2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67% ( 27pp)
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The election took place alongside both the 2015 United Kingdom general election and other local elections in England. With the concurrent general election, turnout was significantly up on the last local election. The Conservative Party was returned to a sixth term in office, continuing its hold on the council since its inception as a unitary authority in 1998. The Labour Party was reduced to the single seat of its group leader in Great Hollands North - its worst result since 1987.

The local Conservative party had been rocked by a series of suspensions and defections during the last term. After a revolt on the Conservative group over housing, Chas Bailey (Hanworth), Shelagh Pile (Harmans Water), and Michael Sargeant (Bullbrook) were suspended for four months.^[2] Bailey initially returned to the Conservatives,^[2] but later elected to stand as a 'Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents' candidate after being de-selected.^[3] Sargeant and Pile declined to rejoin, sitting first as independent conservatives,^[2] and then later joining the fledging UKIP.^[4] Several other Conservative councillors were de-selected for the 2015 election,^[3] including former council leader Alan Ward (Central Sandhurst).^[5] Will Davison (Hanworth) also joined UKIP after being de-selected.^[3] Davison and Pile stood as UKIP candidates but both lost their seats, as did Bailey. For a period, after the death of Alan Kendall in Winkfield & Cranbourne,^[6] the final council composition before the election was 35 Conservatives, 3 UKIP, and 2 Labour, and 1 Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents.

Summary

2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council Election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	41	1	0	+1	98	52.0	31,441
Labour	1	0	1	-1	2	22.2	13,455
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	10.1	6,097
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	6.7	4,079
Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	2,558
Binfield Independent Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1,280
Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	778
Independent (candidates)	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	668
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	156

Ward Results

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

Ascot

Ascot (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes*	1,916	63.5	−11.0
	Conservative	Tony Virgo*	1,607
	Labour	Bob Draper	420	13.9	−11.6
	Green	Sarah Louise Cottle	385	12.8	New
	Labour	Tony House	319
	Liberal Democrats	David James Lindop	298	9.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Luke Pithers	223
Turnout				71
Registered electors			4,207
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bruce Harrison*	2,995	56.5	+7.2
	Conservative	Sarah Wendy Peacey	2,917
	Conservative	Ian William Leake*	2,813
	Binfield Independent Conservatives	Nigel John Rennie	1,280	24.1	−6.0
	Labour	David John Fawcett	1,028	19.4	−1.2
	Labour	Timothy Hanson	906
	Labour	Dennis Rueben Good	759
Turnout				70
Registered electors			6,856
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Angell*	1,547	54.2	−5.1
	Conservative	Kirsten Miller	1,365
	Labour	Caroline May Egglestone	884	31.0	−9.7
	Labour	Graham William Firth	775
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Lyons	422	14.8	New
Turnout				63
Registered electors			4,487
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Richard Brossard*	1,717	63.0	−10.2
	Conservative	Phillip Jeffrey King	1,585
	Labour	Anne Brunton	552	20.3	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Clark	456	16.7	New
	Labour	Alan Harold Round	321
Turnout				69
Registered electors			3,928
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

College Town

College Town (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Allen*	1,765	66.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Pauline Ann McKenzie	1,563
	Labour	Narendra Bahadur Angdembe	544	20.5	−2.2
	Labour	Keith Howard George Roberts	419
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Antony Bridgman	342	12.9	−2.1
Turnout				66
Registered electors			4,018
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Reginald Dudley*	1,809	48.9	−9.3
	Conservative	Marc Brunel-Walker*	1,723
	Conservative	Suki Hayes*	1,491
	Labour	Wilf Holness	988	26.7	−15.1
	UKIP	David Jones	904	24.4	New
	Labour	John Kenneth Wright	856
	UKIP	Olivio Barreto	811
	Labour	Matthew Edward White	808
Turnout				63
Registered electors			5,989
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Finnie*	1,774	63.7	+2.8
	Conservative	Bob Wade*	1,567
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pope	611	21.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Christopher Freeman	534
	Labour	Vera Olive Shambrook	400	14.4	−5.3
	Labour	Nazeer Mohammed	346
Turnout				72
Registered electors			4,042
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Louise Temperton*	1,823	50.0	+2.9
	Conservative	Peter Hill	1,348	36.9	−4.5
	Conservative	Michael Adeniyi Gbadebo	1,321
	Labour	Naheed Ejaz	829
	Green	Mark Daniel Brown	390	10.7	−0.7
	TUSC	Neil Robert Adams	88	2.4	New
Turnout				65
Registered electors			5,328
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Angell*	1,087	36.8	−24.1
	Conservative	Jennie McCracken*	1,083
	Labour	Clive Temperton	839	28.4	−10.7
	Labour	Peter Charles Frewer	601
	UKIP	Jeff Newbold	479	16.2	New
	Green	Derek Gregory Clifford Florey	306	10.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Desmond MacMahon	245	8.3	New
Turnout				67
Registered electors			3,796
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hanworth

Hanworth (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Birch*	1,689	37.7	−14.9
	Conservative	Sandra Kay Ingham	1,531
	Conservative	Malcolm Ian Tullett	1,530
	Labour	Adam Smith	854	19.1	−14.6
	Labour	James Victor Quinton	797
	UKIP	William Davison*^{[n 1]}	780	17.4	New
	Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents	Charles Walter Baily*^{[n 1]}	778	17.4	New
	Labour	Stephen Geoffrey Young	701
	UKIP	Charles Wade	667
	Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents	David John Robert Elford	480
	Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents	Philip Vincent Marshall Pitt	422
	Liberal Democrats	David Droar	379	8.5	New
Turnout				65
Registered electors			6,190
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harmans Water

Harmans Water (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isabel Margaret Mattick	2,037	47.9	−12.7
	Conservative	Christopher Richard Martin Turrell*	1,973
	Conservative	Ash Merry	1,953
	UKIP	Shelagh Rosemary Pile*^{[n 1]}	951	22.4	+11.1
	Labour	Nicola Louise Strudley	847	19.9	−8.2
	Labour	Keith Scott MacDonald	841
	Labour	Diane Cheryl Thomas	820
	UKIP	John Richard Stringer	711
	UKIP	Robert David Warren	640
	Green	Susan Dawn Rayment	419	9.9	New
Turnout				65
Registered electors			6,571
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Sandhurst and Wellington

Little Sandhurst and Wellington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Philip Birch*	1,578	50.1	−12.0
	Conservative	Paul David Bettison*	1,570
	Liberal Democrats	Mark David Vandersluis	568	18.1	−2.7
	Labour	Val Goodwin-Higson	506	16.1	−1.0
	UKIP	Paul Raymond Connell	495	15.7	New
	Labour	John Stefan Piasecki	331
Turnout				71
Registered electors			4,019
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Peter Heydon*	1,191	46.9	−4.7
	Conservative	Iain Alexander McCracken*	1,087
	Labour	Roy John Bailey	819	32.3	−16.1
	Labour	Kathleen Mary Nugent	797
	UKIP	Roger Alan Inions	461	18.2	New
	UKIP	Amira Sagher	406
	TUSC	Terry Frank Pearce	68	2.7	New
	TUSC	Val Pearce	62
Turnout				62
Registered electors			4,237
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Porter*	1,390	50.7	−11.3
	Conservative	David James Worrall*	1,261
	UKIP	John Blewitt	542	19.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Earwicker	468	17.1	−1.5
	Labour	Brian David Wilson	340	12.4	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Larraine Kerry De Laune	284
	Labour	Leo Eli Orlando Anniballi	277
Turnout				70
Registered electors			3,899
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priestwood and Garth

Priestwood and Garth (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alvin Edwin Finch*	1,561	45.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Graham Edward Birch	1,296
	Conservative	Tina McKenzie-Boyle	1,281
	Labour	Tricia Brown*	1,038	30.2	−10.6
	Labour	Paul Steven Bidwell	1,033
	Labour	Diane Elizabeth Allum-Wilson	902
	UKIP	Terry Dilliway	842	24.5	New
	UKIP	Carolynn Ann Tilbury	634
Turnout				61
Registered electors			5,717
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Michael Barnard*	3,081	63.8	+8.2
	Conservative	Robert Lauchlan McLean*	2,380
	Conservative	Cliff Thompson*	2,164
	Green	Adrian Michael Haffegee	710	14.7	+4.5
	Labour	Maggie Gibbons	588	12.2	−0.5
	Labour	Anne Shillcock	512
	Independent	Jason Kilmartin	449	9.3	New
	Independent	Martyn John Towle	403
Turnout				71
Registered electors			5,965
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wildridings & Central

Wildridings & Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dee Hamilton*	1,092	47.6	−0.4
	Conservative	Michael John Skinner	988
	Labour	Andrew Paul Jackson	694	30.2	−2.9
	Labour	Guy Alexander Gillbe	660
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Robert Smith	290	12.6	+0.7
	Independent	Lee Anthony Cooper	219	9.5	New
	Independent	Justin Paul Bellhouse	188
Turnout				64
Registered electors			3,493
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Moira Kathleen Gaw	1,864	59.3	−12.1
	Conservative	Susie Phillips	1,797
	UKIP	Ken La Garde	643	20.4	New
	Green	Derek Norman Wall	348	11.1	−3.6
	Labour	Carol Ann Draper	291	9.3	−4.6
	Labour	Lesley Margaret Hunter	248
Turnout				73
Registered electors			4,034
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst By-Election 20 October 2016^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gaby Kennedy	476	69.3	+6.3
	Labour	Anne Brunton	211	30.7	+10.4
Majority			265	38.6
Turnout			687	17	−52
Registered electors			3,959
	Conservative hold		Swing

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c Baily, Davison and Pile were elected as Conservative Party candidates in 2011.

References

^ "Borough Council Elections - Thursday, 7 May 2015". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Party whip on housing vote 'broke protocol'". Bracknell News. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tories deselect four Bracknell Forest councillors". Bracknell News. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Bracknell UKIP welcomes Tory defectors". Bracknell News. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Ex-Mayor loses bid to stand for election again". Bracknell News. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Bracknell Forest mayor Alan Kendall dies after battle with cancer". Bracknell News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Central Sandhurst By-election - Thursday, 20 October 2016". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[defect-7] Baily, Davison and Pile were elected as Conservative Party candidates in 2011.

[turnout-1] "Borough Council Elections - Thursday, 7 May 2015". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

[Party_whip-2] "Party whip on housing vote 'broke protocol'". Bracknell News. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[Deselected-3] "Tories deselect four Bracknell Forest councillors". Bracknell News. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[Defect-4] "Bracknell UKIP welcomes Tory defectors". Bracknell News. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[Ward-5] "Ex-Mayor loses bid to stand for election again". Bracknell News. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[Kendall-6] "Bracknell Forest mayor Alan Kendall dies after battle with cancer". Bracknell News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[wc-8] "Central Sandhurst By-election - Thursday, 20 October 2016". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

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