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
Turnout40%[1] (Increase 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 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 20,267 9,983
Percentage 57.5% 28.3%
Swing Increase 1.7% Increase 7.1%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Ward Results

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

Ascot

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Winkfield & Cranbourne

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Borough Council Elections - Thursday, 5 May 2011". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Winkfield and Cranbourne By-Election - Thursday, 28 November 2013". Bracknell Forest Borough Council. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2023.