1987 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

The 1987 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1987, to elect all 40 members in 19 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England, having been renamed from Bracknell District Council. The election was held on the same day as other local elections as part of the 1987 United Kingdom local elections. The Conservative Party repeated its feat of 1983 by winning all 40 seats. The split between the SDP–Liberal Alliance and the Labour Party continued to aid the Conservative dominance - in four wards, the Conservatives got less than 50%, but in only two was their percentage margin of victory in single digits. By seat count and percentage vote share, it remains Labour's worst performance for either Bracknell District or Bracknell Forest.

1983 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

7 May 1987 (1987-05-07)
All 40 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party   Con Leader Alan Ward Party Conservative Leader's seat Sandhurst Last election 40 Seats won 40 Seat change 0 Popular vote 17,481 Percentage 54.8% Swing 3.5%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Summary

1987 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40	0	0	0	100.0	54.8	17,481	+2,987
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	28.2	9,002	+2,093
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	16.1	5,119	-1,347
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	214	+214
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	75	-332

Ward results

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

Ascot

Ascot (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benwell M. Ms.*	1,582	57.5	−2.3
	Conservative	Boxall M.	1,484
	Conservative	Drury D.	1,388
	Alliance	O'Doherty J.	899	32.7	+3.3
	Alliance	Norman L. Ms.	858
	Alliance	Edwards J.	799
	Labour	Holloway A.	271	9.8	−1.1
Turnout				47.8	+5.1
Registered electors			5,755
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binfield

Binfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Forrest J. Ms.	831	58.2	−5.2
	Conservative	Taylor G.*	773
	Alliance	Crawford J. Ms.	410	28.7	+4.1
	Labour	Harman J.	187	13.1	+1.0
	Labour	Tarry A.	148
Turnout				55.4	+5.9
Registered electors			2,578
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Coombs M. Ms.*	1,244	52.0	+6.2
	Conservative	Albrecht R.	1,186
	Conservative	Thompson E.	1,175
	Alliance	Hanson R.	696	29.1	+4.4
	Alliance	Pocknee J.	633
	Alliance	Veakins D.	622
	Labour	Ryan J. Ms.	453	18.9	−10.6
	Labour	Draper R.	449
	Labour	King S.	440
Turnout				41.9	−1.6
Registered electors			5,707
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

College Town

College Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold A.*	711	52.4	+2.6
	Conservative	Simonds R.*	644
	Alliance	Watts M.	517	38.1	+8.8
	Alliance	Nicholson J.	444
	Labour	Plested I.	130	9.6	−11.3
	Labour	Saunders J. Ms.	76
Turnout				48.7	−5.6
Registered electors			2,788
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cranbourne

Cranbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ballin M. Ms.*	349	77.0	+8.8
	Alliance	Glynn J.	104	23.0	New
Turnout				39.9	−3.9
Registered electors			1,134
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowthorne

Crowthorne (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Finnie J.*	1,065	56.9	−3.0
	Conservative	Cheney A.*	1,006
	Conservative	Jarvis J.	856
	Alliance	Seaman D.	668	35.7	+5.5
	Alliance	Bailey R.	649
	Alliance	Murray A.	597
	Labour	Vertigen G.	138	7.4	−2.4
	Labour	Waite L. Ms.	128
	Labour	Walker D.	125
Turnout				51.5	+2.3
Registered electors			3,631
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garth

Garth (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryder J. Ms.	836	50.4	+7.8
	Conservative	O'Riordan V. Ms.	815
	Labour	Wood J.	446	26.9	−5.2
	Labour	Good D.	444
	Alliance	Veakins Y. Ms.	376	22.7	−2.6
	Alliance	Marshall M. Ms.	365
Turnout				52.4	+0.1
Registered electors			3,166
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cullip C.	735	52.7	+10.2
	Conservative	Bouchard J. Ms.*	710
	Alliance	Jones F.	334	24.0	+3.9
	Alliance	Davies F. Ms.	327
	Labour	Scorer A.	325	23.3	−14.2
	Labour	Hutson M.	320
Turnout				39.7	−5.0
Registered electors			3,512
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angell R.*	1,016	63.0	+8.8
	Conservative	McCracken I.*	964
	Alliance	Macmahon T.	344	21.3	−1.4
	Alliance	Le Patourel G.	338
	Labour	Shillock J. Ms.	252	15.6	−7.5
	Labour	Vickers C.	243
Turnout				43.7	−2.8
Registered electors			3,690
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hanworth

Hanworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Byrne P.	1,465	49.7	+0.8
	Conservative	Wallace M.*	1,433
	Conservative	Ince J.	1,414
	Alliance	Campbell-Grant I.	653	22.2	+1.9
	Alliance	Keeley A.	624
	Labour	Grayson H.	614	20.8	−10.0
	Labour	Wilson D.	585
	Alliance	Whitney B.	579
	Labour	Toussaint-Jackson J.	515
	Green	Lawrence L.	214	7.3	New
Turnout				48.1	+0.2
Registered electors			6,123
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harmanswater

Harmanswater (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ainscough T.*	1,584	53.0	+3.8
	Conservative	Mills T.*	1,557
	Conservative	Egan J.	1,495
	Alliance	Bristow T.	801	26.8	+5.2
	Alliance	Smith G.	796
	Alliance	Thompson M. Ms.	725
	Labour	Stewart R.	602	20.2	−9.0
	Labour	Porter M.	548
	Labour	Holness W.	531
Turnout				46.6	+2.4
Registered electors			6,407
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Sandhurst

Little Sandhurst (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Birch D.	886	54.4	−3.7
	Conservative	Cohen H.*	839
	Alliance	Washington S. Ms.	550	33.7	+6.3
	Alliance	Mohammed N.	362
	Labour	Urquhart C.	194	11.9	−2.6
	Labour	Collett J. Ms.	180
Turnout				57.1	+10.7
Registered electors			2,853
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dunn E. Ms.	903	47.7	+3.2
	Conservative	Fox T.*	894
	Conservative	Mattick I. Ms.	865
	Alliance	Maxwell D.	549	29.0	+5.8
	Alliance	Pickersgill E.	532
	Alliance	Cole L.	521
	Labour	Ryan T.	442	23.3	−9.1
	Labour	Pearce T.	437
	Labour	Winter A.	419
Turnout				42.9	+4.9
Registered electors			4,411
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas R.*	1,051	58.7	+7.0
	Alliance	Earwicker R.	658	36.8	−3.6
	Labour	Saunders M.	81	4.5	−3.4
Turnout				45.7	−12.4
Registered electors			3,914
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priestwood

Priestwood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Blake L.	706	42.7	+6.5
	Conservative	Hall M.	664
	Labour	Clifford J. Ms.	602	36.4	+2.1
	Labour	Tomkins J.	507
	Alliance	Mountjoy T.	347	21.0	−8.5
	Alliance	Lawlor K.	322
Turnout				52.6	+8.8
Registered electors			3,147
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhurst

Sandhurst (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marsden J.	916	63.0	+14.5
	Conservative	Ward A.*	879
	Alliance	Gabriel E.	329	22.6	0.0
	Alliance	Edwards R.	319
	Labour	Goddard R.	133	9.2	+1.8
	Labour	Grice J. Ms.	119
	Independent	Brookes C.	75	5.2	New
Turnout				48.3	+5.1
Registered electors			3,010
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Marys

St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Warren J.*	521	77.3	−8.6
	Alliance	Virgo A.	153	22.7	New
Turnout				58.8	+12.4
Registered electors			1,146
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warfield

Warfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay J. Ms.*	518	77.0	+7.7
	Alliance	Lees N.	110	16.3	−1.2
	Labour	Wass S. Ms.	45	6.7	−6.5
Turnout				45.6	−0.8
Registered electors			1,476
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wildridings

Wildridings (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wreglesworth N.*	562	44.3	−4.0
	Conservative	Mattick J.*	559
	Alliance	Cole C. Ms.	504	39.7	+12.3
	Alliance	Adams W.	435
	Labour	Farley A.	204	16.1	−8.2
	Labour	Dossett P.	197
Turnout				54.3	+1.3
Registered electors			2,337
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing