2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

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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] (Increase2.svg 27pp)
 First partySecond party
 
Con
Lab
LeaderPaul BettisonMary Temperton
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seatLittle Sandhurst & WellingtonGreat Hollands North
Last election40 seats, 57.5%2 seats, 28.3%
Seats won411
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote31,44113,455
Percentage52.0%22.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.5%Decrease2.svg 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 significantly increased compared to 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.

Contents

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

2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council Election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4110+19852.031,441
  Labour 101-1222.213,455
  UKIP 0000010.16,097
  Liberal Democrats 000006.74,079
  Green 000004.22,558
 Binfield Independent Conservatives000002.11,280
 Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents000001.3778
 Independent (candidates)000001.1668
  TUSC 000000.3156

Ward Results

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

Ascot

Ascot (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes* 1,916 63.5 −11.0
Conservative Tony Virgo* 1,607
Labour Bob Draper42013.9−11.6
Green Sarah Louise Cottle38512.8New
Labour Tony House319
Liberal Democrats David James Lindop2989.9New
Liberal Democrats Tristan Luke Pithers223
Turnout 71
Registered electors 4,207
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bruce Harrison* 2,995 56.5 +7.2
Conservative Sarah Wendy Peacey 2,917
Conservative Ian William Leake* 2,813
Binfield Independent ConservativesNigel John Rennie1,28024.1−6.0
Labour David John Fawcett1,02819.4−1.2
Labour Timothy Hanson906
Labour Dennis Rueben Good759
Turnout 70
Registered electors 6,856
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Angell* 1,547 54.2 −5.1
Conservative Kirsten Miller 1,365
Labour Caroline May Egglestone88431.0−9.7
Labour Graham William Firth775
Liberal Democrats Kim Lyons42214.8New
Turnout 63
Registered electors 4,487
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Richard Brossard* 1,717 63.0 −10.2
Conservative Phillip Jeffrey King 1,585
Labour Anne Brunton55220.3−6.5
Liberal Democrats Dale Clark45616.7New
Labour Alan Harold Round321
Turnout 69
Registered electors 3,928
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

College Town

College Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Allen* 1,765 66.6 +4.3
Conservative Pauline Ann McKenzie 1,563
Labour Narendra Bahadur Angdembe54420.5−2.2
Labour Keith Howard George Roberts419
Liberal Democrats Darren Antony Bridgman34212.9−2.1
Turnout 66
Registered electors 4,018
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Reginald Dudley* 1,809 48.9 −9.3
Conservative Marc Brunel-Walker* 1,723
Conservative Suki Hayes* 1,491
Labour Wilf Holness98826.7−15.1
UKIP David Jones90424.4New
Labour John Kenneth Wright856
UKIP Olivio Barreto811
Labour Matthew Edward White808
Turnout 63
Registered electors 5,989
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Finnie* 1,774 63.7 +2.8
Conservative Bob Wade* 1,567
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pope61121.9+2.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Christopher Freeman534
Labour Vera Olive Shambrook40014.4−5.3
Labour Nazeer Mohammed346
Turnout 72
Registered electors 4,042
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Louise Temperton* 1,823 50.0 +2.9
Conservative Peter Hill 1,348 36.9 −4.5
Conservative Michael Adeniyi Gbadebo1,321
Labour Naheed Ejaz829
Green Mark Daniel Brown39010.7−0.7
TUSC Neil Robert Adams882.4New
Turnout 65
Registered electors 5,328
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jan Angell* 1,087 36.8 −24.1
Conservative Jennie McCracken* 1,083
Labour Clive Temperton83928.4−10.7
Labour Peter Charles Frewer601
UKIP Jeff Newbold47916.2New
Green Derek Gregory Clifford Florey30610.4New
Liberal Democrats Thomas Desmond MacMahon2458.3New
Turnout 67
Registered electors 3,796
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hanworth

Hanworth (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Birch* 1,689 37.7 −14.9
Conservative Sandra Kay Ingham 1,531
Conservative Malcolm Ian Tullett 1,530
Labour Adam Smith85419.1−14.6
Labour James Victor Quinton797
UKIP William Davison* [n 1] 78017.4New
Hanworth & Birch Hill ResidentsCharles Walter Baily* [n 1] 77817.4New
Labour Stephen Geoffrey Young701
UKIP Charles Wade667
Hanworth & Birch Hill ResidentsDavid John Robert Elford480
Hanworth & Birch Hill ResidentsPhilip Vincent Marshall Pitt422
Liberal Democrats David Droar3798.5New
Turnout 65
Registered electors 6,190
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Harmans Water

Harmans Water (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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] 95122.4+11.1
Labour Nicola Louise Strudley84719.9−8.2
Labour Keith Scott MacDonald841
Labour Diane Cheryl Thomas820
UKIP John Richard Stringer711
UKIP Robert David Warren640
Green Susan Dawn Rayment4199.9New
Turnout 65
Registered electors 6,571
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Little Sandhurst and Wellington

Little Sandhurst and Wellington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dale Philip Birch* 1,578 50.1 −12.0
Conservative Paul David Bettison* 1,570
Liberal Democrats Mark David Vandersluis56818.1−2.7
Labour Val Goodwin-Higson50616.1−1.0
UKIP Paul Raymond Connell49515.7New
Labour John Stefan Piasecki331
Turnout 71
Registered electors 4,019
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Peter Heydon* 1,191 46.9 −4.7
Conservative Iain Alexander McCracken* 1,087
Labour Roy John Bailey81932.3−16.1
Labour Kathleen Mary Nugent797
UKIP Roger Alan Inions46118.2New
UKIP Amira Sagher406
TUSC Terry Frank Pearce682.7New
TUSC Val Pearce62
Turnout 62
Registered electors 4,237
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Porter* 1,390 50.7 −11.3
Conservative David James Worrall* 1,261
UKIP John Blewitt54219.8New
Liberal Democrats Ray Earwicker46817.1−1.5
Labour Brian David Wilson34012.4−7.0
Liberal Democrats Larraine Kerry De Laune284
Labour Leo Eli Orlando Anniballi277
Turnout 70
Registered electors 3,899
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Priestwood and Garth

Priestwood and Garth (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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*1,03830.2−10.6
Labour Paul Steven Bidwell1,033
Labour Diane Elizabeth Allum-Wilson902
UKIP Terry Dilliway84224.5New
UKIP Carolynn Ann Tilbury634
Turnout 61
Registered electors 5,717
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Michael Barnard* 3,081 63.8 +8.2
Conservative Robert Lauchlan McLean* 2,380
Conservative Cliff Thompson* 2,164
Green Adrian Michael Haffegee71014.7+4.5
Labour Maggie Gibbons58812.2−0.5
Labour Anne Shillcock512
Independent Jason Kilmartin4499.3New
Independent Martyn John Towle403
Turnout 71
Registered electors 5,965
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wildridings & Central

Wildridings & Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dee Hamilton* 1,092 47.6 −0.4
Conservative Michael John Skinner 988
Labour Andrew Paul Jackson69430.2−2.9
Labour Guy Alexander Gillbe660
Liberal Democrats Patrick Robert Smith29012.6+0.7
Independent Lee Anthony Cooper2199.5New
Independent Justin Paul Bellhouse188
Turnout 64
Registered electors 3,493
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Moira Kathleen Gaw 1,864 59.3 −12.1
Conservative Susie Phillips 1,797
UKIP Ken La Garde64320.4New
Green Derek Norman Wall 34811.1−3.6
Labour Carol Ann Draper2919.3−4.6
Labour Lesley Margaret Hunter248
Turnout 73
Registered electors 4,034
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst By-Election 20 October 2016 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gaby Kennedy 476 69.3 +6.3
Labour Anne Brunton21130.7+10.4
Majority26538.6
Turnout 68717−52
Registered electors 3,959
Conservative hold Swing

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Baily, Davison and Pile were elected as Conservative Party candidates in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Borough Council Elections - Thursday, 7 May 2015". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Party whip on housing vote 'broke protocol'". Bracknell News. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "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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