1995 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

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All 40 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Con LD Leader Austin McCormack Bob Angell Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Wildridings Great Hollands South (lost re-election) Last election 7 32 1 Seats won 22 12 6 Seat change 15 20 5 Popular vote 11,559 11,180 6,682 Percentage 38.8% 37.6% 22.4% Swing 7.7% 16.8% 7.9%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Labour

The 1995 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995, to elect all 40 members in 19 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections in England & Wales as part of the 1995 United Kingdom local elections. For the first time since 1973, the Labour Party won control of the council, decimating the Conservative Party to less than half the seats it won in 1991, with the Conservative group leader losing his seat in Great Hollands South.^[1] This remains the last time the Conservatives have lost the popular vote in a Bracknell Forest Borough Council all-out election.

1995 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	22	16	1	15	55.0	38.8	11,559
	Conservative	12	1	21	20	30.0	37.6	11,180
	Liberal Democrats	6	5	0	5	15.0	22.4	6,682
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	347

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

Ascot (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hayes D. Ms.*	887	33.9	−12.8
	Labour	Miller D.	865	33.1	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Blake J. Ms.	864	33.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Herlingshaw L.*	849
	Labour	Norman L. Ms.	832
	Conservative	Thomas G.	810
	Liberal Democrats	Campbell-Grant I.	677
	Liberal Democrats	Harradine A.	616
Turnout				31.0	−13.2
Registered electors			8,123
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Binfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doyle H. Ms.*	884	47.8	−21.5
	Conservative	Taylor G.*	805
	Labour	Harman J.	597	32.3	+1.6
	Labour	Woodrow G. Ms.	541
	Liberal Democrats	Dickson C. Ms.	369	19.9	New
Turnout				35.9	−4.6
Registered electors			4,857
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bullbrook (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ryan P.	865	44.5	−5.0
	Labour	Draper R.	798
	Conservative	Egan J.	617	31.7	−18.8
	Labour	Darke P.*	589
	Conservative	Barnard G.	579
	Labour	Woodrow R.	563
	Liberal Democrats	Hanson R.	462	23.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Powell E. Ms.	434
	Liberal Democrats	Hughes E. Ms.	432
Turnout				41.7	−1.4
Registered electors			5,134
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

College Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sullivan V. Ms.	720	52.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neighbour D.*	712
	Conservative	Blatchford A.	421	30.8	−17.1
	Conservative	Simonds R.	379
	Labour	Plested I.	225	16.5	New
Turnout				33.7	−9.9
Registered electors			3,970
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cranbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ballin M. Ms.*	217	58.5	−10.2
	Labour	Friar W.	154	41.5	+10.2
Turnout				34.7	−2.6
Registered electors			1,091
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowthorne (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pope S.	716	43.2	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Maxwell D.	642
	Conservative	Finnie J.*	642	38.7	−24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Scovell L.	635
	Conservative	Cheney A.*	611
	Conservative	Pierce-Jones M. Ms.	591
	Labour	Davies H.	301	18.1	New
	Labour	Hammond B.	299
	Labour	Geary E.	297
Turnout				41.6	−7.2
Registered electors			4,131
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garth (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Good D.*	828	55.9	+4.8
	Labour	Taylor S.	780
	Conservative	Ryder J. Ms.	506	34.2	−14.7
	Conservative	Harrison J.	440
	Liberal Democrats	Willians T.	146	9.9	New
Turnout				50.7	−2.3
Registered electors			2,931
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Great Hollands North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jones L.	880	62.5	+15.1
	Labour	Shillcock J. Ms.	869
	Conservative	Drury D.	529	37.5	−15.1
	Conservative	Thomson A.	520
Turnout				43.4	−1.5
Registered electors			3,617
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Great Hollands South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adams M.	686	46.4	+14.4
	Labour	King S.	667
	Conservative	Angell R.*	588	39.8	−9.8
	Conservative	Angell J. Ms.	578
	Liberal Democrats	Shepherd J.	204	13.8	−4.6
Turnout				41.5	−8.2
Registered electors			3,547
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hanworth (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keene J. Ms.	1,358	51.3	+2.1
	Labour	Wheaton T.	1,297
	Labour	Vertigen G.	1,196
	Conservative	Henfrey D. Ms.	863	32.6	−18.2
	Conservative	Browne A.*	861
	Conservative	Wallace M.*	834
	Liberal Democrats	Macmahon T.	424	16.0	New
Turnout				42.0	−4.5
Registered electors			6,117
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harmanswater (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jones S. Ms.	1,342	51.3	+7.1
	Labour	Onions W.	1,309
	Labour	Simmonds S.	1,226
	Conservative	McCracken I.	923	35.3	−20.5
	Conservative	Pile S. Ms.*	902
	Conservative	McCracken J. Ms.	870
	Liberal Democrats	Callan B.	349	13.4	New
Turnout				40.3	−4.3
Registered electors			6,356
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Sandhurst (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bettison P.*	657	48.0	−15.5
	Conservative	Birch D.*	598
	Liberal Democrats	Bastone S. Ms.	366	26.7	−9.8
	Labour	Urquhart C.	347	25.3	New
	Labour	Hasemore K.	307
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholson J.	266
Turnout				42.4	−9.5
Registered electors			3,140
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Bracknell (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bayle G.	1,077	60.3	+11.6
	Labour	Hirst B. Ms.	1,048
	Labour	Veakins D.	1,026
	Conservative	Ashcroft E. Ms.	480	26.9	−24.4
	Conservative	Mattick I. Ms.*	478
	Conservative	Brown B. Ms.	449
	Liberal Democrats	Cole L.	229	12.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Hayward J.	211
Turnout				45.5	−3.1
Registered electors			3,908
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Owlsmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hodge R.	694	46.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Thomas R.*	562	37.5	−23.6
	Labour	Smith R.	242	16.2	New
Turnout				37.3	+0.1
Registered electors			4,105
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Priestwood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford J. Ms.	567	41.4	−15.0
	Labour	Fawcett D.	387
	Conservative	Kingsbury B.	354	25.9	−17.7
	Independent Labour	Cooper P.*[n 1]	347	25.4	New
	Conservative	Zimehl J. Ms.	316
	Independent Labour	Tompkins J.*[n 1]	316
	Liberal Democrats	Ford G.	100	7.3	New
Turnout				48.5	−3.9
Registered electors			2,712
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sandhurst (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ward A.*	661	44.1	−20.6
	Conservative	North P.	651
	Liberal Democrats	Score J.	623	41.6	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Earwicker R.	550
	Labour	Trevis S. Ms.	215	14.3	New
Turnout				46.9	−2.0
Registered electors			3,144
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Flood R.	349	67.2	−32.8
	Labour	Draper C. Ms.	170	32.8	New
Turnout				33.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,584
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sargeant E.*	680	55.7	−27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Boyd L. Ms.	292	23.9	New
	Labour	Clifton L. Ms.	248	20.3	+3.6
Turnout				32.2	−12.1
Registered electors			3,841
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wildridings (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Grayson P.	592	55.0	+3.2
	Labour	McCormack A.*	591
	Conservative	Wreglesworth M. Ms.	360	33.5	−14.7
	Conservative	Wreglesworth N.	335
	Liberal Democrats	Carson C.	124	11.5	New
	Labour	Dossett P.*	100
Turnout				52.0	+0.9
Registered electors			2,208
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing