2007 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

The 2007 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007, 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 2007 United Kingdom local elections. The Conservative Party increased its majority at the expense of both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, the latter losing its only seat. This was the only all-out council election where the far-right British National Party put up a candidate.

2007 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34% ( 3pp)
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab LD Leader Paul Bettison Anne Shillcock Ray Earwicker Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Little Sandhurst & Wellington Great Hollands North College Town (lost re-election) Last election 35 seats, 50.1% 6 seats, 28.6% 1 seats, 15.2% Seats won 39 3 0 Seat change 4 3 1 Popular vote 17,008 6,451 2,745 Percentage 55.8% 21.2% 9.0% Swing 5.7% 7.4% 6.2%
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*	995	71.5	+14.5
	Conservative	Tony Virgo	881
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Peter Cross	233	16.7	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Richard Campbell-Grant	226
	Labour	Joanna Beadsley	164	11.8	−4.5
Turnout				33.0	+3.6
Registered electors			4,095
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binfield with Warfield

Binfield with Warfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bruce Harrison*	1,385	48.1	+9.0
	Conservative	Ian William Leake*	1,265
	Conservative	Brenda Dorothy Wilson	1,204
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Hawkins	569	19.8	−3.0
	Labour	David Fawcett	361	12.5	−6.7
	Independent	Hilary Doyle	334	11.6	−7.3
	Labour	Tim Hanson	313
	UKIP	Jeffrey Alan Newbold	228	7.9	New
	Labour	Allan Scorer	143
Turnout				35.0	+0.6
Registered electors			6,109
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bullbrook

Bullbrook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Fleming	831	57.0	+3.6
	Conservative	Iain Alexander McCracken*	800
	Labour	Graham William Firth	286	19.6	−9.9
	Labour	Bob Draper	270
	Liberal Democrats	William George Harris	244	16.7	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Henry Hanson	228
	Independent	Andrew Street	98	6.7	New
Turnout				36.0	0.0
Registered electors			4,063
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central Sandhurst

Central Sandhurst (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Richard Brossard	862	52.9	+14.0
	Conservative	Alan Frederick Ward*	839
	Green	Teresa Marie Burchnall-Wood	340	20.8	+9.9
	Labour	Ann Miller	260	15.9	−0.7
	UKIP	Stephen Robert Deakin	169	10.4	−1.3
Turnout				34.0	+4.3
Registered electors			3,959
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

College Town

College Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cecil Edger*	783	54.0	+2.6
	Conservative	Andy Blatchford	783
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Earwicker*	422	29.1	−19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hodge	340
	UKIP	Mike King	150	10.3	New
	Labour	Ian Plested	95	6.6	New
Turnout				33.0	+3.7
Registered electors			4,216
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Crown Wood

Crown Wood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Reginald Dudley*	1,140	50.3	+2.9
	Conservative	Marc Brunel-Walker*	1,123
	Conservative	Robert Charles Osborne*	1,001
	UKIP	Malcolm Edward White	585	25.8	New
	Labour	Wilf Holness	543	23.9	−16.1
	Labour	Roy Bailey	502
	Labour	John Wright	127
Turnout				29.0	+3.6
Registered electors			5,959
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowthorne

Crowthorne (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James George Finnie*	941	76.3	+22.7
	Conservative	Bob Wade*	843
	Labour	Phil Keene	293	23.7	+4.8
Turnout				32.0	−2.3
Registered electors			3,940
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Shillcock*	443	44.3	−22.3
	Conservative	Scott Andrew Burrows	416	41.6	+8.2
	Labour	John Piasecki	406
	Conservative	Graham Ellis	404
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Joseph Kurowski	141	14.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Larraine Kerry De Laune	133
Turnout				34.0	+7.8
Registered electors			3,097
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Hollands South

Great Hollands South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Angell	693	46.0	−3.4
	Conservative	Jennie McCracken	666
	Labour	Mary Temperton	626	41.5	−9.1
	Labour	Mike Adams	569
	UKIP	Irene June Newbold	189	12.5	New
Turnout				39.0	+7.1
Registered electors			3,881
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hanworth

Hanworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chas Baily*	1,296	56.6	+12.1
	Conservative	Alan Sydney Browne*	1,198
	Conservative	Gill Birch*	1,177
	Labour	Marian Bayle	616	26.9	−3.1
	Labour	Alec Keene	615
	Labour	Graham Edward Stuart Vertigen	423
	Green	David Henry Young	376	16.4	+1.9
Turnout				33.0	+2.7
Registered electors			6,335
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harmans Water

Harmans Water (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Richard Martin Turrell*	1,504	69.6	+1.9
	Conservative	Shelagh Rosemary Pile*	1,263
	Conservative	Trevor Graham Kensall	1,248
	Labour	Geoff Freeman	430	19.9	−12.4
	Labour	Margaret Loneragan	373
	Labour	Clive Temperton	348
	UKIP	Malcolm David Powell	228	10.5	New
Turnout				35.0	+2.4
Registered electors			5,288
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Sandhurst and Wellington

Little Sandhurst and Wellington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul David Bettison*	918	62.1	−7.2
	Conservative	Dale Philip Birch*	893
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pope	353	23.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Score	331
	Labour	Jack Delbridge	207	14.0	−16.7
Turnout				36.0	+5.2
Registered electors			4,012
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Bracknell

Old Bracknell (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Beadsley*	672	46.6	+1.7
	Labour	Mike Beadsley*	668
	Conservative	Tina McKenzie-Boyle	600	41.6	+1.2
	Conservative	Amanda Colette McLean	598
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Marion Tooze	171	11.9	+2.9
Turnout				36.0	+0.5
Registered electors			4,038
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David James Worrall*	754	56.0	+9.0
	Conservative	Raymond Simonds	716
	Independent	David William Vousden	347	25.8	New
	UKIP	George William Barrand	245	18.2	New
Turnout				31.0	+4.4
Registered electors			3,926
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Priestwood & Garth

Priestwood & Garth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqui Ryder*	1,020	51.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Tony Packham*	968
	Conservative	Alvin Edwin Finch*	962
	Labour	Dennis Good	637	32.4	−5.6
	Labour	Janet Keene	572
	Labour	Nisha Tailor	518
	BNP	Andrew McBride	309	15.7	New
Turnout				34.0	−1.6
Registered electors			5,632
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warfield Harvest Ride

Warfield Harvest Ride (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Michael Barnard*	1,443	70.0	+14.6
	Conservative	Robert Lauchlan McLean*	1,331
	Conservative	Cliff Thompson*	1,233
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Jon Towle	355	17.2	−8.5
	Labour	Tricia Brown	262	12.7	−6.2
	Labour	Marian Langton	231
	Labour	David Warner	187
Turnout				33.0	+5.3
Registered electors			5,690
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wildridings & Central

Wildridings & Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Catherine Duncan Barnard*	583	47.7	−6.1
	Conservative	Denise Frances Whitbread	574
	Labour	Jim Quinton	294	24.0	−22.2
	Liberal Democrats	David James Maxwell	257	21.0	New
	Labour	Brian Wilson	251
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Antony Bridgman	214
	UKIP	Bruce Van Biene	89	7.3	New
Turnout				35.0	0.0
Registered electors			3,383
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winkfield & Cranbourne

Winkfield & Cranbourne (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Harold Kendall*	844	50.5	−10.5
	Conservative	Mary Patricia Ballin*	824
	Independent	Stuart Stanley Tarrant	564	33.8	New
	Labour	Tony House	262	15.7	+3.6
	Labour	Langdon Jones	229
Turnout				38.0	+3.1
Registered electors			3,866
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Hanworth

Hanworth By-Election 15 October 2009

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Phillips	640	42.4	−14.2
	Labour	Janet Keene	377	25.0	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Larraine Kerry De Laune	206	13.7	New
	UKIP	Jeff Newbold	139	9.2	New
	Green	Steven Martin Gabb	77	5.1	−11.3
	BNP	David Anthony Penson	70	4.6	New
Majority			263	17.4
Turnout			1,509	23
Registered electors			6,446
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.1

Owlsmoor

Owlsmoor By-Election 25 February 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman William Bowers	508	54.2	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark James Thompson	238	25.4	New
	Labour	Guy Alexander Gillbe	126	13.4	New
	Green	Peter Martin Forbes	66	7.0	New
Majority			270	28.8
Turnout			938	24
Registered electors			3,938
	Conservative hold		Swing