1999 Waveney District Council election

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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]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

1999 Waveney District Council election [3] [4]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 13Decrease2.svg 381.3253879.211,97450.7-0.4
  Conservative 2Increase2.svg 212.53510.47,57832.1+5.8
  Liberal Democrats 1Increase2.svg 16.3236.32,77711.8-0.3
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0224.24712.0-8.3
 United Beccles Independents0Steady2.svg0.0000.06412.7N/A
 Council Taxpayers Association0Steady2.svg0.0000.01800.8N/A

Ward results

Beccles Town [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Walmsley78937.6
United Beccles IndependentsChristopher Scott64130.7
Conservative Peter Wilson41920.1
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Bromley23711.4
Majority1487.1
Turnout 2,086
Labour hold Swing
Beccles Worlingham [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Ley73850.1
Conservative Shirley Cole53336.2
Liberal Democrats Antony Tibbitt20113.7
Majority20513.9
Turnout 1,472
Labour hold Swing
Blything [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Aldous 45064.9
Labour Jacqueline Wagner24335.1
Majority20729.9
Turnout 693
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bungay [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olive Parr75754.3
Conservative Bernard Reader47334.0
Liberal Democrats Darren Ware16311.7
Majority28420.4
Turnout 1,393
Labour hold Swing
Carlton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Gouldby88150.3
Conservative Ronald Bell54030.9
Council Taxpayers AssociationReginald Allen18010.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thomas1498.5
Majority34119.5
Turnout 1,750
Labour hold Swing
Gunton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary Winterton82645.8
Conservative Andree Gee77743.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Haworth20111.1
Majority492.7
Turnout 1,804
Labour hold Swing
Halesworth [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hayes Holzer83268.0
Conservative Valerie Pulford39232.0
Majority44035.9
Turnout 1,224
Labour hold Swing
Harbour [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Craig Robertson48639.9
Independent Ruth Ford47138.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Meadez15612.8
Conservative William Holdridge1068.7
Majority151.2
Turnout 1,219
Labour hold Swing
Kirkley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Shepherd77751.5
Labour Ernest Skepelhorn57137.8
Conservative Richard Gee16110.7
Majority20613.7
Turnout 1,509
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Lothingland [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Thomson70248.6
Conservative Stephen Ames56439.0
Liberal Democrats Alan Howe17912.4
Majority1389.6
Turnout 1,445
Labour hold Swing
Normanston [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Jones72873.1
Conservative May Reader15815.9
Liberal Democrats Breena Batchelder11011.0
Majority57057.2
Turnout 996
Labour hold Swing
Oulton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Hinton82845.7
Conservative Michael Partridge81545.0
Liberal Democrats Arnold Martin1679.2
Majority130.7
Turnout 1,810
Labour hold Swing
Pakefield [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Pitchers98959.9
Conservative Ian Baylis50730.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Howe1549.3
Majority48229.2
Turnout 1,650
Labour hold Swing
Saint Margarets [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Rouse97968.4
Conservative Anne Mylan29720.8
Liberal Democrats Leslie Batchelder15510.8
Majority68247.7
Turnout 1,431
Labour hold Swing
Southwold [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Austin1,19960.3
Labour Raymond Breach79039.7
Majority40920.6
Turnout 1,989
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Whitton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Skipper83572.6
Conservative Barry Bee18716.3
Liberal Democrats Sandra Tonge12811.1
Majority64856.3
Turnout 1,150
Labour hold Swing

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "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.
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