Bracknell Forest Borough Council elections

Unitary authority

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]

## Council elections

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### Non-metropolitan district elections

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* 1973 Bracknell District Council election
* 1976 Bracknell District Council election
* 1979 Bracknell District Council election (New ward boundaries, number of seats increased from 31 to 40)[2]
* 1983 Bracknell District Council election
* 1987 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
* 1991 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
* 1995 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

### Unitary authority elections

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* 1997 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
* 2000 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
* 2003 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)[4][5]
* 2007 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
* 2011 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
* 2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
* 2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
* 2023 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election (New ward boundaries decreased the number of seats by 1)

## Results maps

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* 2023 results map

## By-election results

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### 1997–2000

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Great Hollands South By-Election 12 November 1998[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John Piasecki  | 638  | 62.2  | +18.9
| Conservative | Diana Henfrey  | 329  | 32.1  | −8.3
| Liberal Democrats | David Maxwell  | 58  | 5.7  | −10.6
Majority  | 309  | 30.1  |
Turnout | 1,025  | 29.0  |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |  |
Harmans Water By-Election 25 February 1999[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Roy Bailey  | 876  | 50.2  | +10.7
| Conservative | Christopher Turrell  | 765  | 43.9  | +8.9
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Cocks  | 103  | 5.9  | −10.6
Majority  | 111  | 6.3  |
Turnout | 1,744  | 28.0  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### 2000–2003

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Priestwood By-Election 8 November 2001[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | David Fawcett  | 382  | 49.0  | −10.8
| Conservative | Tony Packham  | 312  | 40.1  | −0.1
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Edwards  | 85  | 10.9  | +10.9
Majority  | 70  | 8.9  |
Turnout | 779  | 29.0  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
Hanworth By-Election 14 November 2002[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Bailey  | 576  | 40.4  | −2.9
| Labour | Janet Keene  | 521  | 36.6  | −0.9
| Liberal Democrats | Lorraine De Laune  | 137  | 9.6  | −1.6
| Green | David Young  | 120  | 8.4  | +0.4
| UKIP | Lawrence Boxall  | 71  | 5.0  | +5.0
Majority  | 55  | 3.8  |
Turnout | 1,425  | 22.0  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### 2003–2007

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Binfield with Warfield By-Election 23 March 2006[10][11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Brenda Wilson  | 921  | 55.5  | +16.4
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Hawkins  | 444  | 26.8  | +4.0
| Labour | David Fawcett  | 174  | 10.5  | −8.7
| UKIP | Jeffrey Newbold  | 119  | 7.2  | +7.2
Majority  | 477  | 28.7  |
Turnout | 1,658  | 28.4  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### 2007–2011

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Hanworth By-Election 15 October 2009[12] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Mark Phillips  | 640  | 42.4  | −14.2
| Labour | Janet Keene  | 377  | 25.0  | −1.9
| Liberal Democrats | Larraine De Laune  | 206  | 13.7  | +13.7
| UKIP | Jeff Newbold  | 139  | 9.2  | +9.2
| Green | Steven Gabb  | 77  | 5.1  | −11.3
| BNP | David Penson  | 70  | 4.6  | +4.6
Majority  | 263  | 17.4  |
Turnout | 1,509  | 23.4  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
Owlsmoor By-Election 25 February 2010[13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Norman Bowers  | 508  | 54.2  | −1.9
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Thompson  | 238  | 25.4  | +25.4
| Labour | Guy Gillbe  | 126  | 13.4  | +13.4
| Green | Peter Forbes  | 66  | 7.0  | +7.0
Majority  | 270  | 28.8  |
Turnout | 938  | 24.0  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### 2011-2015

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Winkfield & Cranbourne By-Election 28 November 2013[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Susie Phillips  | 582  | 52.5  | −18.9
| UKIP | Ken La Garde  | 318  | 28.7  | +28.7
| Labour | Janet Hazel Keene  | 139  | 12.5  | −1.4
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Peter Birchall  | 69  | 6.2  | +6.2
Majority  | 264  | 23.8  |
Turnout | 1108  | 27  | −20
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### 2015-2019

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Central Sandhurst By-Election 20 October 2016[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Gaby Kennedy  | 476  | 69.3  | +6.3
| Labour | Anne Brunton  | 211  | 30.7  | +10.5
Majority  | 265  | 38.6  |
Turnout | 687  | 17  | −52
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### 2019-2023

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Old Bracknell By-Election 9 December 2021[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Paul Bidwell  | 434  | 61.1  | +23.2
| Conservative | Iain McCracken  | 276  | 38.9  | −9.3
Majority  | 158  | 22.2  |
Turnout | 710  | 17  | −12
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.3  |

### 2023-2027

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Caused by the resignation of Labour councillor Naheed Ejaz

Great Hollands By-Election 7 November 2024[17] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Donna Louise Pressland  | 681  | 44.6  | −29.3
| Conservative | Sue Housego  | 411  | 26.9  | +0.8
| Reform UK | Colin Wright  | 258  | 16.9  | New
| Independent | Michael Gbadebo  | 158  | 10.3  | New
| Heritage | Jason Peter Reardon  | 20  | 1.3  | New
Turnout | 1528  | 22.3  |
Registered electors |  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | -15.1  |

## References

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1. ^ "Meetings, agendas and minutes". Bracknell Forest Council. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
2. ^ The District of Bracknell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. ^ "Local elections". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Bracknell Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. ^ "Election Results – Great Hollands South". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
7. ^ "Election Results – Harmans Water". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
8. ^ "Tories inch ahead". guardian.co.uk. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
9. ^ "Election Results – Hanworth". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
10. ^ "Election Results – Binfield with Warfield". Bracknell Forest Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
11. ^ "BNP suffers defeat in Bradford byelection". guardian.co.uk. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
12. ^ "Hanworth by-election result". Bracknell Forest Standard. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
13. ^ "Bracknell Conservatives win Owlsmoor by-election". getbracknell. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
14. ^ "Election results for Winkfield & Cranbourne". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
15. ^ "Election results for Central Sandhurst". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
16. ^ "Election results for Old Bracknell". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
17. ^ "Election results for Great Hollands". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

* By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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* Bath and North East Somerset
* Bedford
* Blackburn with Darwen
* Blackpool
* Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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* Brighton and Hove
* Bristol
* Buckinghamshire
* Central Bedfordshire
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* Cornwall
* County Durham
* Cumberland
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* Dorset
* East Riding of Yorkshire
* Halton
* Hartlepool
* Herefordshire
* Isle of Wight
* Isles of Scilly
* Kingston upon Hull
* Leicester
* Luton
* Medway
* Middlesbrough
* Milton Keynes
* North East Lincolnshire
* North Lincolnshire
* North Northamptonshire
* North Somerset
* North Yorkshire
* Northumberland
* Nottingham
* Peterborough
* Plymouth
* Portsmouth
* Reading
* Redcar and Cleveland
* Rutland
* Shropshire
* Slough
* Somerset
* Southampton
* Southend-on-Sea
* South Gloucestershire
* Stockton-on-Tees
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Swindon
* Telford and Wrekin
* Thurrock
* Torbay
* Warrington
* West Berkshire
* Westmorland and Furness
* West Northamptonshire
* Wiltshire
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* Bath and North East Somerset
* Bedford
* Blackburn with Darwen
* Blackpool
* Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
* Bracknell Forest
* Brighton and Hove
* Bristol
* Buckinghamshire
* Central Bedfordshire
* Cheshire East
* Cheshire West and Chester
* Cornwall
* County Durham
* Cumberland
* Darlington
* Derby
* Dorset
* East Riding of Yorkshire
* Halton
* Hartlepool
* Herefordshire
* Isle of Wight
* Isles of Scilly
* Kingston upon Hull
* Leicester
* Luton
* Medway
* Middlesbrough
* Milton Keynes
* North East Lincolnshire
* North Lincolnshire
* North Northamptonshire
* North Somerset
* North Yorkshire
* Northumberland
* Nottingham
* Peterborough
* Plymouth
* Portsmouth
* Reading
* Redcar and Cleveland
* Rutland
* Shropshire
* Slough
* Somerset
* Southampton
* Southend-on-Sea
* South Gloucestershire
* Stockton-on-Tees
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Swindon
* Telford and Wrekin
* Thurrock
* Torbay
* Warrington
* West Berkshire
* Westmorland and Furness
* West Northamptonshire
* Wiltshire
* Windsor and Maidenhead
* Wokingham
* York

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