Article: Labour down five seats + VIDEO.

City Tories are claiming Labour is losing its grip on power in Wearside after the controlling group lost six seats to the opposition.

Conservatives took four seats from Labour - including a surprise win in Ryhope - and picked up a fifth in Doxford.

The independents also took two seats from Labour in the Copt Hill and Houghton wards, where candidates campaigned against the contraversial Biffa landfill site.

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