Waveney District Council elections

Local elections were held in Waveney district every four years to elect councillors to Waveney District Council. 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 councillors have been elected from 23 wards. The district was merged with Suffolk Coastal in April 2019 to form East Suffolk, meaning that the 2015 elections were the final Waveney elections to be held.

Political control
From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties:

Leadership
The leaders of the council from 2003 until its abolition in 2019 were:

Mark Bee served as leader of the East Suffolk shadow authority prior to the new council coming into effect in 2019, but he was unsuccessful in securing a seat at the first election to the new council.

Council elections

 * 1973 Waveney District Council election
 * 1976 Waveney District Council election
 * 1979 Waveney District Council election
 * 1983 Waveney District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1984 Waveney District Council election
 * 1986 Waveney District Council election
 * 1987 Waveney District Council election
 * 1988 Waveney District Council election
 * 1990 Waveney District Council election
 * 1991 Waveney District Council election
 * 1992 Waveney District Council election
 * 1994 Waveney District Council election
 * 1995 Waveney District Council election
 * 1996 Waveney District Council election
 * 1998 Waveney District Council election
 * 1999 Waveney District Council election
 * 2000 Waveney District Council election
 * 2002 Waveney District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 2003 Waveney District Council election
 * 2004 Waveney District Council election
 * 2006 Waveney District Council election
 * 2007 Waveney District Council election
 * 2008 Waveney District Council election
 * 2010 Waveney District Council election
 * 2011 Waveney District Council election
 * 2015 Waveney District Council election