Metropolitan Borough · England
Sunderland City Council
ONS code E08000024
Sunderland City Council is the local authority of Sunderland, a metropolitan borough with city status in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is one of five such councils in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in England. It provides the majority of local government services in Sunderland.
Political Control & Leadership
- Political control
- Reform UKmajority
- Leader
- Robert Hutchinson
- Last election
- 2026
Finance
- Annual revenue budget
- £579m
- Council tax (Band D)
- £1,877
Overview
- Population
- 277,417
- Founded
- 1974
- Website
- www.sunderland.gov.uk