
| L. Bland | Conservative | 1,533 |
| R. Smith | LIB | 1,209 |
| P. Doidge | Labour | 322 |
No. 19 (Sunderland: Southwick)1 seat · turnout 20.1%
| H. Crann | Labour | 717 |
| A. Carlin | Conservative | 243 |
| H. Sanderson | LIB | 217 |
No. 2 (Sunderland: Castletown)1 seat · turnout 22.6%
| A. Pratt | Labour | 1,101 |
| W. Corry | Conservative | 253 |
No. 20 (Hetton-Le-Hole & Hetton Downs)1 seat · turnout 30.7%
| C. Buckingham | Labour | 1,274 |
| S. Ellis | LIB | 1,013 |
No. 21 (Rainton & Easington Lane)1 seat · turnout 39.4%
| C. Dickinson | Labour | 909 |
| S. Hannah | LIB | 626 |
| J. Gibbon | Ind LIB | 366 |
No. 23 (Fence Houses & Newbottle)1 seat · turnout 25.8%
| M. Dowell | Labour | 1,270 |
| W. Smurthwaite | LIB | 414 |
| M. Arnott | Conservative | 268 |
No. 25 (Washington North)1 seat · turnout 27.3%
| T. Wanless | Labour | 1,924 |
| B. Dixon | Conservative | 873 |
No. 26 (Washington South)1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| S. Graham | Labour | 2,425 |
| M. Grey | Conservative | 2,166 |
No. 3 (Sunderland: Central)1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| C. Anderson | Labour | 1,078 |
| J. Clark | Conservative | 555 |
| G. Sinclair | LIB | 80 |
No. 4 (Sunderland: Colliery)1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| E. Spain | Conservative | 916 |
| W. Scott | Labour | 914 |
| F. Hall | LIB | 158 |
No. 5 (Sunderland: Deptford Andpallion)1 seat · turnout 32.2%
| I. Arnott | Conservative | 1,761 ✓ |
| A. Myers | Labour | 1,425 |
| H. Chape | LIB | 249 |
| R. Jukes | NF | 185 |
No. 6 (Sunderland: Downhill)1 seat · turnout 20.7%
| A. Burgham | Labour | 1,257 ✓ |
| D. Kayll | Conservative | 353 |
| R. Smith | LIB | 129 |
| R. Don | COMM | 38 |
No. 9 (Sunderland: Hendon)1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| R. Small | Conservative | 1,313 ✓ |
| K. Harrop | Labour | 706 |
| D. Whittaker | LIB | 200 |
| K. Maddison | COMM | 35 |