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2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
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All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67%[1] (Increase 27pp)
  First party Second party
 
Con
Lab
Leader Paul Bettison Mary Temperton
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Little Sandhurst & Wellington Great Hollands North
Last election 40 seats, 57.5% 2 seats, 28.3%
Seats won 41 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 31,441 13,455
Percentage 52.0% 22.2%
Swing Decrease 5.5% Decrease 6.1%
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The election took place alongside both the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other local elections in England. With the concurrent general election, turnout was significantly up on the last local election. The Conservative Party was returned to a sixth term in office, continuing its hold on the council since its inception as a unitary authority in 1998. The Labour Party was reduced to the single seat of its group leader in Great Hollands North - its worst result since 1987.

The local Conservative party had been rocked by a series of suspensions and defections during the last term. After a revolt on the Conservative group over housing, Chas Bailey (Hanworth), Shelagh Pile (Harmans Water), and Michael Sargeant (Bullbrook) were suspended for four months.[2] Bailey initially returned to the Conservatives,[2] but later elected to stand as a 'Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents' candidate after being de-selected.[3] Sargeant and Pile declined to rejoin, sitting first as independent conservatives,[2] and then later joining the fledging UKIP.[4] Several other Conservative councillors were de-selected for the 2015 election,[3] including former council leader Alan Ward (Central Sandhurst).[5] Will Davison (Hanworth) also joined UKIP after being de-selected.[3] Davison and Pile stood as UKIP candidates but both lost their seats, as did Bailey. For a period, after the death of Alan Kendall in Winkfield & Cranbourne,[6] the final council composition before the election was 35 Conservatives, 3 UKIP, and 2 Labour, and 1 Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents.

Summary

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2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council Election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 41 1 0 +1 98 52.0 31,441
  Labour 1 0 1 -1 2 22.2 13,455
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 6,097
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 4,079
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 2,558
  Binfield Independent Conservatives 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1,280
  Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 778
  Independent (candidates) 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 668
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 156

Ward Results

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

Ascot

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Ascot (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes* 1,916 63.5 −11.0
Conservative Tony Virgo* 1,607
Labour Bob Draper 420 13.9 −11.6
Green Sarah Louise Cottle 385 12.8 New
Labour Tony House 319
Liberal Democrats David James Lindop 298 9.9 New
Liberal Democrats Tristan Luke Pithers 223
Turnout 71
Registered electors 4,207
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Binfield with Warfield

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Binfield with Warfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bruce Harrison* 2,995 56.5 +7.2
Conservative Sarah Wendy Peacey 2,917
Conservative Ian William Leake* 2,813
Binfield Independent Conservatives Nigel John Rennie 1,280 24.1 −6.0
Labour David John Fawcett 1,028 19.4 −1.2
Labour Timothy Hanson 906
Labour Dennis Rueben Good 759
Turnout 70
Registered electors 6,856
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bullbrook

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Bullbrook (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Angell* 1,547 54.2 −5.1
Conservative Kirsten Miller 1,365
Labour Caroline May Egglestone 884 31.0 −9.7
Labour Graham William Firth 775
Liberal Democrats Kim Lyons 422 14.8 New
Turnout 63
Registered electors 4,487
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Central Sandhurst

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Central Sandhurst (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Richard Brossard* 1,717 63.0 −10.2
Conservative Phillip Jeffrey King 1,585
Labour Anne Brunton 552 20.3 −6.5
Liberal Democrats Dale Clark 456 16.7 New
Labour Alan Harold Round 321
Turnout 69
Registered electors 3,928
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

College Town

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College Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Allen* 1,765 66.6 +4.3
Conservative Pauline Ann McKenzie 1,563
Labour Narendra Bahadur Angdembe 544 20.5 −2.2
Labour Keith Howard George Roberts 419
Liberal Democrats Darren Antony Bridgman 342 12.9 −2.1
Turnout 66
Registered electors 4,018
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Crown Wood

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Crown Wood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Reginald Dudley* 1,809 48.9 −9.3
Conservative Marc Brunel-Walker* 1,723
Conservative Suki Hayes* 1,491
Labour Wilf Holness 988 26.7 −15.1
UKIP David Jones 904 24.4 New
Labour John Kenneth Wright 856
UKIP Olivio Barreto 811
Labour Matthew Edward White 808
Turnout 63
Registered electors 5,989
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Crowthorne

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Crowthorne (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Finnie* 1,774 63.7 +2.8
Conservative Bob Wade* 1,567
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pope 611 21.9 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Christopher Freeman 534
Labour Vera Olive Shambrook 400 14.4 −5.3
Labour Nazeer Mohammed 346
Turnout 72
Registered electors 4,042
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Hollands North

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Great Hollands North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Louise Temperton* 1,823 50.0 +2.9
Conservative Peter Hill 1,348 36.9 −4.5
Conservative Michael Adeniyi Gbadebo 1,321
Labour Naheed Ejaz 829
Green Mark Daniel Brown 390 10.7 −0.7
TUSC Neil Robert Adams 88 2.4 New
Turnout 65
Registered electors 5,328
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Hollands South

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Great Hollands South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jan Angell* 1,087 36.8 −24.1
Conservative Jennie McCracken* 1,083
Labour Clive Temperton 839 28.4 −10.7
Labour Peter Charles Frewer 601
UKIP Jeff Newbold 479 16.2 New
Green Derek Gregory Clifford Florey 306 10.4 New
Liberal Democrats Thomas Desmond MacMahon 245 8.3 New
Turnout 67
Registered electors 3,796
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hanworth

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Hanworth (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gill Birch* 1,689 37.7 −14.9
Conservative Sandra Kay Ingham 1,531
Conservative Malcolm Ian Tullett 1,530
Labour Adam Smith 854 19.1 −14.6
Labour James Victor Quinton 797
UKIP William Davison*[n 1] 780 17.4 New
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents Charles Walter Baily*[n 1] 778 17.4 New
Labour Stephen Geoffrey Young 701
UKIP Charles Wade 667
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents David John Robert Elford 480
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents Philip Vincent Marshall Pitt 422
Liberal Democrats David Droar 379 8.5 New
Turnout 65
Registered electors 6,190
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Harmans Water

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Harmans Water (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Isabel Margaret Mattick 2,037 47.9 −12.7
Conservative Christopher Richard Martin Turrell* 1,973
Conservative Ash Merry 1,953
UKIP Shelagh Rosemary Pile*[n 1] 951 22.4 +11.1
Labour Nicola Louise Strudley 847 19.9 −8.2
Labour Keith Scott MacDonald 841
Labour Diane Cheryl Thomas 820
UKIP John Richard Stringer 711
UKIP Robert David Warren 640
Green Susan Dawn Rayment 419 9.9 New
Turnout 65
Registered electors 6,571
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Little Sandhurst and Wellington

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Little Sandhurst and Wellington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dale Philip Birch* 1,578 50.1 −12.0
Conservative Paul David Bettison* 1,570
Liberal Democrats Mark David Vandersluis 568 18.1 −2.7
Labour Val Goodwin-Higson 506 16.1 −1.0
UKIP Paul Raymond Connell 495 15.7 New
Labour John Stefan Piasecki 331
Turnout 71
Registered electors 4,019
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Old Bracknell

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Old Bracknell (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Peter Heydon* 1,191 46.9 −4.7
Conservative Iain Alexander McCracken* 1,087
Labour Roy John Bailey 819 32.3 −16.1
Labour Kathleen Mary Nugent 797
UKIP Roger Alan Inions 461 18.2 New
UKIP Amira Sagher 406
TUSC Terry Frank Pearce 68 2.7 New
TUSC Val Pearce 62
Turnout 62
Registered electors 4,237
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Owlsmoor

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Owlsmoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Porter* 1,390 50.7 −11.3
Conservative David James Worrall* 1,261
UKIP John Blewitt 542 19.8 New
Liberal Democrats Ray Earwicker 468 17.1 −1.5
Labour Brian David Wilson 340 12.4 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Larraine Kerry De Laune 284
Labour Leo Eli Orlando Anniballi 277
Turnout 70
Registered electors 3,899
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Priestwood and Garth

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Priestwood and Garth (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alvin Edwin Finch* 1,561 45.4 +2.3
Conservative Graham Edward Birch 1,296
Conservative Tina McKenzie-Boyle 1,281
Labour Tricia Brown* 1,038 30.2 −10.6
Labour Paul Steven Bidwell 1,033
Labour Diane Elizabeth Allum-Wilson 902
UKIP Terry Dilliway 842 24.5 New
UKIP Carolynn Ann Tilbury 634
Turnout 61
Registered electors 5,717
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Warfield Harvest Ride

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Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gareth Michael Barnard* 3,081 63.8 +8.2
Conservative Robert Lauchlan McLean* 2,380
Conservative Cliff Thompson* 2,164
Green Adrian Michael Haffegee 710 14.7 +4.5
Labour Maggie Gibbons 588 12.2 −0.5
Labour Anne Shillcock 512
Independent Jason Kilmartin 449 9.3 New
Independent Martyn John Towle 403
Turnout 71
Registered electors 5,965
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wildridings & Central

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Wildridings & Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dee Hamilton* 1,092 47.6 −0.4
Conservative Michael John Skinner 988
Labour Andrew Paul Jackson 694 30.2 −2.9
Labour Guy Alexander Gillbe 660
Liberal Democrats Patrick Robert Smith 290 12.6 +0.7
Independent Lee Anthony Cooper 219 9.5 New
Independent Justin Paul Bellhouse 188
Turnout 64
Registered electors 3,493
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Winkfield & Cranbourne

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Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moira Kathleen Gaw 1,864 59.3 −12.1
Conservative Susie Phillips 1,797
UKIP Ken La Garde 643 20.4 New
Green Derek Norman Wall 348 11.1 −3.6
Labour Carol Ann Draper 291 9.3 −4.6
Labour Lesley Margaret Hunter 248
Turnout 73
Registered electors 4,034
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

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Central Sandhurst

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Central Sandhurst By-Election 20 October 2016[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gaby Kennedy 476 69.3 +6.3
Labour Anne Brunton 211 30.7 +10.4
Majority 265 38.6
Turnout 687 17 −52
Registered electors 3,959
Conservative hold Swing

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Baily, Davison and Pile were elected as Conservative Party candidates in 2011.

References

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  1. ^ "Borough Council Elections - Thursday, 7 May 2015". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Party whip on housing vote 'broke protocol'". Bracknell News. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Tories deselect four Bracknell Forest councillors". Bracknell News. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Bracknell UKIP welcomes Tory defectors". Bracknell News. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Ex-Mayor loses bid to stand for election again". Bracknell News. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Bracknell Forest mayor Alan Kendall dies after battle with cancer". Bracknell News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Central Sandhurst By-election - Thursday, 20 October 2016". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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