Bracknell Forest is a unitary authority in Berkshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.[1]
Political control[]
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control |
Years
|
|
Labour |
1973-1976
|
|
Conservative |
1976-1995
|
|
Labour |
1995-1998
|
Unitary authority
Council elections[]
Non-metropolitan district elections[]
- (New ward boundaries)[4]
- (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
Unitary authority elections[]
By-election results[]
1997–2000[]
Great Hollands South By-Election 12 November 1998[8]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Labour
|
John Piasecki
|
638
|
62.2
|
+18.9
|
|
Conservative
|
Diana Henfrey
|
329
|
32.1
|
-8.3
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
David Maxwell
|
58
|
5.7
|
-10.6
|
Majority
|
309
|
30.1
|
|
Turnout
|
1,025
|
29.0
|
|
|
Labour gain from Conservative
|
Swing
|
|
|
Harmans Water By-Election 25 February 1999[9]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Labour
|
Roy Bailey
|
876
|
50.2
|
+10.7
|
|
Conservative
|
Christopher Turrell
|
765
|
43.9
|
+8.9
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Alan Cocks
|
103
|
5.9
|
-10.6
|
Majority
|
111
|
6.3
|
|
Turnout
|
1,744
|
28.0
|
|
|
Labour hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
2000–2003[]
Priestwood By-Election 8 November 2001[10]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Labour
|
David Fawcett
|
382
|
49.0
|
-10.8
|
|
Conservative
|
Tony Packham
|
312
|
40.1
|
-0.1
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Sarah Edwards
|
85
|
10.9
|
+10.9
|
Majority
|
70
|
8.9
|
|
Turnout
|
779
|
29.0
|
|
|
Labour hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
Hanworth By-Election 14 November 2002[11]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Conservative
|
Charles Bailey
|
576
|
40.4
|
-2.9
|
|
Labour
|
Janet Keene
|
521
|
36.6
|
-0.9
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Lorraine De Laune
|
137
|
9.6
|
-1.6
|
|
Green
|
David Young
|
120
|
8.4
|
+0.4
|
|
UKIP
|
Lawrence Boxall
|
71
|
5.0
|
+5.0
|
Majority
|
55
|
3.8
|
|
Turnout
|
1,425
|
22.0
|
|
|
Conservative hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
2003–2007[]
Binfield with Warfield By-Election 23 March 2006[12][13]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Conservative
|
Brenda Wilson
|
921
|
55.5
|
+16.4
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Michael Hawkins
|
444
|
26.8
|
+4.0
|
|
Labour
|
David Fawcett
|
174
|
10.5
|
+10.5
|
|
UKIP
|
Jeffrey Newbold
|
119
|
7.2
|
+7.2
|
Majority
|
477
|
28.7
|
|
Turnout
|
1,658
|
28.4
|
|
|
Conservative hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
2007–2011[]
Hanworth By-Election 15 October 2009[14]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Conservative
|
Mark Phillips
|
640
|
42.4
|
-14.2
|
|
Labour
|
Janet Keene
|
377
|
25.0
|
-1.9
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Larraine De Laune
|
206
|
13.7
|
+13.7
|
|
UKIP
|
Jeff Newbold
|
139
|
9.2
|
+9.2
|
|
Green
|
Steven Gabb
|
77
|
5.1
|
-11.3
|
|
BNP
|
David Penson
|
70
|
4.6
|
+4.6
|
Majority
|
263
|
17.4
|
|
Turnout
|
1,509
|
23.4
|
|
|
Conservative hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
Owlsmoor By-Election 25 February 2010[15]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Conservative
|
Norman Bowers
|
508
|
54.2
|
-1.9
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Mark Thompson
|
238
|
25.4
|
+25.4
|
|
Labour
|
Guy Gillbe
|
126
|
13.4
|
+13.4
|
|
Green
|
Peter Forbes
|
66
|
7.0
|
+7.0
|
Majority
|
270
|
28.8
|
|
Turnout
|
938
|
24.0
|
|
|
Conservative hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
2011-2015[]
Winkfield & Cranbourne By-Election 28 November 2013[16]
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Conservative
|
Susie Phillips
|
582
|
53
|
|
|
UKIP
|
Ken La Garde
|
318
|
29
|
|
|
Labour
|
Janet Hazel Keene
|
139
|
13
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
Paul Peter Birchall
|
69
|
6
|
|
Majority
|
|
|
|
Turnout
|
1108
|
27
|
|
|
Conservative hold
|
Swing
|
|
|
2015-2019[]
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