Waveney local elections are held every four years to elect councillors to Waveney District Council

Waveney

Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that forms its north-west border. The district council is based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney, which is the only unparished area in the district...

 located in the north-east corner of the English

England

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 county

County

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 of Suffolk

Suffolk

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. In the past one third of councillors were elected each year, but in 2010 the council opted to change to a Whole Council election system. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 23 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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. As a result of the 2011 election the Conservative party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 lost overall control, with both it and the Labour party

Labour Party (UK)

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 represented by 23 councillors, the balance of the council being made up of one Green Party

Green Party of England and Wales

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 and one Independent

Independent (politician)

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 councillor.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973 - 1976
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1976 - 1986
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1986 - 1990
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1990–2002
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2002 - 2006
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	2006 - 2011
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2002 - 2006

Council elections

• Waveney Council election, 1998
  Waveney Council election, 1998
  The 1998 Waveney Council election took place on 7 May 1998 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....
  
  
• Waveney Council election, 1999
  Waveney Council election, 1999
  The 1999 Waveney Council election took place on 6 May 1999 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....
  
  
• Waveney Council election, 2000
  Waveney Council election, 2000
  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....
  
  
• Waveney Council election, 2002
  Waveney 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. The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall...
  
   (whole council elected after boundary changes took place)
• Waveney Council election, 2003
  Waveney Council election, 2003
  The 2003 Waveney Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....
  
  
• Waveney Council election, 2004
  Waveney Council election, 2004
  The 2004 Waveney Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....
  
  
• Waveney Council election, 2006
• Waveney Council election, 2007
• Waveney Council election, 2008
• Waveney Council election, 2010
• Waveney Council election, 2011
  Waveney Council election, 2011
  Elections to Waveney District Council took place on Thursday 5th May 2011. This was the first election held as a Whole Council election following a change made to the electoral system in 2010. As a result all 48 council seats were contested....
  
  (whole council election)