2002 Waveney District Council election

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.^[1] The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[2]

Map of the results

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 35.1%.^[3]

2002 Waveney District Council election[3][4]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	21	6	43.8	0	21	43.8	27,097	45.7	+8.3
	Conservative	21	6	43.8	0	21	43.8	18,840	31.8	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	3		6.3	0	3	6.3	8,384	14.1	-4.1
	Independent	3		6.3	0	3	6.3	3,235	5.5	+0.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,023	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	367	0.6	N/A
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	319	0.5	N/A

Ward results

Beccles North

Beccles North (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C Punt	626
	Labour	A Thwaites	614
	Labour	M Blunt	534
	Conservative	M Wade	519
	Green	G Elliott	230
	Independent	C Scott	222
	Liberal Democrats	U Bentley	204
Turnout			2,949	41.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Beccles South

Beccles South (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Walmesley	451
	Labour	M Adams	411
	Conservative	S Cole	305
	UKIP	B Aylett	196
	Liberal Democrats	A Briggs	159
	Liberal Democrats	S Went	111
	Green	M McGee	91
Turnout			1,724	25.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blything

Blything^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Mawer	479	68.6
	Labour	L Watling	219	31.4
Majority			260	37.2
Turnout			698	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bungay

Bungay (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Jermy	726
	Conservative	J Groom	659
	Labour	L Derges	568
	Conservative	D Allum	469
	Liberal Democrats	W Curry	184
	Green	R Vinton	170
Turnout			2,776	39.0
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Carlton

Carlton (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S Ardley	458
	Conservative	B Reader	434
	Labour	J Ford	326
	Labour	M Swan	240
	Liberal Democrats	B Howe	140
Turnout			1,598	25.0
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Carlton Colville

Carlton Colville (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Bell	655
	Conservative	S Sayer	567
	Conservative	K Grant	551
	Labour	R Jack	548
	Labour	I Kelly	491
	Labour	R Chapman	486
	Liberal Democrats	J Marsden	204
Turnout			3,502	26.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Gunton and Corton

Gunton and Corton (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S Chilvers	927
	Conservative	M Rudd	863
	Labour	H Blowers	507
	Labour	M Turner	297
	Liberal Democrats	A Moles	185
	Green	M Narburgh	166
Turnout			2,945	43.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Halesworth

Halesworth (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Flegg	756
	Conservative	R Niblett	697
	Labour	E Leverett	680
	Labour	P Whitlow	548
	Liberal Democrats	H Watts	196
Turnout			2,877	41.9
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Harbour

Harbour (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R Ford	898
	Independent	I Turrell	643
	Labour	I Graham	622
	Labour	A Turner	588
	Independent	N Keable	582
	Labour	P Widdowson	471
	Liberal Democrats	J Thain	325
	Liberal Democrats	P Meadez	281
	Conservative	M Ardley	232
	Socialist Alliance	R Mallin	120
Turnout			4,762	33.1
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Kessingland

Kessingland (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N Hodges	726
	Labour	R Breach	627
	Conservative	K Sale	507
	Conservative	P Joslin	454
	Liberal Democrats	L Lakes	167
Turnout			2,481	36.4
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Kirkley

Kirkley (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A Shepherd	886
	Liberal Democrats	D Young	850
	Liberal Democrats	G Baxter	796
	Labour	S Balls	694
	Labour	E Skepelhorn	652
	Labour	S Masterson	632
	Conservative	J Corbett	193
Turnout			4,703	33.5
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lothingland

Lothingland^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Hunter	291	45.8
	Conservative	J Fraser	253	39.8
	Liberal Democrats	A Thomas	91	14.3
Majority			38	6.0
Turnout			635	37.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Normanston

Normanston (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Jones	883
	Labour	K Patience	786
	Labour	D Thomas	680
	Conservative	A Mylan	339
	Liberal Democrats	P Holmes-Thrower	293
	Green	S Sizer	188
	Socialist Alliance	N Bird	128
Turnout			3,297	27.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Oulton

Oulton (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Hinton	527
	Conservative	A Borrett	439
	Conservative	S Ames	416
	Labour	A Thomson	406
	Liberal Democrats	A Tibbitt	203
Turnout			1,991	35.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Oulton Broad

Oulton Broad (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Law	610
	Conservative	S Keller	546
	Labour	M Rodgers	528
	Labour	I Melvin	460
	Liberal Democrats	A Martin	223
Turnout			2,367	35.2
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Pakefield

Pakefield (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Kelly	979
	Labour	M Pitchers	913
	Labour	R Thorne	893
	Liberal Democrats	J Van Pelt	603
	Liberal Democrats	R Dyball	531
	Conservative	V Pulford	505
	Liberal Democrats	B Batchelder	499
Turnout			4,923	37.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Southwold and Reydon

Southwold and Reydon (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M Ladd	890
	Conservative	P Austin	877
	Conservative	K Keable	720
	Labour	A Clarke	246
	Labour	J Wagner	240
Turnout			2,973	53.1
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Margaret's

St Margarets (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Devereux	913
	Labour	J Winterton	818
	Labour	R Winterton	784
	Conservative	S Foulger	518
	Liberal Democrats	L Batchelder	421
	Socialist Alliance	M Palmer	119
Turnout			3,573	29.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

The Saints

The Saints^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Rose	450	58.6
	Green	A Abbott	113	14.7
	Labour	C Caswell	111	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	R Pumer	94	12.2
Majority			337	43.9
Turnout			768	44.6
	Conservative hold

Wainford

Wainford^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Bee	376	52.5
	Liberal Democrats	N Bromley	148	20.7
	Labour	J Seal	127	17.7
	Green	N Elliott	65	9.1
Majority			228	31.8
Turnout			716	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitton

Whitton (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Castleton	1,030
	Labour	S Spore	910
	Labour	A Skipper	905
	Conservative	B Bee	555
	Liberal Democrats	S Tonge	417
Turnout			3,817	31.7
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Worlingham

Worlingham (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S Jones	743
	Conservative	D Francis	712
	Labour	J Taylor	495
	Labour	P Shelly	361
	Liberal Democrats	D O'Neil	173
	UKIP	B Poole	123
Turnout			2,607	41.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wrentham

Wrentham^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Goldsmith	430	73.8
	Labour	Whatrup	153	26.2
Majority			277	47.6
Turnout			583	33.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Waveney". BBC News Online. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
2. "Full results". Financial Times. 3 May 2002. p. 7.
3. "District Election Results: District Election 2nd May 2002". Waveney District Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
4. "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.