2003 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

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2003 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
  2000 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2007  

All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout31% [1] (Increase2.svg 1pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderPaul BettisonAustin McCormackN/A
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatLittle Sandhurst & WellingtonRan in Wildridings & Central (lost)N/A
Last election30 seats10 seats0 seats
Seats won3561
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote13,6217,7744,121
Percentage50.1%28.6%15.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.1%Decrease2.svg 2.1%Increase2.svg 5.0%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2003 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003, to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections in England as part of the 2003 United Kingdom local elections. Due to a boundary review there had been a change in ward boundaries, along with an increase in size from 40 members elected in 2000. The Conservative Party secured a third term in office, increasing its majority, whilst the opposition Labour Party lost its group leader. The Liberal Democrats re-entered the council for the first time at an all-out council election since 1995, and the first at which the eurosceptic UK Independence Party stood a candidate.

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Ward results

Ascot

Ascot (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes 712 57.0
Conservative Anne Kay Haydon 708
Labour Robert Edward Draper20416.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Peter Cross18815.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Richard Campbell-Grant149
Green Derek Norman Wall 14611.7
Turnout 29.4
Registered electors 3,931
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Mills 1,159 39.1
Conservative John Bruce Harrison 1,127
Conservative Ian William Leake 1,055
Liberal Democrats Michael John Hawkins67622.8
Labour David John Fawcett57019.2
Independent Hilary Doyle56018.9
Independent Kevin Alan Harvey417
Turnout 34.4
Registered electors 5,854
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Alexander McCracken 715 53.4
Conservative Edward Michael Sargeant 713
Labour David George Excell45029.5
Labour Allan Hylton Scorer395
Liberal Democrats Ronald Henry Hanson23017.2
Turnout 36.0
Registered electors 3,718
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Frederick Ward 631 38.9
Conservative Peter Laurie North 548
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pope35521.9
Labour Sylvia Maria Ruth Trevis27016.6
UKIP Lawrence John Alan Boxall19011.7
Green Teresa Marie Burchnall-Wood17710.9
Turnout 29.7
Registered electors 4,011
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

College Town

College Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cecil Edger 540 51.4
Liberal Democrats Raymond William Earwicker 510 48.6
Conservative Raymond Simonds505
Liberal Democrats Reginald Peter John Hodge472
Turnout 29.3
Registered electors 3,665
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marc Brunel-Walker 725 47.4
Conservative Colin Reginald Dudley 692
Conservative Robert Charles Osborne 648
Labour Wilford Theophilus Holness61240.0
Labour Roy John Bailey563
Labour Joyce Edna Still529
Green Paul Lynton Harper19412.7
Turnout 25.4
Registered electors 5,829
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James George Finnie 744 53.6
Conservative Robert Hugh Wade 649
Liberal Democrats Anne Barbara Swann38227.5
Liberal Democrats James Jeffrey Retallic322
Labour Graham Edward Stuart Vertigen26318.9
Turnout 34.3
Registered electors 3,679
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeananne Margaret Shillcock 498 66.6
Labour Langdon Richard Jones 490
Conservative Amanda Collette McLean25033.4
Conservative Nicholas Peter Skinner228
Turnout 26.2
Registered electors 3,025
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael John Adams 614 50.6
Labour John Stefan Piasecki 604
Conservative Jennifer Ann McCracken59949.4
Conservative Lars Fredrick Arthur Swann552
Turnout 31.9
Registered electors 3,878
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hanworth

Hanworth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles (Chas) Walter Baily 939 44.5
Conservative Gillian (Gill) Margaret Birch 871
Conservative Alan Sydney Browne 861
Labour Janet Hazel Keene63330.0
Labour James Lawrence Walsh566
Green David Henry Young30614.5
Green David Andrew Collins243
Liberal Democrats Evelyn May Hughes23211.0
Liberal Democrats Larraine Kerry De Laune222
Green Paul Charles Bennett205
Turnout 30.3
Registered electors 6,386
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harmans Water

Crown Wood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shelagh Rosemary Pile 1,122 67.7
Conservative Ian Christopher Douglas Mihell 1,082
Conservative Christopher Richard Martin Turrell 1,067
Labour Geoffrey Leslie Freeman53532.3
Labour John Kenneth Wright500
Labour Alec Keene494
Turnout 32.6
Registered electors 5,192
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Little Sandhurst & Wellington

Little Sandhurst & Wellington (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul David Bettison 806 69.3
Conservative Dale Philip Birch 776
Labour John (Jack) Robert Delbridge35730.7
Labour Jonathan George Keen330
Turnout 30.8
Registered electors 3,889
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Elizabeth Beadsley 628 44.9
Labour Michael John Beadsley 624
Conservative Isabel Margaret Mattick56540.4
Conservative Andrew (Andy) Duncan Blatchford534
Liberal Democrats Lesley Marion Tooze1269.0
Green Gillian Annette Nicholas795.7
Turnout 35.5
Registered electors 3,740
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David James Worrall 582 47.0
Conservative Richard Hugh Thomas 580
Liberal Democrats David Mohammed34828.1
Labour Brian David Wilson30924.9
Turnout 26.6
Registered electors 3,946
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Priestwood & Garth

Priestwood & Garth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Packham 1,038 50.5
Conservative Jacqueline Doris Sylvia Ryder 1,000
Conservative Alvin Edwin Finch 935
Labour Dennis Rueben Good78038.0
Labour Amanda (Mandy) Jane Williams769
Labour Colin Terence Williams692
Liberal Democrats Aileen Moira Aveling23711.5
Turnout 35.6
Registered electors 5,554
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Michael Barnard 1,078 55.4
Conservative Robert Lauchlan McLean 994
Conservative John (Cliff) Clifton Thompson 909
Liberal Democrats Martyn Jon Towle50025.7
Labour Marian Donald Langton36718.9
Labour Patricia Eira Brown303
Turnout 27.7
Registered electors 5,442
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wildridings & Central

Wildridings & Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Grayson [n 1] 609 53.8
Conservative Emma Catherine Duncan Barnard 603
Labour Austin John McCormack52446.2
Labour Richard Francis Mills504
Turnout 35.0
Registered electors 3,356
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Patricia Ballin 807 61.0
Conservative Alan Harold Kendall 802
Liberal Democrats Stuart Stanley Tarrant35727.0
Liberal Democrats David James Maxwell231
Labour Anthony Malcolm House16012.1
Turnout 34.9
Registered electors 3,721
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield By-Election 23 March 2006 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Dorothy Wilson 921 55.5 +16.4
Liberal Democrats Michael John Hawkins44426.8+4.0
Labour David John Fawcett17410.5-8.7
UKIP Jeffrey Alan Newbold1197.2New
Majority47728.7
Turnout 1,65828
Registered electors 5,856
Conservative hold Swing

Footnotes

  1. Grayson was elected as a Labour Party candidate in 2000.

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