Bracknell Forest Borough Council elections

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Bracknell Forest Borough Council is the local authority for Bracknell Forest, a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district. [1]

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2] [3]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in controlYears
Labour 1973–1976
Conservative 1976–1995
Labour 1995–1997
Conservative 1997–1998

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Conservative 1998–2023
Labour 2023–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1984 have been: [4]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Alan Ward [5] Conservative 198430 Apr 1992
Bob Angell [6] Conservative 30 Apr 19927 May 1995
Austin McCormack Labour May 199513 May 1997
Paul Bettison Conservative 13 May 19977 May 2023
Mary Temperton [7] Labour 24 May 2023

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Results maps

By-election results

1997–2000

Great Hollands South By-Election 12 November 1998 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Piasecki63862.2+18.9
Conservative Diana Henfrey32932.1-8.3
Liberal Democrats David Maxwell585.7-10.6
Majority30930.1
Turnout 1,02529.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Harmans Water By-Election 25 February 1999 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Bailey87650.2+10.7
Conservative Christopher Turrell76543.9+8.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Cocks1035.9-10.6
Majority1116.3
Turnout 1,74428.0
Labour hold Swing

2000–2003

Priestwood By-Election 8 November 2001 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Fawcett38249.0-10.8
Conservative Tony Packham31240.1-0.1
Liberal Democrats Sarah Edwards8510.9+10.9
Majority708.9
Turnout 77929.0
Labour hold Swing
Hanworth By-Election 14 November 2002 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Bailey57640.4-2.9
Labour Janet Keene52136.6-0.9
Liberal Democrats Lorraine De Laune1379.6-1.6
Green David Young1208.4+0.4
UKIP Lawrence Boxall715.0+5.0
Majority553.8
Turnout 1,42522.0
Conservative hold Swing

2003–2007

Binfield with Warfield By-Election 23 March 2006 [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Wilson92155.5+16.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Hawkins44426.8+4.0
Labour David Fawcett17410.5-8.7
UKIP Jeffrey Newbold1197.2+7.2
Majority47728.7
Turnout 1,65828.4
Conservative hold Swing

2007–2011

Hanworth By-Election 15 October 2009 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Phillips64042.4-14.2
Labour Janet Keene37725.0-1.9
Liberal Democrats Larraine De Laune20613.7+13.7
UKIP Jeff Newbold1399.2+9.2
Green Steven Gabb775.1-11.3
BNP David Penson704.6+4.6
Majority26317.4
Turnout 1,50923.4
Conservative hold Swing
Owlsmoor By-Election 25 February 2010 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Bowers50854.2-1.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Thompson23825.4+25.4
Labour Guy Gillbe12613.4+13.4
Green Peter Forbes667.0+7.0
Majority27028.8
Turnout 93824.0
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Winkfield & Cranbourne By-Election 28 November 2013 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susie Phillips58252.5-18.9
UKIP Ken La Garde31828.7+28.7
Labour Janet Hazel Keene13912.5-1.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Peter Birchall696.2+6.2
Majority26423.8
Turnout 110827-20
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Central Sandhurst By-Election 20 October 2016 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gaby Kennedy47669.3+6.3
Labour Anne Brunton21130.7+10.5
Majority26538.6
Turnout 68717-52
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023

Old Bracknell By-Election 9 December 2021 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Bidwell43461.1+23.2
Conservative Iain McCracken27638.9-9.3
Majority15822.2
Turnout 71017-12
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 16.3

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References

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  2. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bracknell Forest". BBC News Online . Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Council minutes". Bracknell Forest Council. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "A new man in the hot seat". Bracknell Times. 7 May 1992. p. 3. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Angell falls in a night of shocks". Wokingham Times. 11 May 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "'History made' at Bracknell Forest Council, says new mayor". Bracknell News. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  8. ↑ The District of Bracknell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
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  11. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Bracknell Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Results – Great Hollands South". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  13. ↑ "Election Results – Harmans Water". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  14. ↑ "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk . 9 November 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  15. ↑ "Election Results – Hanworth". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  16. ↑ "Election Results – Binfield with Warfield". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  17. ↑ "BNP suffers defeat in Bradford byelection". guardian.co.uk . 24 March 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
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  19. ↑ "Bracknell Conservatives win Owlsmoor by-election". getbracknell. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
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