2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

The 2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England.

2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30% ( 37pp)
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab LD Leader Paul Bettison Mary Temperton N/A Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Little Sandhurst & Wellington Great Hollands North N/A Last election 41 seats, 52.0% 1 seat, 22.2% 0 seat, 6.7% Seats won 38 3 1 Seat change 3 2 1 Popular vote 14,183 7,790 5,956 Percentage 48.5% 26.7% 20.4% Swing 3.5% 4.5% 13.7%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The Conservative Party has controlled the council since its establishment as a unitary authority in 1998, and ended up securing a seventh term in office.

Background

Bracknell Forest Borough Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, forty-one Conservative councillors and one Labour councillor were elected.

The council has been controlled by the Conservative Party since the unitary authority was first elected in 1997. The predecessor district council had been controlled by both the Labour and Conservative parties.

Overall results

After the previous election, and immediately before this election, the composition of the council was:

↓

41	1
Conservative	Labour

The Conservatives held the council losing just three seats with two going to Labour and one to the Liberal Democrats.

Following the 2019 election, the composition of the council was:

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38	3	1
Conservative	Labour

Ward results

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent councillor standing for re-election

Ascot

Ascot (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes*	756	58.5	−5.0
	Conservative	Nigel John Atkinson	708
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Christopher Banks	291	22.5	+12.6
	Labour	Katherine Giles	246	19.0	+5.1
	Labour	Stephen Geoffrey Young	171
Turnout				29	−42
Registered electors			4,113
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Leake*	1,341	54.7	−1.8
	Conservative	John Harrison*	1,337
	Conservative	Ankur Shiv Bhandari	1,125
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stewart Francis	611	24.9	New
	Labour	Lorraine Marie Copley	499	20.4	+1.0
	Labour	Eric William Pilmoor	403
	Labour	Andrew James Walker	360
Turnout				29	−41
Registered electors			7,709
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Angell*	651	49.2	−5.0
	Conservative	Ian Jeffrey Kirke	619
	Labour	Lara Claire Patricia Johnson	441	33.4	+2.4
	Labour	David Michael Hugh McMullen	357
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Lyons	230	17.4	+2.6
Turnout				27	−36
Registered electors			4,698
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Richard Brossard*	565	44.4	−18.6
	Conservative	Gaby Kennedy	542
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Paul Forster	422	33.1	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leigh Quigg	309
	Green	Rosie Chandler	162	12.7	New
	Labour	Garrett Sidney Cooke	125	9.8	−10.5
	Labour	Leo Eli Orlando Anniballi	122
Turnout				31	−38
Registered electors			3,903
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

College Town

College Town (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Ann McKenzie*	632	57.7	−8.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Mark Allen*	617
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Geoffrey Thompson	250	22.8	+9.9
	Labour	Clive Urquhart	213	19.5	−1.0
	Labour	Matthew Edward White	135
Turnout				26	−40
Registered electors			3,860
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marc Brunel-Walker*	809	47.3	−1.6
	Conservative	Colin Reginald Dudley*	778
	Conservative	Suki Alanna Hayes*	756
	Labour	Danielle Turner	625	36.6	+9.9
	Labour	Christopher Peter John Foxon	560
	Labour	Guy Alexander Gillbe	459
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Richard Clay	276	16.1	New
Turnout				28	−35
Registered electors			5,911
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Wade*	713	54.7	−9.0
	Conservative	Tina McKenzie-Boyle	711
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pope	374	28.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robin Sexton	289
	Labour	Kate Cameron-Daum	216	16.6	+2.6
	Labour	Jonathon Monger	198
Turnout				32	−40
Registered electors			4,114
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Louise Temperton*	1,374	66.2	+16.2
	Labour	Kathryn Claire Neil	1,044
	Conservative	Peter Stephen Hill*	540	26.0	−10.9
	Conservative	Max Mir	346
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ian Jeffrey Hutchinson	163	7.9	New
Turnout				34	−31
Registered electors			5,502
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gbadebo	567	39.4	+2.6
	Conservative	Lizzy Gibson	528
	Labour	Kathleen Mary Nugent	451	31.4	+3.0
	Labour	Naheed Ejaz	362
	Green	Derek Gregory Clifford Florey	261	18.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Biddle	159	11.1	+2.8
Turnout				34	−33
Registered electors			3,767
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hanworth

Hanworth (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Birch*	1,028	50.7	+13.0
	Conservative	Mike Gibson	950
	Conservative	Michael John Skinner	897
	Labour	Nicola Jayne Goddard	577	28.4	+9.3
	Labour	Jenny Penfold	572
	Labour	Shawn Nathan Roy Hearn	548
	Liberal Democrats	Terence George Enga	424	20.9	+12.4
Turnout				30	−35
Registered electors			6,116
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harmans Water

Harmans Water (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Richard Martin Turrell*	1,039	42.3	−5.6
	Conservative	Isabel Margaret Mattick*	1,013
	Conservative	Ashley Caroline Merry*	1,005
	Labour	Thomas Faraday Neill	560	22.8	+2.9
	Labour	Diane Cheryl Thomas	506
	Labour	John Kenneth Wright	448
	UKIP	Shelagh Rosemary Pile	434	17.7	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Robert Smith	424	17.3	New
Turnout				32	−33
Registered electors			6,650
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Sandhurst and Wellington

Little Sandhurst and Wellington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Philip Birch*	744	52.7	+2.6
	Conservative	Paul David Bettison*	741
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Jayne Duffett	393	27.8	+9.7
	Labour	Megan Ruth Wright	275	19.5	+3.4
	Labour	Nicola Jane Mansfield	248
Turnout				33	−38
Registered electors			4,064
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Heydon*	626	48.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Ian Tullett	569
	Labour	Susan Helen Cahill	493	38.0	+5.7
	Labour	Roy John Bailey	485
	Liberal Democrats	David James Maxwell	180	13.9	New
Turnout				29	−33
Registered electors			4,320
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Porter*	631	54.3	+3.6
	Conservative	Ray Mossom	604
	Labour	Diane Elizabeth Allum-Wilson	276	23.7	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark David Vandersluis	256	22.0	+4.9
	Labour	Clive Temperton	128
Turnout				28	−42
Registered electors			3,903
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priestwood and Garth

Priestwood and Garth (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alvin Edwin Finch*	693	36.5	−8.9
	Conservative	Jennie Green	676
	Labour	Tricia Brown	595	31.4	+1.2
	Labour	Paul Steven Bidwell	593
	Conservative	Graham Edward Birch*	579
	Labour	Steve Fearon	506
	UKIP	Dave Colley	315	16.6	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Antony Bridgman	294	15.5	New
Turnout				29	−32
Registered electors			5,785
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Michael Barnard*	1,274	60.0	+3.8
	Conservative	Sandra Kay Ingham	1,273
	Conservative	Robert Lauchlan McLean*	1,128
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Malcolm Bradly	494	23.3	New
	Labour	Libbi Rae Miller	355	16.7	+4.5
	Labour	Anne Shillcock	312
	Labour	Graham William Firth	256
Turnout				32	−40
Registered electors			6,086
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wildridings & Central

Wildridings & Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dee Hamilton*	474	35.6	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas James Parker	466	35.0	+22.4
	Conservative	Kirsten Ashman	399
	Liberal Democrats	James Bailey Davis Dunsmuir	366
	Labour	Peter Charles Frewer	263	19.8	−10.4
	Labour	Michael Karim	245
	Green	Maciej Pawlik	127	10.0	New
Turnout				31	−33
Registered electors			4,000
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Moira Kathleen Gaw*	1,100	70.7	+11.4
	Conservative	Tony Virgo	945
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher David Jenkins	249	16.0	New
	Labour	Bob Miller	206	13.3	+4.0
	Labour	Alan Harold Round	163
Turnout				36	−37
Registered electors			4,087
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell By-Election 9 December 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Steven Bidwell	434	61.1	+23.2
	Conservative	Iain Alexander McCracken	276	38.9	−9.3
Majority			158	22.2
Turnout			710	17	−12
Registered electors			4,178
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	16.3