2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
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All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30%[1] (Decrease 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 Decrease 3 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,183 7,790 5,956
Percentage 48.5% 26.7% 20.4%
Swing Decrease 3.5% Increase 4.5% Increase 13.7%
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

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.

The Conservative Party has controlled the council since its establishment as a unitary authority in 1997, 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.[2][3] 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:

↓
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[4]
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

References

  1. ^ "Borough Council Elections 2019 - Thursday, 2 May 2019". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Election results for Old Bracknell". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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