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]

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
Party		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

^ "Waveney". BBC News Online. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
^ "Full results". Financial Times. 3 May 2002. p. 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "District Election Results: District Election 2nd May 2002". Waveney District Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

[lose-1] "Waveney". BBC News Online. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

[full-2] "Full results". Financial Times. 3 May 2002. p. 7.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "District Election Results: District Election 2nd May 2002". Waveney District Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2002. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

[local-4] "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

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