Waveney was a local government district in

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include ...

, England, named after the River Waveney that formed its north-east border. The district council was based in

Lowestoft Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the List of extreme points of the United Kingdom, most easterly UK se ...

, the major settlement in Waveney. The other towns in the district were

Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, north-east of London as the crow fl ...

Bungay Bungay () is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . It lies in the Waveney Valley, west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a mean ...

Halesworth Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, upstream from Southwold. T ...

and

Southwold Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is ...

. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the

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, as a merger of the

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s of

and

, along with

and

urban districts, Wainford Rural District and part of

Lothingland Rural District Lothingland was a rural district in East Suffolk, England, named after the ancient half-hundred of Lothingland which was merged with Mutford half-hundred in 1763 to form Mutford and Lothingland. The rural district was formed in 1934 by the m ...

. The population of the district at the 2011 Census was 115,254. The last elections to the council were held on 7 May 2015, the second election after the council moved to a Whole Council election system, meaning all 48 council seats were contested.Changing to Whole Council Elections – Explanatory Document
Waveney District Council, 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2011. Before the 2011 elections the council was under

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control. Waveney district was merged with

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district on 1 April 2019 to form the new East Suffolk district. At the 2011 election the Conservatives had lost overall control, with both it and the Labour Party represented by 23 councillors, the balance of the council being made up of one

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and one

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councillor.Waveney
BBC news, 6 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-06.'Battle for power at Waveney District Council'
''Eastern Daily Press'', 10 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-12. A series of procedural moves led to the formation of a Conservative-led administration.Colin Law is new leader
Waveney District Council, 25 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-06.New leader chosen for Waveney District Council
''Eastern Daily Press'', 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-06. At the 2015 election the Conservatives won an absolute majority, with 27 seats, with Labour winning 20 and the Green Party 1.

Politics

List of communities

Outside of Lowestoft there are 59 towns and civil parishes in Waveney:

References

External links

Waveney District Council
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