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]

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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]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1973–1976
Conservative 1976–1986
No overall control 1986–1990
Labour 1990–2002
No overall control 2002–2006
Conservative 2006–2011
No overall control 2011–2015
Conservative 2015–2019

Leadership

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

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Brian Hunter [4] Labour 15 May 2003
Peter Austin [5] Conservative 15 May 200313 Jun 2004
Mark Bee [6] Conservative 24 Jun 200425 May 2011
Colin Law [7] [8] Conservative 25 May 2011May 2017
Mark Bee [9] Conservative 17 May 201731 Mar 2019

Mark Bee served as leader of the East Suffolk shadow authority prior to the new council coming into effect in 2019, but he was unsuccessful in securing a seat at the first election to the new council.

Council elections

Results maps

By-elections

2002-2006

Kessingland By-Election 26 February 2004 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 46339.3+3.1
Labour 41735.4−16.5
Liberal Democrats 29725.2+13.3
Majority463.9
Turnout 1,177
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2011-2015

Worlingham By-Election 19 December 2011 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Brooks70845.9−7.1
Labour Sylvia Robbins58638.0+4.8
Green Sue Bergin1378.9−5.0
UKIP Stuart Foulger644.1+4.1
Liberal Democrats Doug Farmer483.1+3.1
Majority1227.9
Turnout 1,543
Conservative hold Swing
Beccles South By-Election 15 November 2012 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Catchpole52039.6+12.3
Green Nicky Elliott39029.7+15.0
Labour Alan Green36928.1−5.3
Liberal Democrats Doug Farmer352.7+2.7
Majority1309.9
Turnout 1,314
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Harbour By-Election 2 May 2013 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Craig64748.2+2.5
UKIP Bertie Poole35826.7+26.7
Conservative Anthony Taylor21716.2−7.5
Green George Langley856.3−7.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Thomas362.7+2.7
Majority28921.5
Turnout 1,343
Labour hold Swing
Oulton By-Election 8 August 2013 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Jacklin44941.2+11.5
Conservative Deanna Law32930.2+2.2
UKIP Bert Poole26924.7+24.7
Green Maxine Narburgh232.1−4.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas211.9−4.3
Majority12011.0
Turnout 1,091
Labour hold Swing
Halesworth By-Election 22 May 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Letitia Smith72642.2−0.6
Labour Tobias Walton53531.1+3.7
Green Jennifer Berry24514.3−1.6
Independent Jack Tyler21312.4+12.4
Majority19111.1
Turnout 1,719
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Wrentham By-Election 5 May 2016 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Rivett33540.4−8.0
Labour Paul Tyack25230.4+11.6
UKIP Andrew Bols15618.8−4.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas465.5+5.5
Green David Brambley-Crawshaw404.8−4.9
Majority8310.0
Turnout 829
Conservative hold Swing
Oulton Broad By-Election 21 September 2017 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Robinson52750.2+8.8
Labour Len Jacklin35734.0+5.4
UKIP Phillip Trindall11210.7−11.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Thomas545.1+5.1
Majority17016.2
Turnout 1,050
Conservative hold Swing
Kirkley By-Election 16 November 2017 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Byatt37447.8+12.2
Conservative Gilly Gunner21727.7+7.2
Liberal Democrats Dominic Leslie8410.7+10.7
UKIP Phillip Trindall7810.0−9.7
Green Ben Quail303.8−5.2
Majority15720.1
Turnout 783
Labour hold Swing
St Margaret's By-Election 16 November 2017 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Coulam48741.7+11.8
Labour Nasima Begum41035.1−1.3
UKIP Bernie Guymer11910.2−15.8
Liberal Democrats Shaun Waters887.5+7.5
Green Baz Bemment655.6−2.2
Majority776.6
Turnout 1,169
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Pakefield By-Election 12 July 2018 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro64341.7+11.8
Labour Paul Tyack60040.9−5.2
UKIP Phillip Trindall1167.9+7.9
Green Peter Lang644.4−8.3
Liberal Democrats Adam Robertson443.0−6.0
Majority432.9
Turnout 1,467
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Southwold and Reydon By-Election 12 July 2018 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Beavan1,00571.4+71.4
Conservative David Burrows30721.8−28.4
Labour John Cracknell785.5−14.8
UKIP Mike Shaw181.3−13.3
Majority69849.6
Turnout 1,408
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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