# 2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

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. Bailey initially returned to the Conservatives, but later elected to stand as a 'Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents' candidate after being de-selected. Sargeant and Pile declined to rejoin, sitting first as independent conservatives, and then later joining the fledging UKIP. Several other Conservative councillors were de-selected for the 2015 election, including former council leader Alan Ward (Central Sandhurst). Will Davison (Hanworth) also joined UKIP after being de-selected. 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, 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 :
| Party | 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 | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 71 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,207 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 70 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,856 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 63 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,487 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 69 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,928 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### College Town

College Town (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 66 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,018 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 63 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,989 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 72 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,042 | | |
| | 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* | 1,823 | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 65 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,328 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 67 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,796 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hanworth

Hanworth (3 seats) :
| Party | 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* | 780 | 17.4 | New |
| | Hanworth & Birch Hill Residents | Charles Walter Baily* | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 65 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,190 | | |
| | 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 | 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* | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 65 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,571 | | |
| | 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* | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 71 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,019 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 62 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,237 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 70 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,899 | | |
| | 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* | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 61 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,717 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 71 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,965 | | |
| | 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* | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 64 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,493 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 73 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,034 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections
### Central Sandhurst

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

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 Baily, Davison and Pile were elected as Conservative Party candidates in 2011.