2000 Waveney District Council election

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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
2000 Waveney District Council election[3][4]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 4 Decrease 9 25.0 24 28 58.3 8,838 37.4 -13.3
  Conservative 9 Increase 8 56.3 5 13 27.1 9,360 39.6 +7.5
  Liberal Democrats 2 Increase 1 12.5 2 4 8.3 4,302 18.2 +6.4
  Independent 1 Steady 6.3 2 3 6.3 1,130 4.8 +2.0

Ward results
Beccles Town[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Crisp 899 43.9 +32.5
Conservative Keith Standring 642 31.3 +11.2
Labour Peter Shelley 509 24.8 -12.8
Majority 257 12.6
Turnout 2,050
Beccles Worlingham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shirley Cole 735 51.6 +15.4
Labour William Mason 503 35.3 -14.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Bromley 186 13.1 -0.6
Majority 232 16.3
Turnout 1,424
Bungay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Groom 705 46.5 +12.5
Labour David Jermy 696 45.9 -8.4
Liberal Democrats Darren Ware 115 7.6 -4.1
Majority 9 0.6
Turnout 1,516
Carlton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Reader 882 50.5 +19.6
Labour Jacqueline Wagner 649 37.1 -13.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thomas 216 12.4 +3.9
Majority 233 13.4
Turnout 1,747
Carlton Colville[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Bell 403 33.9
Independent James Mitchell 361 30.4
Labour Norman Hodges 301 25.3
Independent Norman Keable 62 5.2
Liberal Democrats Arnold Martin 61 5.1
Majority 42 3.5
Turnout 1,188
Gunton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Chilvers 878 53.1 +10.0
Labour Gordon Stewart 597 36.1 -9.7
Liberal Democrats Antony Tibbitt 178 10.8 -0.3
Majority 281 17.0
Turnout 1,653
Halesworth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Niblett 570 47.0 +15.0
Labour Paul Whitlow 456 37.6 -30.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Bainer 186 15.3 +15.3
Majority 114 9.4
Turnout 1,212
Harbour[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ruth Ford 707 56.3 +17.7
Labour Stella Bostock 344 27.4 -12.5
Conservative Stephen Ames 116 9.2 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Meadez 89 7.1 -5.7
Majority 363 28.9
Turnout 1,256
Kessingland[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Sale 462 46.2
Labour Kate McGee 416 41.6
Liberal Democrats Alison Briggs 122 12.2
Majority 46 4.6
Turnout 1,000
Kirkley[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gifford Baxter 652 48.5 -3.0
Labour Ernest Skepelhorn 501 37.3 -0.5
Conservative Shona Reeves 190 14.1 +3.4
Majority 151 11.2 -2.5
Turnout 1,343
Normanston[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Porter 586 60.5 -12.6
Conservative May Reader 260 26.8 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Breena Batchelder 123 12.7 +1.7
Majority 326 33.6 -23.6
Turnout 969
Oulton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Partridge 1,127 56.1 +11.1
Labour Malcolm Cherry 685 34.1 -11.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Mummery 198 9.9 +0.7
Majority 442 22.0
Turnout 2,010
Pakefield[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Thorne 816 52.0 -7.9
Conservative Valerie Pulford 556 35.5 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Howe 196 12.5 +3.2
Majority 260 16.6 -12.6
Turnout 1,568
Saint Margarets[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathan Winterton 820 55.9 -12.5
Conservative Anne Mylan 483 32.9 +12.1
Liberal Democrats Leslie Batchelder 164 11.2 +0.4
Majority 337 23.0 -24.7
Turnout 1,467
Southwold[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Goldsmith 1,085 50.3 -10.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Ladd 787 36.5 +36.5
Labour Kenneth Francis 284 13.2 -26.5
Majority 298 13.8 -6.8
Turnout 2,156
Whitton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rita Carter 675 63.0 -9.6
Conservative Barry Bee 266 24.8 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Sandra Tonge 130 12.1 +1.0
Majority 409 38.2 -18.1
Turnout 1,071

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. "District Election Results: District Election 4th May 2000". Waveney District Council. Archived from the original on 25 September 2000. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
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