1991 Waveney District Council election

The 1991 Waveney District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Waveney District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

1991 Waveney District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	1	43.8	21	28	58.3	15,131	46.0	-7.6
	Conservative	7	2	43.8	7	14	29.2	11,897	36.2	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	12.5	3	5	10.4	5,050	15.4	+3.1
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.1	354	1.1	-2.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	443	1.3	-0.6

Ward results

Beccles Town

Beccles Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Crisp*	1,011	36.1
	Conservative	P. Sanders	903	32.2
	Labour	P. Baker	888	31.7
Majority			108	3.9
Turnout			2,802	50.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Beccles Worlingham

Beccles Worlingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Ley	932	58.6
	Conservative	H. Durie*	659	41.4
Majority			273	17.2
Turnout			1,591	42.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blything

Blything

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Nichols	404	40.1
	Independent	E. Woodard	354	35.2
	Labour	A. Martin	249	24.7
Majority			50	5.0
Turnout			1,007	60.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bungay

Bungay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Palin	949	52.3
	Labour	D. Jermy	864	47.7
Majority			85	4.7
Turnout			1,813	49.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carlton

Carlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Brighouse*	1,131	44.9
	Labour	K. Hunting	887	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	C. Thomas	501	19.9
Majority			244	9.7
Turnout			2,519	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gunton

Gunton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Browne	1,438	63.5
	Labour	R. Durrant	826	36.5
Majority			612	27.0
Turnout			2,264	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Halesworth

Halesworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Holzer	961	55.2
	Conservative	R. Niblett*	779	44.8
Majority			182	10.5
Turnout			1,740	48.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harbour

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Reynolds	962	66.1
	Conservative	L. Guy	294	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	I. Burnett	200	13.7
Majority			668	45.9
Turnout			1,456	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkley

Kirkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Shepherd	982	46.4
	Labour	R. Anderson	779	36.8
	Conservative	F. Gaimster	275	13.0
	Green	S. Blease	82	3.9
Majority			203	9.6
Turnout			2,118	46.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Lothingland

Lothingland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Choveaux	920	45.9
	Labour	A. Brooks	849	42.4
	Green	M. Southern	234	11.7
Majority			71	3.5
Turnout			2,003	45.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Normanston

Normanston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hunt*	1,184	72.9
	Liberal Democrats	I. Crocker	441	27.1
Majority			743	45.7
Turnout			1,625	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Oulton Broad

Oulton Broad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Barnard	1,111	43.5
	Labour	J. Coleman	837	32.7
	Liberal Democrats	A. Tibbitt	608	23.8
Majority			274	10.7
Turnout			2,556	48.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pakefield

Pakefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Blizzard	1,660	60.8
	Conservative	J. Halls	1,070	39.2
Majority			590	21.6
Turnout			2,730	49.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Southwold

Southwold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Simpson*	1,149	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	D. Beavan	842	30.2
	Labour	A. Clarke	673	24.1
	Green	A. Milton	127	4.6
Majority			307	11.0
Turnout			2,791	55.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Margaret's

St. Margaret's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Owen*	1,207	60.7
	Conservative	J. Albrow	500	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	G. Wood	280	14.1
Majority			707	35.6
Turnout			1,987	37.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitton

Whitton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Chipperfield*	1,373	73.3
	Conservative	A. Gowers	315	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	R. Paterson	185	9.9
Majority			1,058	56.5
Turnout			1,873	42.0
	Labour hold		Swing