Bracknell Forest Borough Council election, 2015
The 2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all the members of Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England to coincide with other local elections, an election which was held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election, resulting in higher turnout than the previous election.[1]
Results
Conservative party candidates won 41 of the 42 seats. A Labour Party councillor held one of seats of the Labour party group. The election saw a one-seat loss by Labour compared to the previous election.[2] As compared to the last election, the result marks a gain of one councillor by Conservatives. The result can alternatively be considered a gain of five Conservative councillors, counting three by-elections and a defection from the Conservative party grouping during the 2011-2015 council, bringing the Majority Group total before the election to 36.[3][4]
Bracknell Forest Council Election, 2015 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
41 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
98 |
59 |
71287 |
|
|
Labour |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
2 |
23 |
28313 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
9966 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5120 |
|
|
Greens |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
2558 |
|
|
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
1680 |
|
|
Binfield Independent Conservatives |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.05 |
1280 |
|
|
Independent (candidates) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
1259 |
|
|
TUSC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.18 |
218 |
|
Ward by ward
Ascot
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Dorothy Hayes |
1916 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Tony Virgo |
1607 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Bob Draper |
420 |
|
|
|
Green |
Sarah Cottle |
385 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Tony House |
319 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Lindop |
298 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Tristan Pithers |
223 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
71 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Binfield with Warfield (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
John Harrison |
2995 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sarah Peacey |
2917 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ian Leake |
2813 |
|
|
|
Binfield Independent Conservatives |
Nigel Rennie |
1280 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Fawcett |
1028 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Timothy Hanson |
906 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Dennis Good |
759 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
70 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Bullbrook (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Bob Angell |
1547 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Kirsten Miller |
1365 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Caroline Egglestone |
884 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Graham Firth |
775 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kim Lyons |
422 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
63 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Central Sandhurst (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Michael Brossard |
1717 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Phillip King |
1585 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anne Brunton |
552 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dale William Clark |
456 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Alan Harold Round |
321 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
69 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
College Town (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Nick Allen |
1765 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Pauline McKenzie |
1563 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Narendra Angdembe |
544 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Keith Roberts |
419 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Darren Bridgman |
342 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
66 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Crown Wood (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Colin Dudley |
1809 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Marc Brunel-Walker |
1723 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Suki Hayes |
1491 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Wilf Holness |
988 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
David Jones |
904 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Wright |
856 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Olivio Barreto |
811 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Matthew White |
808 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
63 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Crowthorne (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Jim Finnie |
1774 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Bob Wade |
1567 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Pope |
611 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Steven Freeman |
534 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Vera Shambrook |
400 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Nazeer Mohammed |
346 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
72 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Great Hollands North (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Mary Temperton |
1823 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Hill |
1348 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Gbadebo |
1321 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Naheed Ejaz |
829 |
|
|
|
Green |
Mark Brown |
390 |
|
|
|
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
Neil Adams |
88 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
65 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Great Hollands South (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Jan Angell |
1087 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jennie McCracken |
1083 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Clive Temperton |
839 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Peter Frewer |
601 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Jeff Newbold |
479 |
|
|
|
Green |
Derek Florey |
306 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Thomas MacMahon |
245 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
67 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Hanworth (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Gill Birch |
1689 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sandra Ingham |
1531 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Malcolm Tullett |
1530 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Adam Smith |
854 |
|
|
|
Labour |
James Quinton |
797 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
William Davison |
780 |
|
|
|
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents |
Charles Baily |
778 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Young |
701 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Charles Wade |
667 |
|
|
|
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents |
David Elford |
480 |
|
|
|
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents |
Philip Pitt |
422 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Droar |
379 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
65 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Harmans Water (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Isabel Mattick |
2037 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Turrell |
1973 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ash Merry |
1953 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Shelagh Pile |
951 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Nicola Strudley |
847 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Keith MacDonald |
841 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Diane Thomas |
820 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
John Stringer |
711 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Robert Warren |
640 |
|
|
|
Green |
Susan Rayment |
419 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
65 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Little Sandhurst and Wellington (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Dale Birch |
1578 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Bettison |
1570 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mark Vandersluis |
568 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Val Goodwin-Higson |
506 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Paul Connell |
495 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Piasecki |
331 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
71 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
}
Old Bracknell (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
William Heydon |
1191 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Iain McCracken |
1087 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Roy Bailey |
819 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Kathleen Nugent |
797 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Roger Inions |
461 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Amira Sagher |
406 |
|
|
|
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
Terry Pearce |
68 |
|
|
|
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
Val Pearce |
62 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
62 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Owlsmoor (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
John Porter |
1390 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David Worrall |
1261 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
John Blewitt |
542 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ray Earwicker |
468 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Brian Wilson |
340 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Larraine De Laune |
284 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Leo Anniballi |
277 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
70 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Priestwood and Garth (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Alvin Edwin Finch |
1561 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Graham Birch |
1296 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Tina McKenzie-Boyle |
1281 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Tricia Brown |
1038 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Paul Bidwell |
1033 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Diane Allum-Wilson |
902 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Terry Dilliway |
842 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Carolynn Tilbury |
634 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
61 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Gareth Barnard |
3081 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Robert McLean |
2380 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Cliff Thompson |
2164 |
|
|
|
Green |
Adrian Haffegee |
710 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Maggie Gibbons |
588 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anne Shillcock |
512 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Jason Kilmartin |
449 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Martyn Towle |
403 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
71 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Wildridings & Central (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Dee Hamilton |
1092 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Skinner |
988 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Andrew Jackson |
694 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Guy Gillbe |
660 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patrick Smith |
290 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Lee Cooper |
219 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Justin Bellhouse |
188 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
64 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
}
Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats)
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Moira Gaw |
1864 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Susie Phillips |
1797 |
|
|
|
UK Independence (UKIP) |
Ken La Garde |
643 |
|
|
|
Green |
Derek Wall |
348 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Carol Draper |
291 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Lesley Hunter |
248 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
|
73 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
References