Bracknell Forest council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 15 wards · 41 seats contested

Most seats
22
Labour Party
Seats contested
41
across 15 wards
Turnout
33.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 22 +19 21,429 32.2% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 10 -28 30,019 45.2% -11.6
Liberal Democrats 7 +6 10,534 15.8% +4.0
Green Party 2 +2 3,991 6.0% +5.1
Independent 0 +0 221 0.3% —
Heritage Party 0 +0 155 0.2% —
Reform UK 0 +0 122 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 41
Conservative and Unionist Party 41
Labour Party 24
Liberal Democrats 12
Green Party 7
Independent 2
Heritage Party 1
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 41 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Binfield North & Warfield West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sheila Collings Elected 1,004 72.6% —
Green Party Adrian Michael Haffegee Elected 901 65.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Harrison Elected 807 58.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Leake 790 57.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ankur Shiv Bhandari 643 46.5% —
Majority17
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,382

Binfield South & Jennett's Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathryn Neil Elected 1,111 59.3% —
Labour Party Georgia Rose Pickering Elected 1,025 54.7% —
Labour Party Steve O'Regan Elected 1,007 53.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Vincent Byron 910 48.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kiran Kumar Meka 804 42.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rishi Bhandari 768 41.0% —
Majority97
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,875

Bullbrook 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Caroline May Egglestone Elected 574 56.8% —
Labour Party Kandy Jefferies Elected 510 50.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Henry Michael Norman Campbell-Ricketts 474 46.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sanjeev Prasad 461 45.6% —
Majority36
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,010

Crowthorne 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tina McKenzie-Boyle Elected 907 55.7% —
Liberal Democrats Tina Eberle Elected 829 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicholas Ian Robertson Elected 828 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Wade 799 49.1% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Montague Beaumont 792 48.6% —
Liberal Democrats Terry Enga 728 44.7% —
Majority29
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,628

Easthampstead & Wildridings 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Bidwell Elected 908 61.3% —
Labour Party Guy Gillbe Elected 906 61.1% —
Labour Party Helen Amelia Purnell Elected 844 57.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dee Hamilton 535 36.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Iain Alexander McCracken 512 34.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sabyasachi Chattaraj 481 32.5% —
Green Party Victor John Rones 261 17.6% —
Majority309
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,482

Great Hollands 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mary Temperton Elected 1,666 84.8% —
Labour Party Gerry Webb Elected 1,323 67.4% —
Labour Party Naheed Ejaz Elected 1,301 66.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Gbadebo 588 29.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Roy Buchler 545 27.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Paul Widdowson 470 23.9% —
Majority713
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,964

Hanworth 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jenny Penfold Elected 1,037 58.7% —
Labour Party Janet Gwendoline Cochrane Elected 967 54.7% —
Labour Party Cath Thompson Elected 936 53.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Birch 821 46.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Gibson 803 45.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael John Skinner 736 41.7% —
Majority115
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,767

Harmans Water & Crown Wood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Cherise April Welch Elected 887 54.6% —
Labour Party Pete Frewer Elected 885 54.5% —
Labour Party Jodie Christas Watts Elected 882 54.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Franklin 671 41.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lizzy Gibson 637 39.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Turrell 634 39.0% —
Heritage Party Jason Peter Reardon 155 9.5% —
Reform UK John Gallacher 122 7.5% —
Majority211
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,624

Owlsmoor & College Town 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Allen Elected 1,093 58.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ray Mossom Elected 1,023 55.1% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Geoffrey Thompson Elected 937 50.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Edwards 899 48.5% —
Liberal Democrats Ben Hutchinson 811 43.7% —
Liberal Democrats Leigh Quigg 803 43.3% —
Majority38
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,855

Priestwood & Garth 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tricia Brown Elected 980 64.3% —
Labour Party Ryan George Frost Elected 914 59.9% —
Labour Party Michael Karim Elected 829 54.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jennie Karen Green 656 43.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alvin Edwin Finch 621 40.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hazel Hill 574 37.6% —
Majority173
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,525

Sandhurst 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Forster Elected 1,325 56.2% —
Liberal Democrats Christoph Eberle Elected 1,109 47.1% —
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Nazar Zahurddin Elected 1,030 43.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Parm Panesar 1,024 43.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dale Philip Birch 1,008 42.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul David Bettison 969 41.1% —
Majority6
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors7,291
Ballots cast2,356

Swinley Forest 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sophie Louise Forster Elected 748 59.1% —
Liberal Democrats Patrick Smith Elected 698 55.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Reginald Dudley 544 43.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ash Merry 540 42.7% —
Majority154
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,265

Town Centre & The Parks 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Megan Wright Elected 551 56.3% —
Labour Party Roy Bailey Elected 538 55.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Suki Alanna Hayes 397 40.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Heydon 377 38.5% —
Independent Olivio Barreto 93 9.5% —
Majority141
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)978

Whitegrove 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gareth Barnard Elected 913 57.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert McLean Elected 789 49.9% —
Labour Party Grant David Strudley 459 29.0% —
Labour Party Graham Firth 389 24.6% —
Green Party Rosaleen Melinda Donnan 274 17.3% —
Green Party Philip Vincent Marshall Pitt 211 13.3% —
Independent Colleen Dulieu 128 8.1% —
Majority330
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,582

Winkfield & Warfield East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Moira Gaw Elected 1,048 62.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dorothy Hayes Elected 1,026 61.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Virgo Elected 894 53.3% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Banks 724 43.2% —
Green Party Samantha Mary Gibbins 719 42.9% —
Green Party Mark Julien Harvey 621 37.0% —
Majority170
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,677

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