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Sunderland City Council 2026 local elections RESULTS

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Southwick ward UPDATED

John Leonard Appleton - Green Party candidate: 260
Michael John Butler - Labour Party: 829
Zoe Chandler - Labour Party: 753
Kelly Chequer - Labour Party: 729
Rosalind Copeland - Independent: 114
Craig Doughty - Liberal Democrat: 220
Ben Hardie - Liberal Democrat: 227
Paul Jacques - Green Party candidate: 270
Michael Henderson Leadbitter - Reform UK: 1,357
Rafal Kazimierz Marzec - Green Party candidate: 195
Jannine Catherine Morrow - Reform UK: 1,305
Jon Reed - Local Conservatives: 127
Jamie Bolam Scott - Reform UK: 1,217
Sheila Smith - Local Conservatives: 126
Andrew Wood - Liberal Democrat: 167
Kath WORTHY – Local Conservatives - 123

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Sunderland City Council 2026 local elections RESULTS

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Wearside Liberal Democrats leader Paul Edgeworth on today's results