2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2015 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:2023 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
Next Year:2023
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 Election1:41 seats, 52.0%
Seats1:38
Seat Change1: 3
Popular Vote1:14,183
Percentage1:48.5%
Swing1: 3.5%
Leader2:Mary Temperton
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Leaders Seat2:Great Hollands North
Last Election2:1 seat, 22.2%
Seats2:3
Seat Change2: 2
Popular Vote2:7,790
Percentage2:26.7%
Swing2: 4.5%
Image3: LD
Leader3:N/A
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Leaders Seat3:N/A
Last Election3:0 seat, 6.7%
Seats3:1
Seat Change3: 1
Popular Vote3:5,956
Percentage3:20.4%
Swing3: 13.7%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Conservative
After Election:Conservative

The 2019 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England.

The Conservative Party has controlled the council since its establishment as a unitary authority in 1998, and ended up securing a seventh term in office.

Background

Bracknell Forest Borough Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all its councillors up for election every four years.[1] [2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, forty-one Conservative councillors and one Labour councillor were elected.

The council has been controlled by the Conservative Party since the unitary authority was first elected in 1997. The predecessor district council had been controlled by both the Labour and Conservative parties.

Overall results

After the previous election, and immediately before this election, the composition of the council was:

411
ConservativeLabour
The Conservatives held the council losing just three seats with two going to Labour and one to the Liberal Democrats.

Following the 2019 election, the composition of the council was:

3831
ConservativeLabour

Ward results

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

Winkfield & Cranbourne

By-elections

Old Bracknell

Notes and References

  1. News: Local government structure and elections. GOV.UK. 2018-04-27. en.
  2. Web site: Election Timetable in England.