Waveney

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Waveney District
Shown within Suffolk
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Suffolk
Area: - Total	Ranked 127th 370.39 km²
Admin. HQ:	Lowestoft
ONS code:	42UH
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 175th 116,800 315 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Waveney District Council http://www.waveney.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Bob Blizzard, John Gummer, Michael Lord

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, which is the only unparished area in the district. The other towns in the district are Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Southwold.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal boroughs of Beccles, Lowestoft and Southwold, along with Bungay and Halesworth urban districts, Wainford Rural District and part of Lothingland Rural District. Waveney District Council is currently under Conservative Party control.

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