Waveney District Council election, 2002

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]

Waveney Local Election Result 2002[3][4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21			-6	43.8	45.7	27,097	+8.3%
	Conservative	21			+6	43.8	31.8	18,840	-7.8%
	Liberal Democrat	3			0	6.3	14.1	8,384	-4.1%
	Independent	3			+1	6.3	5.5	3,235	+0.7%
	Green	0			0	0	1.7	1,023	+1.7%
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.6	367	+0.6%
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.5	319	+0.5%
	Others	0			-1	0	0	0	-

Ward results

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 Democrat	U Bentley	204
Turnout			2,949	41.6

Beccles South (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Walmesley	451
	Labour	M Adams	411
	Conservative	S Cole	305
	UKIP	B Aylett	196
	Liberal Democrat	A Briggs	159
	Liberal Democrat	S Went	111
	Green	M McGee	91
Turnout			1,724	25.4

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

Bungay (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Jermy	726
	Conservative	J Groom	659
	Labour	L Derges	568
	Conservative	D Allum	469
	Liberal Democrat	W Curry	184
	Green	R Vinton	170
Turnout			2,776	39.0

Carlton (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S Ardley	458
	Conservative	B Reader	434
	Labour	J Ford	326
	Labour	M Swan	240
	Liberal Democrat	B Howe	140
Turnout			1,598	25.0

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 Democrat	J Marsden	204
Turnout			3,502	26.2

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 Democrat	A Moles	185
	Green	M Narburgh	166
Turnout			2,945	43.6

Halesworth (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P Flegg	756
	Conservative	R Niblett	697
	Labour	E Leverett	680
	Labour	P Whitlow	548
	Liberal Democrat	H Watts	196
Turnout			2,877	41.9

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 Democrat	J Thain	325
	Liberal Democrat	P Meadez	281
	Conservative	M Ardley	232
	Socialist Alliance	R Mallin	120
Turnout			4,762	33.1

Kessingland (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N Hodges	726
	Labour	R Breach	627
	Conservative	K Sale	507
	Conservative	P Joslin	454
	Liberal Democrat	L Lakes	167
Turnout			2,481	36.4

Kirkley (3)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	A Shepherd	886
	Liberal Democrat	D Young	850
	Liberal Democrat	G Baxter	796
	Labour	S Balls	694
	Labour	E Skepelhorn	652
	Labour	S Masterson	632
	Conservative	J Corbett	193
Turnout			4,703	33.5

Lothingland[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Hunter	291	45.8
	Conservative	J Fraser	253	39.8
	Liberal Democrat	A Thomas	91	14.3
Majority			38	6.0
Turnout			635	37.5

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

Oulton (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Hinton	527
	Conservative	A Borrett	439
	Conservative	S Ames	416
	Labour	A Thomson	406
	Liberal Democrat	A Tibbitt	203
Turnout			1,991	35.2

Oulton Broad (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Law	610
	Conservative	S Keller	546
	Labour	M Rodgers	528
	Labour	I Melvin	460
	Liberal Democrat	A Martin	223
Turnout			2,367	35.2

Pakefield (3)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Kelly	979
	Labour	M Pitchers	913
	Labour	R Thorne	893
	Liberal Democrat	J Van Pelt	603
	Liberal Democrat	R Dyball	531
	Conservative	V Pulford	505
	Liberal Democrat	B Batchelder	499
Turnout			4,923	37.0

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

St Margarets (3)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Devereux	913
	Labour	J Winterton	818
	Labour	R Winterton	784
	Conservative	S Foulger	518
	Liberal Democrat	L Batchelder	421
	Socialist Alliance	M Palmer	119
Turnout			3,573	29.0

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 Democrat	R Pumer	94	12.2
Majority			337	43.9
Turnout			768	44.6

Wainford[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Bee	376	52.5
	Liberal Democrat	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

Whitton (3)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Castleton	1,030
	Labour	S Spore	910
	Labour	A Skipper	905
	Conservative	B Bee	555
	Liberal Democrat	S Tonge	417
Turnout			3,817	31.7

Worlingham (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S Jones	743
	Conservative	D Francis	712
	Labour	J Taylor	495
	Labour	P Shelly	361
	Liberal Democrat	D O'Neil	173
	UKIP	B Poole	123
Turnout			2,607	41.5

Wrentham[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Goldsmith	430	73.8
	Labour	Whatrup	153	26.2
Majority			277	47.5
Turnout			583	33.9

References

1. "Waveney". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
2. "Full results". Financial Times. 2002-05-03. p. 7.
3. "District Election Results: District Election 2nd May 2002". Waveney District Council. Archived from the original on 2002-06-13. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
4. "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 2002-05-04. p. 16.