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 lower-tier district council. [1]

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Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Results maps

By-election results

1997–2000

Great Hollands South By-Election 12 November 1998 [6]
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 [7]
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 [8]
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 [9]
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 [10] [11]
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 [12]
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 [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
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 [16]
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

2023-2027

Caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Naheed Ejaz

Great Hollands By-Election 7 November 2024 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donna Louise Pressland 681 44.6 −29.3
Conservative Sue Housego41126.9+0.8
Reform UK Colin Wright25816.9New
Independent Michael Gbadebo15810.3New
Heritage Jason Peter Reardon201.3New
Turnout 152822.3
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing -15.1

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  2. The District of Bracknell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
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