1999 Waveney District Council election

The 1999 Waveney Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 38
• Conservative 5
• Liberal Democrat 3
• Independent 2 ^[2]

Election result

1999 Waveney District Council election [3] [4]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	3	81.3	25	38	79.2	11,974	50.7	-0.4
	Conservative	2	2	12.5	3	5	10.4	7,578	32.1	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	6.3	2	3	6.3	2,777	11.8	-0.3
	Independent	0		0.0	2	2	4.2	471	2.0	-8.3
	United Beccles Independents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	641	2.7	N/A
	Council Taxpayers Association	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	180	0.8	N/A

Ward results

Beccles Town ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Walmsley	789	37.6
	United Beccles Independents	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
	Labour hold		Swing

Beccles Worlingham ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Blything ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Aldous	450	64.9
	Labour	Jacqueline Wagner	243	35.1
Majority			207	29.9
Turnout			693
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bungay ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Carlton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Gouldby	881	50.3
	Conservative	Ronald Bell	540	30.9
	Council Taxpayers Association	Reginald Allen	180	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thomas	149	8.5
Majority			341	19.5
Turnout			1,750
	Labour hold		Swing

Gunton ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Halesworth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hayes Holzer	832	68.0
	Conservative	Valerie Pulford	392	32.0
Majority			440	35.9
Turnout			1,224
	Labour hold		Swing

Harbour ^[3]

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	1.2
Turnout			1,219
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkley ^[3]

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
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Lothingland ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Normanston ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Oulton ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Pakefield ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

Saint Margarets ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Rouse	979	68.4
	Conservative	Anne Mylan	297	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Batchelder	155	10.8
Majority			682	47.7
Turnout			1,431
	Labour hold		Swing

Southwold ^[3]

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

Whitton ^[3]

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
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Waveney". BBC News Online . Retrieved 29 November 2010.
2. "How Britain voted: Council Election Results" . The Independent . 8 May 1999. p. 12. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
3. "District Election Results: District Election 6th May 1999". Waveney District Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 1999. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
4. "How the nations voted". The Times . 8 May 1999. p. 48.