Before (end of 1977)
Not known.
After (end of 1978)
Not known.
Ward results
No. 1 (Sunderland: Bishopswearmouth)1 seat · turnout 28.5%
| W. White | Conservative | 1,325 |
| K. Rooke | Labour | 658 |
No. 10 (Sunderland: Humbledon)1 seat · turnout 44.7%
| T. Bridges | Labour | 1,655 |
| P. Straw | Conservative | 1,516 |
No. 11 (Sunderland: Hylton Castle)1 seat · turnout 23.7%
| L. Watson | Labour | 999 |
| R. Smith | Conservative | 470 |
No. 12 (Sunderland: Monkwearmouth & Roker)2 seats · turnout 34.1%
| J. Brown | Conservative | 3,312 |
| J. Ferrier | Conservative | 2,691 |
| S. Heatlie | Labour | 884 |
| J. Lennox | LIB | 581 |
No. 13 (Sunderland: Ryhope)1 seat · turnout 31.8%
| A. Lumley | Labour | 1,717 |
| T. Nelson | Conservative | 640 |
No. 15 (Sunderland: St. Michaels)1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| J. Marshall | Conservative | 2,936 |
| M. Thompson | Labour | 669 |
No. 17 (Sunderland: Thorney Close)1 seat · turnout 28.9%
| F. Otterson | Labour | 1,684 |
| A. Miller | Conservative | 1,019 |
No. 18 (Sunderland: Thornhill)1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| W. Shaw | Conservative | 1,904 |
| M. Greenfield | LIB | 511 |
No. 19 (Sunderland: Southwick)1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| L. Harper | Labour | 1,029 |
| J. Porton | Conservative | 586 |
| H. Sanderson | LIB | 187 |
No. 2 (Sunderland: Castletown)1 seat · turnout 29.3%
| E. Jenkins | Labour | 1,237 |
| C. Lee | Conservative | 366 |
| F. Hall | LIB | 134 |
No. 20 (Hetton-Le-Hole & Hetton Downs)1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| T. Scott | Labour | 1,534 |
| R. Coulson | Conservative | 466 |
| J. Ellis | LIB | 437 |
No. 21 (Rainton & Easington Lane)1 seat · turnout 29.5%
| J. Ibinson | Labour | 977 |
| A. Carr | LIB | 264 |
| G. Milburn | Conservative | 179 |
No. 22 (Houghton-Le-Spring)1 seat · turnout 34.0%
| E. Bramfitt | Labour | 1,271 ✓ |
| A. Wright | Conservative | 832 |
| R. Ellis | LIB | 438 |
| W. Sidaway | Independent | 195 |
No. 23 (Fence Houses & Newbottle)1 seat · turnout 27.6%
| G. Elliott | Labour | 1,439 |
| R. Highley | Conservative | 486 |
| H. Taylor | LIB | 182 |
No. 25 (Washington North)1 seat · turnout 26.3%
| J. Walker | Labour | 2,075 |
| B. Dixon | Conservative | 651 |
No. 26 (Washington South)1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| T. Finnigan | Labour | 4,172 |
| M. Gray | Conservative | 2,794 |
No. 3 (Sunderland: Central)1 seat · turnout 30.8%
| A. Myers | Labour | 1,010 |
| A. Carlin | Conservative | 676 |
| F. Frost | COMM | 41 |
No. 4 (Sunderland: Colliery)1 seat · turnout 41.8%
| H. Vardy | Labour | 1,134 |
| J. Bowens | Conservative | 1,092 |
No. 5 (Sunderland: Deptford Andpallion)1 seat · turnout 31.7%
| W. Wilkinson | Conservative | 1,679 ✓ |
| F. Lewins | Labour | 1,439 |
| H. Oliver | Ind Con | 231 |
| W. Lundgren | LIB | 201 |
No. 6 (Sunderland: Downhill)1 seat · turnout 23.9%
| J. McGrath | Labour | 1,500 |
| H. Speight | Conservative | 571 |
No. 9 (Sunderland: Hendon)2 seats · turnout 28.4%
| P. Soldinger | Conservative | 1,462 |
| D. Whiteman | Conservative | 1,371 |
| T. Fitzsimmons | Labour | 560 |
| A. Otterson | Labour | 512 |