The 2008 Waveney District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2008 Waveney District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
| 2008 Waveney District Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 12 |  2 | 70.6 | 19 | 31 | 64.6 | 10,818 | 40.9 | +4.9 | |
| Labour | 4 |  | 23.5 | 8 | 12 | 25.0 | 7,306 | 27.6 | -2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 5.9 | 2 | 3 | 6.3 | 3,034 | 11.5 | -0.3 | |
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | 2,889 | 10.9 | -0.1 | |
| Independent | 0 |  2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | 932 | 3.5 | -1.6 | |
| UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,474 | 5.6 | -0.9 | |
Lowestoft is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. As the most easterly UK settlement, it is 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district. The estimated population in the built-up area exceeds 70,000. Its development grew with the fishing industry and as a seaside resort with wide sandy beaches. As fishing declined, oil and gas exploitation in the North Sea in the 1960s took over. While these too have declined, Lowestoft is becoming a regional centre of the renewable energy industry.
Waveney was a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that formed its north-east border. The district council was based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney. The other towns in the district were Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Southwold.
Waveney was a constituency of in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that existed from 1983 to 2024. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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. 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.
The 1998 Waveney Council election took place on 7 May 1998 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.
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.
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.
The 2002 Waveney Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 2003 Waveney Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2004 Waveney Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Waveney District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. This was the first election held as a Whole Council election following a change made to the electoral system in 2010. As a result, all 48 council seats were contested.
The 2015 Waveney District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect all 48 members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
East Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. The largest town is Lowestoft, which contains Ness Point, the easternmost point of the United Kingdom. The second largest town is Felixstowe, which has the country's largest container port. On the district's south-western edge it includes parts of the Ipswich built-up area. The rest of the district is largely rural, containing many towns and villages, including several seaside resorts. Its council is based in the village of Melton. The district was formed in 2019 as a merger of the two previous districts of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney. In 2021 it had a population of 246,058. It is the most populous district in the country not to be a unitary authority.
The 1991 Waveney District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 1992 Waveney District Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 1994 Waveney District Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 1996 Waveney District Council election took place on 7 May 1996 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2006 Waveney District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2007 Waveney District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2010 Waveney District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
