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Local Election Results 2008

Waveney

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Blything, Lothingland, Oulton, The Saints, Wainford, Worlingham or Wrentham.

Other results for Waveney: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2015
By-elections for Waveney (may be incomplete): 26th February 2004 (Kessingland) — 19th December 2011 (Worlingham) — 15th November 2012 (Beccles S.) — 2nd May 2013 (Harbour) — 8th August 2013 (Oulton) — 22nd May 2014 (Halesworth) — 5th May 2016 (Wrentham) — 21st September 2017 (Oulton Broad) — 16th November 2017 (Kirkley; St Margaret's) — 12th July 2018 (Pakefield; Southwold & Reydon)
Results for Suffolk county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Waveney 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 10120 40.3% 12
Labour 6940 27.6% 4
Liberal Democrat 2859 11.4% 1
Green Party 2783 11.1% 0
UK Independence Party 1474 5.9% 0
Independent 932 3.7% 0

Beccles North

Christopher Punt C 728 42.4%
Netta Swallow Grn 640 37.3%
Keith Jenkins Lab 272 15.9%
Brian Howe LD 75 4.4%

Beccles South [C gain from Lab]

Gary Ruickbie C 397 33.6%
Jack Walmsley Lab 354 29.9%
Nicola Elliott Grn 334 28.3%
Philip Evans LD 97 8.2%

Bungay

Simon Woods C 655 48.4%
Christopher Caswell Lab 315 23.3%
Paul Jackson Grn 221 16.3%
David O'Neill LD 161 11.9%

Carlton

Stephen Ardley C 482 40.1%
Christopher Thomas LD 309 25.7%
Martyn Spore Lab 215 17.9%
William Mountford UKIP 150 12.5%
Angela Tregear Grn 45 3.7%

Carlton Colville (2)

Paul Light C 964 48.1%
Patricia Hawes C 873
Alan Brown Lab 451 22.5%
José Bamonde Lab 366
Gary Hall UKIP 288 14.4%
Steven Taylor LD 187 9.3%
Eric Wareham Grn 115 5.7%
Karen Wareham Grn 106

Gunton and Corton

Mary Rudd C 979 65.0%
Peter Byatt Lab 221 14.7%
Michelle Lavill LD 160 10.6%
Maxine Narburgh Grn 145 9.6%

Halesworth

Patricia Flegg C 960 63.1%
Peter Coghill Lab 315 20.7%
Jennifer Berry Grn 246 16.2%

Harbour [Lab gain from Ind]

Nigel Dack Lab 789 53.1%
Joanna Harding C 301 20.2%
Hilary Wilson Ind 149 10.0%
Lorraine Lakes LD 126 8.5%
Christopher Goodings Grn 122 8.2%

Kessingland

David Provan C 621 45.3%
Jack Tyler UKIP 309 22.5%
Nannette Brown Lab 251 18.3%
Emma Waller Grn 103 7.5%
Antony Tibbitt LD 88 6.4%

Kirkley

Rosemary Hudson LD 660 46.7%
Lynn Dack Lab 375 26.5%
May Reader C 256 18.1%
Kerri Edmondson Grn 123 8.7%

Normanston

Keith Patience Lab 736 50.2%
Terence Bromley C 411 28.1%
Brenna Batchelder LD 190 13.0%
Lucille Mason Grn 128 8.7%

Oulton Broad

Sandra Keller C 621 48.0%
Sarah Webb Lab 386 29.8%
James Russell LD 182 14.1%
Philip Tregear Grn 106 8.2%

Pakefield [Lab gain from C]

Malcolm Pitchers Lab 756 35.9%
Stuart Foulger C 656 31.1%
Derek Hackett UKIP 412 19.6%
Joycelyn Russell LD 179 8.5%
Christopher Leggett Grn 104 4.9%

St Margaret's

Paul Widdowson Lab 658 34.7%
Iftekhar Alam C 578 30.5%
Bernard Ladd UKIP 315 16.6%
Leslie Batchelder LD 206 10.9%
Sophie Leggett Grn 137 7.2%

Southwold and Reydon [C gain from Ind]

Susan Allen C 708 44.5%
Michael Ladd Ind 660 41.5%
Jacqueline Wheatley Lab 130 8.2%
Michael Platt Grn 93 5.8%

Whitton

Patricia Mortimer C 803 40.1%
Tod Sullivan Lab 716 35.8%
Sandra Tonge LD 239 11.9%
Reginald Allen Ind 123 6.1%
Michael Milan Grn 121 6.0%

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