The final list of candidates standing to become Sunderland’s next councillors has been published ahead of landmark local elections next month. People will go to the polls on 7 May and more than 360 candidates have put their names forward.
Sunderland City Council normally holds its elections by ‘thirds’ for its 75 councillors, with one council seat in each of the city’s 25 wards up for grabs each election cycle.
However, a landmark round of local elections is taking place this year following changes to ward boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission, with 75 councillors due to be elected to new wards.
Electors can vote for no more than three candidates in their ward and anyone wanting to vote must be on the electoral register.
Former city councillors and previous candidates are just some of the people throwing their hats into the ring this year.
With a number of councillors standing down at the end of their terms, the council is expected to see several new faces once the polls have closed.
The Labour Party currently controls around 49 seats on the local authority but the final results on May 7 could lead to new political leadership on Wearside.
The council’s Labour Group and opposition Liberal Democrats and Conservatives will be contesting seats under new ward boundaries across Sunderland, Washington and the Coalfields.
Council documents confirm Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives will all be standing 75 candidates in the local elections, with three candidates in each of the city’s 25 wards.
Reform UK, who currently have no elected councillors on the local authority, will also be standing candidates in all 75 seats.
Meanwhile, the Green Party will be standing candidates in around 64 seats and are not standing any candidates in some city wards.
There are also three independent candidates standing across three separate wards.
Voters going to a polling station on May 7 will need to show photo ID, such as a passport or driving licence.
Those without one of the accepted types of ID can apply for a free voter authority certificate at www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate, or can contact the city council’s electoral services for more information.
Anyone who wants to vote must be on the electoral register and anyone who has not yet registered to vote is being urged to do so immediately.
Once registered, voters have a range of options – they can vote in person, by post or by appointing someone they trust to vote on their behalf, known as a proxy vote.
The deadline to register to vote is 11.59pm on April 20 and residents can apply online at Register to vote – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Elsewhere, the postal vote application deadline is 5pm on April 21 and the proxy vote application deadline is 5pm on April 28.
Here is the full list of the people vying for your vote next month:
Barnes & Thornhill Ward
Syed Mahfuz AHMED – Liberal Democrat
Caroline COMER – Labour and Co-operative Party
Kai Lamont CRAWFORD – Liberal Democrat
Benjamin William DAVIES-SCOTT – Local Conservatives
Tim ELLIS-DALE – Liberal Democrat
Ehthesham HAQUE – Labour and Co-operative Party
Alyson KORDBARLAG – Green Party candidate
Kevin LEONARD – Local Conservatives
Victor John SKINNER – Reform UK
Robert SNOWDON – Reform UK
Jake TAYLOR – Green Party candidate
Fiona Katharine TOBIN – Labour and Co-operative Party
Mark Dominic TYERS – Green Party candidate
Nathan WILLIAMSON – Local Conservatives
Lynn WYNN – Reform UK
Deptford & Hendon Ward
Colin ANDREW WILSON – Liberal Democrat
Lynda Joyce ANDREWS – Reform UK
David BARKER – Reform UK
Syeda Shilpe CHOWDHURY – Labour and Co-operative Party
James EBERE – Local Conservatives
Stephen Lewis ELMS – Labour and Co-operative Party
Gideon Oseremen ERIAYE – Local Conservatives
Francesca HODSON – Liberal Democrat
Helmut IZAKS – Green Party candidate
Marie MCCARTY – Reform UK
Raymond John MOORE – Green Party candidate
Myles Alfie MORDEY – Labour and Co-operative Party
Ciaran Joseph MORRISSEY – Liberal Democrat
Liam MURPHY – Green Party candidate
Steven PORTER – Local Conservatives
Doxford Park Ward
Adam AISTON – Local Conservatives
Lynda ALEXANDER – Reform UK
Jean BARLEY – Labour Party
Keith Leslie BROWN – Green Party candidate
Allen David CURTIS – Labour Party
Lily DANIELS – Green Party candidate
Alan EMERY – Reform UK
Heather FAGAN – Liberal Democrat
Paul GIBSON – Liberal Democrat
HALEY – Green Party candidate
Helen Caroline MADDISON – Local Conservatives
Michael PEACOCK – Liberal Democrat
Bryn David THOMAS – Reform UK
Ehis UWAIFO – Local Conservatives
Duncan WOOD – Labour Party
Farringdon & Silksworth Ward
Joseph AUSTIN – Local Conservatives
Scott Andrew BURROWS – Green Party candidate
Kevin DE ROCHE – Local Conservatives
Ian Henri DURY- Reform UK
Helen GREENER – Reform UK
Billy Scott HOWELLS – Green Party candidate
Robert HUTCHINSON -Reform UK
Jessica JENKINS – Liberal Democrat
Joanne LAVERICK – Labour Party
Lauren May LAWS – Labour Party
Deborah MULLEN – Local Conservatives
Martin SMITH – Liberal Democrat
Heidi TOLSON – Green Party candidate
Phil TYE -Labour Party
Linda Mary WOOD – Liberal Democrat
Fulwell Ward
Nichola AUSTIN-RATCLIFFE – Local Conservatives
Peter Sidney BARLEY -Labour Party
Malcolm BOND – Liberal Democrat
Neil William FARRER – Reform UK *(nomination withdrawn)*
Sebastian Richard GRACA DA SILVA – Green Party candidate
Michael Peter HARTNACK – Local Conservatives
Genevieve Lilian JOHNSON – Green Party candidate
Malcolm Richard KILNER – Labour Party
Naomi Jane MATHER – Labour Party
David Barrie OWEN – Reform UK
Steve PICKERING – Liberal Democrat
Brian PLEMPER – Green Party candidate
Bill SMITH – Local Conservatives
Philip THOMPSON – Reform UK
Janet Lynn TYSON – Reform UK
Peter WALTON – Liberal Democrat
Grangetown Ward
Hardip BARAD – Local Conservatives
Daniel Joseph COWIE – Reform UK
Michael DIXON – Local Conservatives
Layla-Jayne LAIDLER – Green Party candidate
Marjorie LEDGER – Liberal Democrat
Alison MASON – Local Conservatives
Ray MATTHEWS – Labour Party
Michael MORDEY – Labour Party
Vincent MORRISON – Liberal Democrat
Serena Elizabeth RUSH – Green Party candidate
Lynda Rontree SCANLAN – Labour Party
Audrey Catherine SMITH – Liberal Democrat
Grace Isabel WEIR – Green Party candidate
Colin WRIGHT – Reform UK
Mark Peter WYNN – Reform UK
Grindon & Thorney Close Ward
Dennis CARROLL – Labour Party
Margaret CROSBY – Liberal Democrat
Paul EDGEWORTH – Liberal Democrat
Michael David GUTOWSKI – Reform UK
Keith LAKEMAN – Labour Party
Steven MUSTARD – Reform UK
Stephen O`BRIEN – Liberal Democrat
Paula REED – Local Conservatives
Alex SINCLAIR – Local Conservatives
Mark Thomas Henry STARLING – Reform UK
John WIPER – Local Conservatives
Ellie Lee YOUNG – Labour Party
Herrington & Newbottle Ward
Bruce ALLCROFT – Reform UK
Bill BLACKETT – Reform UK
Donna Elizabeth BROWN – Green Party candidate
Chris BURNICLE – Local Conservatives
Hayley Elizabeth CAMPBELL – Green Party candidate
Michelle Louise HARDIE – Liberal Democrat
Paul JORGENSON – Labour Party
Joella Hannah LYNCH – Green Party candidate
Dominic MCDONOUGH – Local Conservatives
Martin OLD – Labour Party
Robert OLIVER – Local Conservatives
Christopher Marshall POTTS – Liberal Democrat
Maureen RICHARDSON – Labour Party
Jeffrey SHAW – Reform UK
Malcolm Harry WAINE – Liberal Democrat
Hetton Ward
James BLACKBURN – Labour Party
George CALLAGHAN – Labour Party
Trevor COLGIN – Local Conservatives
Alan DAVIES -Reform UK
Christopher James DONALDSON – Green Party candidate
Ian David ELLIS – Liberal Democrat
Elizabeth GAFFNEY – Liberal Democrat
Kath GAFFNEY – Liberal Democrat
Gwynneth GIBSON – Local Conservatives
Jason LLOYD – Reform UK
Rachel Louise LOWE – Green Party candidate
Henry NDUBUISI – Local Conservatives
Steven Neil PATERSON – Reform UK
Christopher James TOBIN – Labour Party
Ynez YNEZ-TULSEN – Green Party candidate
Houghton North Ward
Felicity Louise BRAND – Liberal Democrat
Claire Danielle BRYANT – Labour Party
Mark BURRELL – Labour Party
Stewart HARDIE – Liberal Democrat
Sandra Louisa HOBSON-TATE – Reform UK
Steph LANGFORD – Green Party candidate
Joseph Francomb PARKIN- Reform UK
Michaela Rhiannon PEACOCK – Local Conservatives
John PRICE – Labour Party
Steven RENDER – Liberal Democrat
Mark John REYNOLDSON – Local Conservatives
Pauline ROBSON -Green Party candidate
Christel ROSE – Local Conservatives
Donna Sarah THOMAS – Reform UK
Kirsty Elizabeth YOUNGER – Green Party candidate
Houghton South & Hetton Downs Ward
Emma Jane BAKER – Liberal Democrat
Mia COUPLAND – Liberal Democrat
Tracy DODDS – Labour Party
Jonathon Robert EMERSON – Reform UK
Heather FINLAY – Reform UK
Jan FOSTER – Liberal Democrat
Harrison HOPPS – Green Party candidate
Kevin JOHNSTON – Labour Party
Mickey Mikhimad OLOWOKO – Local Conservatives
Michael QUIGLEY – Reform UK
Andrew ROBERTSON – Green Party candidate
Harry Levi Jordan Brandon SHOVLIN – Local Conservatives
Connor SINCLAIR – Local Conservatives
Melanie THORNTON -Labour Party
Hylton Castle Ward
Allison CHISNALL – Labour Party
William DOUGLAS – Liberal Democrat
Les DUNN – Local Conservatives
Stephen Paul FOSTER – Labour Party
Glenn GIBBINS – Reform UK
Dorothy Anne HARTNACK – Local Conservatives
Ian Robert JONES – Reform UK
David LAING – Reform UK
Angela SMITH – Liberal Democrat
Miriam TOWNSEND – Liberal Democrat
Denny WILSON – Labour Party
Denise Anne WORTHY – Local Conservatives
Pallion & Ford Ward
Kennedy Nomamidobo AMADASUN – Labour Party
Phil AVERY – Local Conservatives
Naomi Elizabeth BROWNE – Green Party candidate
Steve DONKIN – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Bob FRANCIS -Local Conservatives
Rebecca GRANT – Green Party candidate
Martin HASWELL – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Raymond LATHAN – Reform UK
Jamie LEE – Green Party candidate
Emma Victoria MARGETSON – Reform UK
Karen Patricia NOBLE – Independent
David Mark PARR – Reform UK
Julia POTTS – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Angela SMITH – Labour Party
George Thomas SMITH – Labour Party
Joy TENNANT – Local Conservatives
Pennywell & South Hylton Ward
Sunshine BABALOLA – Liberal Democrat
Shaun CUDWORTH – Local Conservatives
Lynne Susan DAGG – Labour and Co-operative Party
Laura Jayne DUNNING – Green Party candidate
Godwin EJEH – Liberal Democrat
Carol GILES – Reform UK
Russell Arthur GILES – Reform UK
Simon Andrew HUGHES – Green Party candidate
Catherine Louise HUNTER – Labour and Co-operative Party
Julia Ann IRWING – Reform UK
Greg PEACOCK – Local Conservatives
Anthony John USHER – Liberal Democrat
Jake WALKER – Local Conservatives
Sue WATSON – Labour and Co-operative Party
Penshaw & Shiney Row Ward
Carole ALLCROFT – Reform UK
Judy DURRANT – Liberal Democrat
Katherine Mary Elizabeth MASON-GAGE – Labour Party
Sam MCBRIDE – Green Party candidate
Carl Anthony O`HALLORAN – Green Party candidate
David OLEKA – Local Conservatives
Irene ONYIA – Local Conservatives
Abbey PURCELL – Reform UK
Christopher John ROSE – Local Conservatives
David SNOWDON – Labour Party
Mel SPEDING – Labour Party
Dorinda Olive STOKES Liberal Democrat
Ringo TAYLOR – Liberal Democrat
Axel TYE – Reform UK
Redhouse Ward
Louise Ann AVERY – Local Conservatives
Martha Rachel Maitland BRADLEY – Green Party candidate
Shaun CONLEY – Reform UK
Steven John DALE – Liberal Democrat
Janice Susan ELLIS – Liberal Democrat
Christopher Luke EYNON – Reform UK
Bob FORSTER – Local Conservatives
Ciera HUDSPITH – Reform UK
Paul HUMBLE – Independent
Sue LEISHMAN – Local Conservatives
John Gareth SCRATCHER – Green Party candidate
Alison SMITH – Labour and Co-operative Party
Margaret Ann STEPHENSON – Liberal Democrat
Paul STEWART – Labour and Co-operative Party
John Joseph USHER – Labour and Co-operative Party
Roker Ward
Kirsty Ann ALDER – Reform UK
Sean Patrick CHAPMAN – Local Conservatives
Beverly GRAINGER – Labour Party
Matthew JACKSON – Labour Party
Craig KING – Liberal Democrat
John LENNOX -Liberal Democrat
Justine MERTON-SCOTT – Green Party candidate
Tom NEWTON – Labour Party
David OGUNDIPE – Local Conservatives
Emma PORTER – Local Conservatives
Andrew RAMSEY – Reform UK
Helen Jean SCHELL -Green Party candidate
Miguel SMITH -Liberal Democrat
Thomas Montgomery STEELE – Reform UK
Ryhope Ward
David BANKS – Liberal Democrat
Sharon BODDY- Liberal Democrat
Spencer Rose CASH-ARCHER – Green Party candidate
James Clark DOYLE – Local Conservatives
Helen Louise GLANCY – Labour and Co-operative Party
Martyn Preston HERRON -Labour and Co-operative Party
Lewis Patrick Robert HUNTER – Liberal Democrat
James Edward JACKSON – Reform UK
Barry JACQUES – Green Party candidate
Nicola JACQUES – Green Party candidate
Pamela JAMESON – Local Conservatives
Lindsey Mair LEONARD – Labour and Co-operative Party
Carol Ann ROBSON – Local Conservatives
Sharon SURTEES – Reform UK
Pamela Margaret TAYLOR – Reform UK
Southwick Ward
John Leonard APPLETON – Green Party candidate
Michael John BUTLER – Labour Party
Zoe CHANDLER -Labour Party
Kelly CHEQUER – Labour Party
Rosalind COPELAND -Independent
Craig DOUGHTY – Liberal Democrat
Ben HARDIE -Liberal Democrat
Paul JACQUES – Green Party candidate
Michael Henderson LEADBITTER – Reform UK
Rafal Kazimierz MARZEC -Green Party candidate
Jannine Catherine MORROW – Reform UK
Jon REED – Local Conservatives
Jamie Bolam SCOTT – Reform UK
Sheila SMITH – Local Conservatives
Andrew WOOD – Liberal Democrat
Kath WORTHY – Local Conservatives
Tunstall & Humbledon Ward
Lennon William AIREY – Labour Party
Charlie BELL – Labour Party
Richard Peter BRADLEY – Green Party candidate
Simon James DAWES – Liberal Democrat
Dale Colin GILLETT – Green Party candidate
Adele GRAHAM-KING – Local Conservatives
Glenda Patricia HALL – Reform UK
Zareen HAQUE – Labour Party
Antony MULLEN – Local Conservatives
Robbie POTTS – Liberal Democrat
Lyall Jonathan REED – Local Conservatives
Dan SULLIVAN – Green Party candidate
Richard Steven VARDY – Reform UK
Taff WALES – Reform UK
Janet WOOD – Liberal Democrat
Washington Central Ward
Rebecca Anne ARMSTRONG – Liberal Democrat
Mishka Alexey BELIK – Green Party candidate
Janis BERZEMNIEKS – Reform UK
Michael COLLING – Green Party candidate
Joshua William HALL – Liberal Democrat
Kelsey Catherine HALL – Liberal Democrat
Audrey JAITAY – Local Conservatives
Saleem Mohammed MEMON – Reform UK
Valerie Carol MOORE – Local Conservatives
Mary OGUNDIPE – Local Conservatives
Joseph William PHILLIPS – Reform UK
Ashley SMITH – Green Party candidate
Dianne Elizabeth SNOWDON – Labour Party
Harry TRUEMAN – Labour Party
Linda WILLIAMS – Labour Party
Washington East Ward
Helen ATTEY – Liberal Democrat
Nana BODDY – Liberal Democrat
Gary John BRIDGE -Green Party candidate
Michal CHANTKOWSKI – Green Party candidate
Ian FRANCOMBE -Local Conservatives
Finlee GIBBONS – Local Conservatives
Ian Gordon HEMBROUGH – Reform UK
Beth Veronica JONES – Labour and Co-operative Party
Lauren Ann LAWS – Liberal Democrat
Emily LOPEZ – Reform UK
Graeme Ferguson MILLER – Labour and Co-operative Party
Victor OLUWAGBEMI – Local Conservatives
Jennifer Obianuju ORJI – Labour and Co-operative Party
Anthony ORMOND – Reform UK
Anna SNELL – Green Party candidate
Washington North Ward
Ayobami Seyi ADEOYE – Local Conservatives
Elizabeth Anne BROWN – Reform UK
Ross DARGAN Green Party candidate
Paul DONAGHY – Reform UK
Jill Elaine FLETCHER – Labour Party
Patricia Ann FRANCIS – Local Conservatives
Richard Colin GREEN – Local Conservatives
Jason Patrick KING – Reform UK
Karen Ann LAWS – Liberal Democrat
Callum Marc MCPAKE – Labour Party
Janette Ann NIGHTINGALE – Green Party candidate
Steven James TOLSON – Green Party candidate
Michael Lee WALKER – Labour Party
Carlton Lee WEST – Liberal Democrat
Kieran WOOD – Liberal Democrat
Washington South Ward
Jack DOCHERTY – Liberal Democrat
Gabriel GREEN – Local Conservatives
Logan GUY – Labour and Co-operative Party
Peter Edward L. DEEGAN – Green Party candidate
Sean Robert LAWS – Labour and Co-operative Party
Fiona Margaret Ann Mackenzie MILLER – Green Party candidate
Brandon OAKLAND – Local Conservatives
Robert PATTISON – Reform UK
Elouise Jade REDMAYNE – Reform UK
Theo Max ROSE – Green Party candidate
Andrew John ROWNTREE – Labour and Co-operative Party
Thomas SUCH – Local Conservatives
Sean TERRY – Liberal Democrat
John Arthur WATSON – Reform UK
Amy WILSON -Liberal Democrat
Washington West Ward
Joanne CHAPMAN – Labour and Co-operative Party
Sam COSGROVE – Local Conservatives
Brandon Mark FEELEY – Labour and Co-operative Party
Chloe Melisha HARVEY – Green Party candidate
Samson IBIJOLA – Local Conservatives
Neil KING – Local Conservatives
Viv LEE – Liberal Democrat
Paul Andrew LEONARD – Green Party candidate
Norman Neil MOFFITT – Reform UK
Kairo PEARSON – Liberal Democrat
Ernie PEEL – Liberal Democrat
Adrian Robert PICKERING – Reform UK
Patricia Jane RAYNOR – Labour and Co-operative Party
Lee REDMAYNE – Reform UK
Josh THURLOW – Green Party candidate
