1999 Waveney District Council election

1999 Waveney District Council election
← 1998 6 May 1999 2000 →
All 48 seats to Waveney District Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1999 Waveney District Council election.
Control before election; ; Labour	Control after election ; ; Labour

The 1999 Waveney District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Quick facts All 48 seats to Waveney District Council 25 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

1999 Waveney District Council election^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		This election				Full council			This election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	{{{candidates}}}	13	3	81.3	25	38	79.2	11,974	50.7	–0.6
	Conservative	{{{candidates}}}	2	2	12.5	3	5	10.4	7,578	32.1	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	{{{candidates}}}	1	1	6.3	2	3	6.3	2,777	11.8	–0.3
	Independent	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	2	2	4.2	1,292	5.5	–4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack Walmsley	789	37.8
	Independent	Christopher Scott	641	30.7
	Conservative	Peter Wilson	419	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Bromley	237	11.4
Majority			148	7.1
Turnout			2,086	35.5
Registered electors			5,882
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Ley*	738	50.1
	Conservative	Shirley Cole	533	36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Tibbitt	201	13.7
Majority			205	13.9
Turnout			1,472	34.0
Registered electors			4,327
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Aldous	450	64.9
	Labour	Jacqueline Wagner	243	35.1
Majority			207	29.9
Turnout			693	38.7
Registered electors			1,790
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Olive Parr*	757	54.3
	Conservative	Bernard Reader	473	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Ware	163	11.7
Majority			284	20.4
Turnout			1,393	36.5
Registered electors			3,818
	Labour hold		Swing

Summary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Gouldby*	881	50.3
	Conservative	Ronald Bell	540	30.9
	Independent	Reginald Allen	180	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thomas	149	8.5
Majority			341	19.5
Turnout			1,750	26.8
Registered electors			6,527
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosemary Winterton*	826	45.8
	Conservative	Andree Gee	777	43.1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Haworth	201	11.1
Majority			49	2.7
Turnout			1,804	35.7
Registered electors			5,050
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hayes Holzer*	832	68.0
	Conservative	Valerie Pulford	392	32.0
Majority			440	36.0
Turnout			1,224	32.7
Registered electors			3,746
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Craig Robertson*	486	39.9
	Independent	Ruth Ford	471	38.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Meadez	156	12.8
	Conservative	William Holdridge	106	8.7
Majority			15	1.3
Turnout			1,219	30.1
Registered electors			4,044
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Shepherd	777	51.5
	Labour	Ernest Skepelhorn	571	37.8
	Conservative	Richard Gee	161	10.7
Majority			206	13.7
Turnout			1,509	34.5
Registered electors			4,379
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander Thomson	702	48.6
	Conservative	Stephen Ames	564	39.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Howe	179	12.4
Majority			138	9.6
Turnout			1,445	29.6
Registered electors			4,881
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Jones*	728	73.1
	Conservative	May Reader	158	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Breena Batchelder	110	11.0
Majority			570	57.2
Turnout			996	23.4
Registered electors			4,264
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jennifer Hinton*	828	45.7
	Conservative	Michael Partridge	815	45.0
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Martin	167	9.2
Majority			13	0.7
Turnout			1,810	33.7
Registered electors			5,364
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Malcolm Pitchers	989	59.9
	Conservative	Ian Baylis	507	30.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Howe	154	9.3
Majority			482	29.2
Turnout			1,650	30.2
Registered electors			5,458
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Austin	1,199	60.3
	Labour	Raymond Breach	790	39.7
Majority			409	20.6
Turnout			1,989	39.2
Registered electors			5,079
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Margarets
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Rouse*	979	68.4
	Conservative	Anne Mylan	297	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Batchelder	155	10.8
Majority			682	47.6
Turnout			1,431	25.8
Registered electors			5,549
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Skipper	835	72.6
	Conservative	Barry Bee	187	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Tonge	128	11.1
Majority			648	56.3
Turnout			1,150	26.6
Registered electors			4,326
	Labour hold		Swing