2000 Waveney District Council election

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The 2000 Waveney Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

2000 Waveney District Council election [3] [4]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 4Decrease2.svg 925.0242858.38,83837.4-13.3
  Conservative 9Increase2.svg 856.351327.19,36039.6+7.5
  Liberal Democrats 2Increase2.svg 112.5248.34,30218.2+6.4
  Independent 1Steady2.svg6.3236.31,1304.8+2.0

Ward results

Beccles Town [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Crisp89943.9+32.5
Conservative Keith Standring64231.3+11.2
Labour Peter Shelley50924.8-12.8
Majority25712.6
Turnout 2,050
Beccles Worlingham [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Cole73551.6+15.4
Labour William Mason50335.3-14.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Bromley18613.1-0.6
Majority23216.3
Turnout 1,424
Bungay [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Groom70546.5+12.5
Labour David Jermy69645.9-8.4
Liberal Democrats Darren Ware1157.6-4.1
Majority90.6
Turnout 1,516
Carlton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Reader88250.5+19.6
Labour Jacqueline Wagner64937.1-13.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thomas21612.4+3.9
Majority23313.4
Turnout 1,747
Carlton Colville [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Bell40333.9
Independent James Mitchell36130.4
Labour Norman Hodges30125.3
Independent Norman Keable625.2
Liberal Democrats Arnold Martin615.1
Majority423.5
Turnout 1,188
Gunton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Chilvers87853.1+10.0
Labour Gordon Stewart59736.1-9.7
Liberal Democrats Antony Tibbitt17810.8-0.3
Majority28117.0
Turnout 1,653
Halesworth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Niblett57047.0+15.0
Labour Paul Whitlow45637.6-30.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Bainer18615.3+15.3
Majority1149.4
Turnout 1,212
Harbour [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ruth Ford70756.3+17.7
Labour Stella Bostock34427.4-12.5
Conservative Stephen Ames1169.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Meadez897.1-5.7
Majority36328.9
Turnout 1,256
Kessingland [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Sale46246.2
Labour Kate McGee41641.6
Liberal Democrats Alison Briggs12212.2
Majority464.6
Turnout 1,000
Kirkley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gifford Baxter65248.5-3.0
Labour Ernest Skepelhorn50137.3-0.5
Conservative Shona Reeves19014.1+3.4
Majority15111.2-2.5
Turnout 1,343
Normanston [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Porter58660.5-12.6
Conservative May Reader26026.8+10.9
Liberal Democrats Breena Batchelder12312.7+1.7
Majority32633.6-23.6
Turnout 969
Oulton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Partridge1,12756.1+11.1
Labour Malcolm Cherry68534.1-11.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Mummery1989.9+0.7
Majority44222.0
Turnout 2,010
Pakefield [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Thorne81652.0-7.9
Conservative Valerie Pulford55635.5+4.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Howe19612.5+3.2
Majority26016.6-12.6
Turnout 1,568
Saint Margarets [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonathan Winterton82055.9-12.5
Conservative Anne Mylan48332.9+12.1
Liberal Democrats Leslie Batchelder16411.2+0.4
Majority33723.0-24.7
Turnout 1,467
Southwold [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Goldsmith1,08550.3-10.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Ladd78736.5+36.5
Labour Kenneth Francis28413.2-26.5
Majority29813.8-6.8
Turnout 2,156
Whitton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rita Carter67563.0-9.6
Conservative Barry Bee26624.8+8.5
Liberal Democrats Sandra Tonge13012.1+1.0
Majority40938.2-18.1
Turnout 1,071

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References

  1. "Waveney". BBC News Online . Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  2. "Local council results". Financial Times. 6 May 2000. p. 6.
  3. "Election results: local councils". The Times . 6 May 2000. p. 10.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "District Election Results: District Election 4th May 2000". Waveney District Council. Archived from the original on 25 September 2000. Retrieved 29 November 2010.