3/6 R Spring Con 20,081 40.9% M Jeffreys Lab 18,214 37.1% A Graves LibD 6,892 14.0% J Carver Ref 3,724 7.6% A Shearer NLP 171 0.3% Turnout 71.5%; Con majority 1,867 Swing from Con to Lab of 13.0%
Sunderland North Lab hold
W Etherington Lab 26,067 68.2% A Selous Con 6,370 16.7% G Pryke LibD 3,973 10.4% M Nicholson Ref 1,394 3.6% K Newby Loon 409 1.1% Turnout 59.1%; Lab majority 19,697 Swing from Con to Lab of 9.9%