# 2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

The 2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England.
The Conservative Party has controlled the council since its establishment as a unitary authority in 1998, and ended up securing a seventh term in office.

## Background

Bracknell Forest Borough Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, forty-one Conservative councillors and one Labour councillor were elected.
The council has been controlled by the Conservative Party since the unitary authority was first elected in 1997. The predecessor district council had been controlled by both the Labour and Conservative parties.

## Overall results

After the previous election, and immediately before this election, the composition of the council was:
| 41 | 1 |
| Conservative | Labour |
The Conservatives held the council losing just three seats with two going to Labour and one to the Liberal Democrats.
Following the 2019 election, the composition of the council was:
| 38 | 3 | 1 |
| Conservative | Labour |

## Ward results

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

### Ascot

Ascot (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes* | 756 | 58.5 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | Nigel John Atkinson | 708 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Christopher Banks | 291 | 22.5 | +12.6 |
| | Labour | Katherine Giles | 246 | 19.0 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Stephen Geoffrey Young | 171 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29 | −42 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,113 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Leake* | 1,341 | 54.7 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | John Harrison* | 1,337 | | |
| | Conservative | Ankur Shiv Bhandari | 1,125 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Stewart Francis | 611 | 24.9 | New |
| | Labour | Lorraine Marie Copley | 499 | 20.4 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Eric William Pilmoor | 403 | | |
| | Labour | Andrew James Walker | 360 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29 | −41 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,709 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Angell* | 651 | 49.2 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | Ian Jeffrey Kirke | 619 | | |
| | Labour | Lara Claire Patricia Johnson | 441 | 33.4 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | David Michael Hugh McMullen | 357 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kim Lyons | 230 | 17.4 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27 | −36 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,698 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Richard Brossard* | 565 | 44.4 | −18.6 |
| | Conservative | Gaby Kennedy | 542 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Paul Forster | 422 | 33.1 | +16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leigh Quigg | 309 | | |
| | Green | Rosie Chandler | 162 | 12.7 | New |
| | Labour | Garrett Sidney Cooke | 125 | 9.8 | −10.5 |
| | Labour | Leo Eli Orlando Anniballi | 122 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31 | −38 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,903 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### College Town

College Town (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Pauline Ann McKenzie* | 632 | 57.7 | −8.9 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Mark Allen* | 617 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Geoffrey Thompson | 250 | 22.8 | +9.9 |
| | Labour | Clive Urquhart | 213 | 19.5 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Matthew Edward White | 135 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26 | −40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,860 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marc Brunel-Walker* | 809 | 47.3 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative | Colin Reginald Dudley* | 778 | | |
| | Conservative | Suki Alanna Hayes* | 756 | | |
| | Labour | Danielle Turner | 625 | 36.6 | +9.9 |
| | Labour | Christopher Peter John Foxon | 560 | | |
| | Labour | Guy Alexander Gillbe | 459 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Richard Clay | 276 | 16.1 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28 | −35 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,911 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bob Wade* | 713 | 54.7 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | Tina McKenzie-Boyle | 711 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Pope | 374 | 28.7 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Robin Sexton | 289 | | |
| | Labour | Kate Cameron-Daum | 216 | 16.6 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Jonathon Monger | 198 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32 | −40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,114 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Louise Temperton* | 1,374 | 66.2 | +16.2 |
| | Labour | Kathryn Claire Neil | 1,044 | | |
| | Conservative | Peter Stephen Hill* | 540 | 26.0 | −10.9 |
| | Conservative | Max Mir | 346 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Ian Jeffrey Hutchinson | 163 | 7.9 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34 | −31 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,502 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Gbadebo | 567 | 39.4 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Lizzy Gibson | 528 | | |
| | Labour | Kathleen Mary Nugent | 451 | 31.4 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Naheed Ejaz | 362 | | |
| | Green | Derek Gregory Clifford Florey | 261 | 18.2 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Biddle | 159 | 11.1 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34 | −33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,767 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hanworth

Hanworth (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gill Birch* | 1,028 | 50.7 | +13.0 |
| | Conservative | Mike Gibson | 950 | | |
| | Conservative | Michael John Skinner | 897 | | |
| | Labour | Nicola Jayne Goddard | 577 | 28.4 | +9.3 |
| | Labour | Jenny Penfold | 572 | | |
| | Labour | Shawn Nathan Roy Hearn | 548 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence George Enga | 424 | 20.9 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30 | −35 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,116 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Harmans Water

Harmans Water (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Richard Martin Turrell* | 1,039 | 42.3 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Isabel Margaret Mattick* | 1,013 | | |
| | Conservative | Ashley Caroline Merry* | 1,005 | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Faraday Neill | 560 | 22.8 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Diane Cheryl Thomas | 506 | | |
| | Labour | John Kenneth Wright | 448 | | |
| | UKIP | Shelagh Rosemary Pile | 434 | 17.7 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Robert Smith | 424 | 17.3 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32 | −33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,650 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Little Sandhurst and Wellington

Little Sandhurst and Wellington (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dale Philip Birch* | 744 | 52.7 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul David Bettison* | 741 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Jayne Duffett | 393 | 27.8 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | Megan Ruth Wright | 275 | 19.5 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Nicola Jane Mansfield | 248 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33 | −38 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,064 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Heydon* | 626 | 48.2 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Ian Tullett | 569 | | |
| | Labour | Susan Helen Cahill | 493 | 38.0 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Roy John Bailey | 485 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David James Maxwell | 180 | 13.9 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29 | −33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,320 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Porter* | 631 | 54.3 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Ray Mossom | 604 | | |
| | Labour | Diane Elizabeth Allum-Wilson | 276 | 23.7 | +11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark David Vandersluis | 256 | 22.0 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Clive Temperton | 128 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28 | −42 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,903 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Priestwood and Garth

Priestwood and Garth (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alvin Edwin Finch* | 693 | 36.5 | −8.9 |
| | Conservative | Jennie Green | 676 | | |
| | Labour | Tricia Brown | 595 | 31.4 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Paul Steven Bidwell | 593 | | |
| | Conservative | Graham Edward Birch* | 579 | | |
| | Labour | Steve Fearon | 506 | | |
| | UKIP | Dave Colley | 315 | 16.6 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Antony Bridgman | 294 | 15.5 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29 | −32 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,785 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gareth Michael Barnard* | 1,274 | 60.0 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Kay Ingham | 1,273 | | |
| | Conservative | Robert Lauchlan McLean* | 1,128 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Malcolm Bradly | 494 | 23.3 | New |
| | Labour | Libbi Rae Miller | 355 | 16.7 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Anne Shillcock | 312 | | |
| | Labour | Graham William Firth | 256 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32 | −40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,086 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wildridings & Central

Wildridings & Central (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dee Hamilton* | 474 | 35.6 | −12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas James Parker | 466 | 35.0 | +22.4 |
| | Conservative | Kirsten Ashman | 399 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Bailey Davis Dunsmuir | 366 | | |
| | Labour | Peter Charles Frewer | 263 | 19.8 | −10.4 |
| | Labour | Michael Karim | 245 | | |
| | Green | Maciej Pawlik | 127 | 10.0 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31 | −33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,000 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Moira Kathleen Gaw* | 1,100 | 70.7 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative | Tony Virgo | 945 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher David Jenkins | 249 | 16.0 | New |
| | Labour | Bob Miller | 206 | 13.3 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Alan Harold Round | 163 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36 | −37 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,087 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections
### Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell By-Election 9 December 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Steven Bidwell | 434 | 61.1 | +23.2 |
| | Conservative | Iain Alexander McCracken | 276 | 38.9 | −9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | 22.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 710 | 17 | −12 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,178 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.3 | |