Waveney District Council elections

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]

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 control		Years
	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:

Councillor		From	To
Brian Hunter^[4]	Labour		15 May 2003
Peter Austin^[5]	Conservative	15 May 2003	13 Jun 2004
Mark Bee^[6]	Conservative	24 Jun 2004	25 May 2011
Colin Law^[7]^[8]	Conservative	25 May 2011	May 2017
Mark Bee^[9]	Conservative	17 May 2017	31 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

2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

By-elections

2002-2006

Kessingland By-Election 26 February 2004^[14]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	463	39.3	3.1
	Labour	417	35.4	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats	297	25.2	13.3
Majority		46	3.9
Turnout		1,177
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

2011-2015

Worlingham By-Election 19 December 2011^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Brooks	708	45.9	−7.1
	Labour	Sylvia Robbins	586	38.0	4.8
	Green	Sue Bergin	137	8.9	−5.0
	UKIP	Stuart Foulger	64	4.1	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Farmer	48	3.1	3.1
Majority			122	7.9
Turnout			1,543
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beccles South By-Election 15 November 2012^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Catchpole	520	39.6	12.3
	Green	Nicky Elliott	390	29.7	15.0
	Labour	Alan Green	369	28.1	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Farmer	35	2.7	2.7
Majority			130	9.9
Turnout			1,314
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Harbour By-Election 2 May 2013^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Craig	647	48.2	2.5
	UKIP	Bertie Poole	358	26.7	26.7
	Conservative	Anthony Taylor	217	16.2	−7.5
	Green	George Langley	85	6.3	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Thomas	36	2.7	2.7
Majority			289	21.5
Turnout			1,343
	Labour hold		Swing

Oulton By-Election 8 August 2013^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Len Jacklin	449	41.2	11.5
	Conservative	Deanna Law	329	30.2	2.2
	UKIP	Bert Poole	269	24.7	24.7
	Green	Maxine Narburgh	23	2.1	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	21	1.9	−4.3
Majority			120	11.0
Turnout			1,091
	Labour hold		Swing

Halesworth By-Election 22 May 2014^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Letitia Smith	726	42.2	−0.6
	Labour	Tobias Walton	535	31.1	3.7
	Green	Jennifer Berry	245	14.3	−1.6
	Independent	Jack Tyler	213	12.4	12.4
Majority			191	11.1
Turnout			1,719
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Wrentham By-Election 5 May 2016^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Rivett	335	40.4	−8.0
	Labour	Paul Tyack	252	30.4	11.6
	UKIP	Andrew Bols	156	18.8	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	46	5.5	5.5
	Green	David Brambley-Crawshaw	40	4.8	−4.9
Majority			83	10.0
Turnout			829
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oulton Broad By-Election 21 September 2017^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Robinson	527	50.2	8.8
	Labour	Len Jacklin	357	34.0	5.4
	UKIP	Phillip Trindall	112	10.7	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Thomas	54	5.1	5.1
Majority			170	16.2
Turnout			1,050
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkley By-Election 16 November 2017^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Byatt	374	47.8	12.2
	Conservative	Gilly Gunner	217	27.7	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Leslie	84	10.7	10.7
	UKIP	Phillip Trindall	78	10.0	−9.7
	Green	Ben Quail	30	3.8	−5.2
Majority			157	20.1
Turnout			783
	Labour hold		Swing

St Margaret's By-Election 16 November 2017^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Coulam	487	41.7	11.8
	Labour	Nasima Begum	410	35.1	−1.3
	UKIP	Bernie Guymer	119	10.2	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Waters	88	7.5	7.5
	Green	Baz Bemment	65	5.6	−2.2
Majority			77	6.6
Turnout			1,169
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pakefield By-Election 12 July 2018^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Vigo di Gallidoro	643	41.7	11.8
	Labour	Paul Tyack	600	40.9	−5.2
	UKIP	Phillip Trindall	116	7.9	7.9
	Green	Peter Lang	64	4.4	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Robertson	44	3.0	−6.0
Majority			43	2.9
Turnout			1,467
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Southwold and Reydon By-Election 12 July 2018^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Beavan	1,005	71.4	71.4
	Conservative	David Burrows	307	21.8	−28.4
	Labour	John Cracknell	78	5.5	−14.8
	UKIP	Mike Shaw	18	1.3	−13.3
Majority			698	49.6
Turnout			1,408
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ Changing to Whole Council Elections – Explanatory Document, Waveney District Council, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
^ Reporter, Jason Noble Local Democracy (1 April 2019). "April 1 marks "momentous day" with formation of two new Suffolk councils". East Anglian Daily Times.
^ "Waveney". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
^ "Talks to take place on who runs council". East Anglian Daily Times. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Lennard, David (14 May 2003). "Tories to take control of council". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Lennard, David (21 June 2004). "All change at council helm". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Geater, Paul (23 May 2011). "Suffolk: New leader to be confirmed at county". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Boggis, Mark (15 May 2017). "'Waveney has lost a great councillor and a great friend' - touching tributes paid after death of district council leader Colin Law". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Smith, Amy (10 May 2017). "New Conservative leader announced for Waveney District Council". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ The District of Waveney (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
^ "Waveney". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Waveney (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Waveney (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kessingland Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Worlingham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Beccles South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Harbour Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oulton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Halesworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Wrentham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Oulton Broad Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kirkley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Margaret's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pakefield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southwold and Reydon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

External links

Waveney District Council

[fouryearelec-1] Changing to Whole Council Elections – Explanatory Document, Waveney District Council, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

[2] Reporter, Jason Noble Local Democracy (1 April 2019). "April 1 marks "momentous day" with formation of two new Suffolk councils". East Anglian Daily Times.

[change-3] "Waveney". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

[4] "Talks to take place on who runs council". East Anglian Daily Times. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[5] Lennard, David (14 May 2003). "Tories to take control of council". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[6] Lennard, David (21 June 2004). "All change at council helm". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[7] Geater, Paul (23 May 2011). "Suffolk: New leader to be confirmed at county". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[8] Boggis, Mark (15 May 2017). "'Waveney has lost a great councillor and a great friend' - touching tributes paid after death of district council leader Colin Law". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[9] Smith, Amy (10 May 2017). "New Conservative leader announced for Waveney District Council". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

[10] The District of Waveney (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

[lose-11] "Waveney". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

[12] slation.gov.uk - The District of Waveney (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[13] slation.gov.uk - The District of Waveney (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Kessingland Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Worlingham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[16] "Local Elections Archive Project — Beccles South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[17] "Local Elections Archive Project — Harbour Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[18] "Local Elections Archive Project — Oulton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[19] "Local Elections Archive Project — Halesworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[20] "Local Elections Archive Project — Wrentham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[21] "Local Elections Archive Project — Oulton Broad Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[22] "Local Elections Archive Project — Kirkley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[23] "Local Elections Archive Project — St Margaret's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[24] "Local Elections Archive Project — Pakefield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[25] "Local Elections Archive Project — Southwold and Reydon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

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East Suffolk County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
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See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e Waveney
Towns	Beccles Bungay Carlton Colville Halesworth Lowestoft Southwold
Civil parishes	All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham Barnby Barsham Benacre Blundeston Blyford Brampton with Stoven Corton Covehithe Ellough Flixton (Lothingland) Flixton (the Saints) Frostenden Gisleham Henstead with Hulver Street Holton Kessingland Lound Mettingham Mutford North Cove Oulton Oulton Broad Redisham Reydon Ringsfield Rumburgh Rushmere Shadingfield Shipmeadow Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet Sotherton Sotterley South Cove Spexhall St Andrew, Ilketshall St Cross, South Elmham St James, South Elmham St John, Ilketshall St Lawrence, Ilketshall St Margaret, Ilketshall St Margaret, South Elmham St Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield St Michael, South Elmham St Peter, South Elmham Uggeshall Wangford with Henham Westhall Weston Willingham St Mary Wissett Worlingham Wrentham
See also: Waveney (UK Parliament constituency) Waveney local elections