2011 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

The 2011 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011, to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections in England as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. Despite an increase in its popular vote, the Labour Party was reduced to 2 seats, losing its group leader, whilst the Conservative Party secured a fifth term in office.

2011 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

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All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40%[1] ( 6pp)
First party Second party   Con Lab Leader Paul Bettison Anne Shillcock Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Little Sandhurst & Wellington Great Hollands North (lost re-election) Last election 39 seats, 55.8% 3 seats, 21.2% Seats won 40 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 20,267 9,983 Percentage 57.5% 28.3% Swing 1.7% 7.1%
Results of the 2011 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Ward Results

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

Ascot

Ascot (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Andrea Susan Hayes*	1,298	74.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Anthony Charles Virgo*	1,151
	Labour	Lesley Margaret Hunter	445	25.5	+13.7
	Labour	Sarah Louise Marguerite Quinton	323
Turnout				44.8	+11.8
Registered electors			4,079
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bruce Harrison*	1,738	49.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Ian William Leake*	1,622
	Conservative	Brenda Dorothy Wilson*	1,458
	Binfield Independent Conservatives	Nigel John Rennie	1,059	30.1	New
	Labour	David John Fawcett	727	20.6	+8.1
	Labour	Christopher David Matthew Theobald	533
Turnout				44.8	+9.8
Registered electors			6,604
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Sargeant	968	59.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Robert Angell	961
	Labour	John Fitzgerald Bacon	665	40.7	+21.1
	Labour	Graham William Firth	641
Turnout				38.9	+2.9
Registered electors			4,448
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Richard Brossard*	1,131	73.2	+20.3
	Conservative	Alan Frederick Ward*	1,083
	Labour	Martin George Trevis	415	26.8	+10.9
	Labour	Angela June Holley	412
Turnout				41.6	+7.6
Registered electors			3,900
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

College Town

College Town (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Mark Allen	962	62.3	+8.3
	Conservative	Andrew Duncan Blatchford*	901
	Labour	Ian Plested	350	22.7	+16.1
	Labour	Jeremy John Preece	326
	Liberal Democrats	Mark James Thompson	232	15.0	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Antony Bridgman	192
Turnout				33.3	+0.3
Registered electors			4,678
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Reginald Dudley*	1,144	58.2	+7.9
	Conservative	Marc Brunel-Walker*	1,111
	Conservative	Suki Alanna Hayes	1,009
	Labour	Wilford Theophilus Holness	822	41.8	+17.9
	Labour	John Kenneth Wright	716
	Labour	Peter Charles Frewer	686
Turnout				34.8	+5.8
Registered electors			5,963
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James George Finnie*	1,142	60.9	−15.4
	Conservative	Robert Hugh Wade*	1,062
	Labour	Jonathan George Keen	370	19.7	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Briggs	363	19.4	New
	Labour	Phillip Mark Keene	264
Turnout				45.4	+13.4
Registered electors			3,900
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Louise Temperton	734	47.1	+2.8
	Conservative	Michael Gbadebo	645	41.4	−0.2
	Labour	Jeananne Margaret Shillcock*	640
	Conservative	Bruce McKenzie-Boyle	621
	Green	Mark Daniel Brown	178	11.4	New
Turnout				38.3	+4.3
Registered electors			4,081
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer McCracken*	935	60.9	+14.9
	Conservative	Janice Ann Angell*	859
	Labour	Stephen Geoffrey Young	600	39.1	−2.4
	Labour	Keith Howard George Roberts	562
Turnout				40.9	+1.9
Registered electors			3,827
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hanworth

Hanworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Walter Baily*	1,409	52.6	−4.0
	Conservative	William Davison	1,240
	Conservative	Gillian Margaret Birch*	1,210
	Labour	Janet Hazel Keene	903	33.7	+6.8
	Labour	Kathleen Mary Nugent	776
	Labour	Grant David Strudley	631
	Independent	Philip Vincent Marshall Pitt	369	13.8	New
Turnout				40.2	+7.2
Registered electors			6,161
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harmans Water

Harmans Water (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Rosemary Pile*	1,421	60.6	−9.0
	Conservative	Trevor Graham Kensall*	1,397
	Conservative	Christopher Richard Martin Turrell*	1,290
	Labour	Geoffrey Leslie Freeman	659	28.1	+8.2
	Labour	Timothy Hanson	587
	Labour	Clive Temperton	535
	UKIP	Malcolm David Powell	265	11.3	+0.8
Turnout				38.6	+3.6
Registered electors			5,952
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Sandhurst & Wellington

Little Sandhurst & Wellington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Philip Birch*	1,104	62.1	0.0
	Conservative	Paul David Bettison*	1,101
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond William Earwicker	370	20.8	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pope	322
	Labour	John Robert James Delbridge	303	17.1	+3.1
	Labour	John Stefan Piasecki	239
Turnout				44.0	+8.0
Registered electors			4,114
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Alexander McCracken	824	51.6	+10.0
	Conservative	William Peter Heydon	784
	Labour	Roy John Bailey	774	48.4	+1.8
	Labour	Alan Harold Round	736
Turnout				39.6	+3.6
Registered electors			4,121
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip John Porter	909	62.0	+6.0
	Conservative	David James Worrall*	900
	Labour	Guy Alexander Gillbe	285	19.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Peter Hodge	272	18.6	New
	Labour	Brian David Wilson	266
	Liberal Democrats	David Mohammed	217
Turnout				39.6	+8.6
Registered electors			3,923
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priestwood & Garth

Priestwood & Garth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alvin Edwin Finch*	842	43.1	−8.8
	Conservative	Kirsten Miller	837
	Labour	Patricia Eira Brown	798	40.8	+8.4
	Conservative	Diana Simone Olivia Henfrey	778
	Labour	Dennis Rueben Good	707
	Labour	Terry James Mountjoy	681
	Green	Amanda Elizabeth Luffrum	314	16.1	New
Turnout				36.7	+2.7
Registered electors			5,707
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Michael Barnard*	1,817	55.6	−14.4
	Conservative	Robert Lauchlan McLean*	1,532
	Conservative	John Clifton Thompson*	1,383
	Labour	Jonathan Michael Beadsley	416	12.7	0.0
	Labour	Nicola Louise Strudley	404
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Jon Towle	358	11.0	−6.2
	Independent	Sandra Kay Ingham	345	10.6	New
	Green	Adrian Michael Haffegee	332	10.2	New
	Labour	Alec Keene	314
Turnout				44.0	+11.0
Registered electors			5,843
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wildridings & Central

Wildridings & Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Catherine Duncan Barnard*	670	48.0	+0.3
	Conservative	Denise Frances Whitbread*	642
	Labour	Andrew Paul Jackson	462	33.1	+9.1
	Labour	James Victor Quinton	393
	Liberal Democrats	David James Maxwell	166	11.9	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Larraine Kerry De Laune	133
	Green	Steven Martin Gabb	98	7.0	New
Turnout				39.7	+4.7
Registered electors			3,489
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Patricia Ballin*	1,308	71.4	+20.9
	Conservative	Alan Harold Kendall*	1,250
	Green	Derek Norman Wall	269	14.7	New
	Labour	Carol Ann Draper	255	13.9	−1.8
	Labour	Anthony Malcolm House	252
Turnout				47.0	+9.0
Registered electors			3,945
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne By-Election 28 November 2013^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susie Phillips	582	52.5	−18.9
	UKIP	Ken La Garde	318	28.7	New
	Labour	Janet Hazel Keene	139	12.5	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Peter Birchall	69	6.2	New
Majority			264	23.8
Turnout			1,108	27
Registered electors			4,141
	Conservative hold		Swing