Sunderland
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Previous stages
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We consult with local people and organisations to help us refine our proposals.
Dates: 27 Feb 2024 - 22 Apr 2024
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We consult with local people and organisations to help us refine our proposals.
Dates: 3 Oct 2023 - 11 Dec 2023
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We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.
Dates: 9 May 2023 - 31 Jul 2023
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We decide how many councillors an authority should have.
We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change.
We are carrying out an electoral review of Sunderland because it has been a long time since the last review.
The Commission agreed to extend the warding consultation deadline from 17 July 2023 to 31 July 2023 following a correction to the Council's forecast earlier in the month.
| 9 May 2023 | We decide how many councillors there should be |
| 9 May - 31 July 2023 | We carry out an initial public consultation on communities |
| 3 October - 11 December 2023 | We carry out a public consultation on our proposals |
| 27 February 2024 | We publish new draft recommendations |
| 30 July 2024 | We publish our final recommendations |
| TBC | We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations |
| 2026 | New arrangements apply to local elections |
Visit our 'How reviews work' pages for more information on the review process.
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Final report
Our recommendations for new electoral arrangements were published on 30 July 2024.
As a result of our final recommendations, we are making changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/town councils:
Previous stages
Consultation on proposals
We have proposed a new pattern of divisions. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change.
Consultation on proposals
We have proposed a new pattern of divisions. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change.
As a result of our draft recommendations on new division patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils:
Initial consultation
Local views given during our initial consultation
You can see comments received from local people and organisations about their communities.
We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.
*Reuploaded on 7 July to correct an allocation error made by the Council. Concerns 999 electors in polling districts M04, M05 and N02, which does not affect the total forecast electorate.
Councillor numbers
We have decided that Sunderland City Council should have 75 councillors.
Previous Reviews
Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.