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1999 Waveney District Council election

1999 English local government election

1999 English local government election

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election_name1999 Waveney District Council election
countrySuffolk
typeparliamentary
previous_election1998 Waveney District Council election
previous_year1998
election_date
next_election2000 Waveney District Council election
next_year2000
seats_for_electionAll 48 seats to Waveney District Council
majority_seats25
image1[[File:No image wide.svg95x50pxBlank]]
party1Labour Party (UK)
seats113
seats_after138
seat_change13
popular_vote111,974
percentage150.7%
swing10.6%
image2[[File:No image wide.svg95x50pxBlank]]
party2Conservative Party (UK)
seats22
seats_after25
seat_change22
popular_vote27,678
percentage232.1%
swing25.8%
image4[[File:No image wide.svg95x50pxBlank]]
party4Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats41
seats_after43
seat_change41
popular_vote42,777
percentage411.8%
swing40.3%
image5[[File:No image wide.svg95x50pxBlank]]
party5Independent politician
seats50
seats_after52
seat_change5
popular_vote51,292
percentage55.5%
swing54.8%
map_imageWaveney UK ward map 1999.svg
map_captionWinner of each seat at the 1999 Waveney District Council election.
titleControl
posttitleControl after election
before_partyLabour Party (UK)
after_partyLabour Party (UK)

The 1999 Waveney District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Summary

Election result

|seats % = 81.3 |total seats % = 79.2 |votes % = 50.7 |plus/minus = –0.6 |seats % = 12.5 |total seats % = 10.4 |votes % = 32.1 |plus/minus = +5.8 |seats % = 6.3 |total seats % = 6.3 |votes % = 11.8 |plus/minus = –0.3 |seats % = 0.0 |total seats % = 4.2 |votes % = 5.5 |plus/minus = –4.8

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Beccles Town

|reg. electors = 5,882

Beccles Worlingham

|reg. electors = 4,327

Blything

|reg. electors = 1,790

Bungay

|reg. electors = 3,818

Carlton

|reg. electors = 6,527

Gunton

|reg. electors = 5,050

Halesworth

|reg. electors = 3,746

Harbour

|reg. electors = 4,044

Kirkley

|reg. electors = 4,379

Lothingland

|reg. electors = 4,881

Normanston

|reg. electors = 4,264

Oulton Broad

|reg. electors = 5,364

Pakefield

|reg. electors = 5,458

Southwold

|reg. electors = 5,079

St. Margarets

|reg. electors = 5,549

Whitton

|reg. electors = 4,326

References

References

  1. Rallings, Colin. "Waveney District Council Election Results 1973-2012". The Elections Centre, [[Plymouth University]].
  2. "Waveney". [[BBC News Online]].
  3. Rallings, Colin. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre.
  4. (1999-05-08). "How Britain voted: Council Election Results". [[The Independent]].
  5. "District Election Results: District Election 6th May 1999". Waveney District Council.
  6. (1999-05-08). "How the nations voted". [[The Times]].
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