Election Name: | 2011 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2007 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2007 |
Next Election: | 2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2015 |
Seats For Election: | All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 22 |
Image1: | Con |
Leader1: | Paul Bettison |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Little Sandhurst & Wellington |
Last Election1: | 39 seats, 55.8% |
Seats1: | 40 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 20,267 |
Percentage1: | 57.5% |
Swing1: | 1.7% |
Leader2: | Anne Shillcock |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Great Hollands North (lost re-election) |
Last Election2: | 3 seats, 21.2% |
Seats2: | 2 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,983 |
Percentage2: | 28.3% |
Swing2: | 7.1% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
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.
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