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Waveney District Council elections

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Local elections were held in Waveney district every four years to elect councillors to Waveney District Council. In the past, one-third of councillors were elected each year, but in 2010 the council opted to change to a whole council election system.[1] Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillors have been elected from 23 wards. The district was merged with Suffolk Coastal in April 2019 to form East Suffolk, meaning that the 2015 elections were the final Waveney elections to be held.[2]

Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[3][4]

More information Party in control, Years ...
Party in controlYears
No overall control1973–1976
Conservative1976–1986
No overall control1986–1990
Labour1990–2002
No overall control2002–2006
Conservative2006–2011
No overall control2011–2015
Conservative2015–2019
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Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2003 until its abolition in 2019 were:

More information Councillor, Party ...
CouncillorPartyFromTo
Brian Hunter[5]LabourMay 2003
Peter Austin[6]Conservative15 May 200313 June 2004
Mark Bee[7]Conservative24 June 200425 May 2011
Colin Law[8][9]Conservative25 May 2011May 2017
Mark Bee[10][11]Conservative17 May 201731 March 2019
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Council elections

More information Year, Conservative ...
Composition of the council[12]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (57 seats)
1973 22 27 5 – 3 No overall control
1976 39 13 4 0 1 Conservative
1979 32 17 3 0 5 Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[13]
1983 27 17 2 0 2 Conservative
1984 26 19 2 0 1 Conservative
1986 23 21 3 0 1 No overall control
1987 22 21 4 0 1 No overall control
1988 23 20 4 0 1 No overall control
1990 16 27 4 0 1 Labour
1991 14 27 6 0 1 Labour
1992 17 26 5 0 0 Labour
1994 17 27 4 0 0 Labour
1995 10 36 2 0 0 Labour
1996 2 44 2 0 0 Labour
1998 3 41 2 0 2 Labour
1999 5 38 3 0 2 Labour
2000 13 28 4 0 3 Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[14][15][16]
2002 21 21 3 0 3 No overall control
2003 21 20 3 0 4 No overall control
2004 24 14 3 0 7 No overall control
2006 29 12 3 0 4 Conservative
2007 30 12 3 1 2 Conservative
2008 30 12 3 1 2 Conservative
2010 29 15 2 1 Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)
2011 23 23 0 1 1 No overall control
2015 27 20 0 1 0 Conservative
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Results maps

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  • 2010 results map
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By-elections

2002–2006

More information Party, Candidate ...
Kessingland By-Election 26 February 2004[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 463 39.3 +3.1
Labour 417 35.4 −16.5
Liberal Democrats 297 25.2 +13.3
Majority 46 3.9
Turnout 1,177
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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2011–2015

More information Party, Candidate ...
Worlingham By-Election 19 December 2011[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Brooks 708 45.9 −7.1
Labour Sylvia Robbins 586 38.0 +4.8
Green Sue Bergin 137 8.9 −5.0
UKIP Stuart Foulger 64 4.1 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Doug Farmer 48 3.1 +3.1
Majority 122 7.9
Turnout 1,543
Conservative hold Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Beccles South By-Election 15 November 2012[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Catchpole 520 39.6 +12.3
Green Nicky Elliott 390 29.7 +15.0
Labour Alan Green 369 28.1 −5.3
Liberal Democrats Doug Farmer 35 2.7 +2.7
Majority 130 9.9
Turnout 1,314
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Harbour By-Election 2 May 2013[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Craig 647 48.2 +2.5
UKIP Bertie Poole 358 26.7 +26.7
Conservative Anthony Taylor 217 16.2 −7.5
Green George Langley 85 6.3 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Thomas 36 2.7 +2.7
Majority 289 21.5
Turnout 1,343
Labour hold Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Oulton By-Election 8 August 2013[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Len Jacklin 449 41.2 +11.5
Conservative Deanna Law 329 30.2 +2.2
UKIP Bert Poole 269 24.7 +24.7
Green Maxine Narburgh 23 2.1 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas 21 1.9 −4.3
Majority 120 11.0
Turnout 1,091
Labour hold Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Halesworth By-Election 22 May 2014[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Letitia Smith 726 42.2 −0.6
Labour Tobias Walton 535 31.1 +3.7
Green Jennifer Berry 245 14.3 −1.6
Independent Jack Tyler 213 12.4 +12.4
Majority 191 11.1
Turnout 1,719
Conservative hold Swing
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2015–2019

More information Party, Candidate ...
Wrentham By-Election 5 May 2016[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig Rivett 335 40.4 −8.0
Labour Paul Tyack 252 30.4 +11.6
UKIP Andrew Bols 156 18.8 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas 46 5.5 +5.5
Green David Brambley-Crawshaw 40 4.8 −4.9
Majority 83 10.0
Turnout 829
Conservative hold Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Oulton Broad By-Election 21 September 2017[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Robinson 527 50.2 +8.8
Labour Len Jacklin 357 34.0 +5.4
UKIP Phillip Trindall 112 10.7 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas 54 5.1 +5.1
Majority 170 16.2
Turnout 1,050
Conservative hold Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Kirkley By-Election 16 November 2017[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Byatt 374 47.8 +12.2
Conservative Gilly Gunner 217 27.7 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Dominic Leslie 84 10.7 +10.7
UKIP Phillip Trindall 78 10.0 −9.7
Green Ben Quail 30 3.8 −5.2
Majority 157 20.1
Turnout 783
Labour hold Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
St Margaret's By-Election 16 November 2017[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Coulam 487 41.7 +11.8
Labour Nasima Begum 410 35.1 −1.3
UKIP Bernie Guymer 119 10.2 −15.8
Liberal Democrats Shaun Waters 88 7.5 +7.5
Green Baz Bemment 65 5.6 −2.2
Majority 77 6.6
Turnout 1,169
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Pakefield By-Election 12 July 2018[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro 643 41.7 +11.8
Labour Paul Tyack 600 40.9 −5.2
UKIP Phillip Trindall 116 7.9 +7.9
Green Peter Lang 64 4.4 −8.3
Liberal Democrats Adam Robertson 44 3.0 −6.0
Majority 43 2.9
Turnout 1,467
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Southwold and Reydon By-Election 12 July 2018[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Beavan 1,005 71.4 +71.4
Conservative David Burrows 307 21.8 −28.4
Labour John Cracknell 78 5.5 −14.8
UKIP Mike Shaw 18 1.3 −13.3
Majority 698 49.6
Turnout 1,408
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

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