1991 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

1991 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election
All 40 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1991 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1991, 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 as part of the 1991 United Kingdom local elections. For the first time since 1979, opposition parties re-entered the council at an all-out council election, but the Conservative Party still managed to secure a landslide victory.^[1]

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	32	0	8	8	80.0	54.4	16,301
Labour	7	7	0	7	17.5	31.1	9,309
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	2.5	14.5	4,332

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cahill S.	1,547	46.7	−10.8
	Conservative	Herlingshaw L.	1,381
	Conservative	Drury D.*	1,329
	Liberal Democrats	Veakins D.	1,004	30.3	−2.4
	Labour	Miller D.	759	22.9	+13.1
	Labour	Draper R.	715
Turnout				44.2	−3.6
Registered electors			7,483
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doyle H. Ms.	992	69.3	+11.1
	Conservative	Taylor G.*	935
	Labour	Williams A. Ms.	439	30.7	+17.6
	Labour	Harman J.	434
Turnout				40.5	−14.9
Registered electors			3,463
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eason E.	1,094	50.5	−1.5
	Conservative	Thompson E.*	1,071
	Labour	Darke P.	1,071	49.5	+30.6
	Conservative	Albrecht R.*	1,059
	Labour	Firth G.	1,032
	Labour	Williams C.	989
Turnout				43.1	+1.2
Registered electors			4,891
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Murray A.	796	52.1	+14.0
	Conservative	Edger R.	733	47.9	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Earwicker R.	691
	Conservative	Simonds R.*	673
Turnout				43.6	−5.1
Registered electors			3,319
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1991 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election

Ward results

Ascot

Binfield

Bullbrook

College Town

Cranbourne

Crowthorne

Garth

Great Hollands North

Great Hollands South

Hanworth

Harmanswater

Little Sandhurst

Old Bracknell

Owlsmoor

Priestwood

Sandhurst

St. Marys

Warfield

Wildridings

Footnotes

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ballin M. Ms.*	252	68.7	−8.3
	Labour	Simmonds S.	115	31.3	New
Turnout				37.3	−2.6
Registered electors			985
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Finnie J.*	1,153	63.6	+6.7
	Conservative	Cheney A.*	1,070
	Conservative	Thomas C. Ms.	907
	Liberal Democrats	Maxwell D.	661	36.4	+0.7
Turnout				48.8	−2.7
Registered electors			3,716
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford J. Ms.	804	51.1	+24.2
	Labour	Good D.	788
	Conservative	Ryder J. Ms.*	769	48.9	−1.5
	Conservative	Wentzell P.	674
Turnout				53.0	+0.6
Registered electors			2,865
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bouchard J. Ms.*	786	52.6	−0.1
	Conservative	Edmeades M. Ms.	732
	Labour	Shillcock J. Ms.	709	47.4	+24.1
	Labour	Adams M.	693
Turnout				44.9	+5.2
Registered electors			3,255
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angell R.*	825	49.6	−13.4
	Conservative	Price C. Ms.	765
	Labour	King S.	532	32.0	+16.4
	Labour	Temperton C.	506
	Liberal Democrats	Baker C.	307	18.4	−2.9
Turnout				49.7	+6.0
Registered electors			3,346
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wallace M.*	1,381	50.8	+1.1
	Conservative	Ince J.*	1,365
	Conservative	Browne A.	1,362
	Labour	Bayle M. Ms.	1,337	49.2	+28.4
	Labour	Gray A.	1,257
	Labour	Wheaton T.	1,209
Turnout				46.5	−1.6
Registered electors			5,666
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mills T.*	1,508	55.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Ainscough T.*	1,497
	Conservative	Pile S. Ms.	1,438
	Labour	Holness W.	1,193	44.2	+24.0
	Labour	Pitt K.	1,144
	Labour	Waddington A.	1,116
Turnout				44.6	−2.0
Registered electors			5,895
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Birch D.*	981	63.5	+9.1
	Conservative	Cohen H.*	870
	Liberal Democrats	Cole L.	565	36.5	+2.8
Turnout				51.9	−5.2
Registered electors			2,979
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beasley C.	922	51.3	+3.6
	Conservative	Mattick I. Ms.*	908
	Conservative	Mullins A.	895
	Labour	Snelgrove A. Ms.	877	48.7	+25.4
	Labour	Waudby M. Ms.	861
	Labour	Smith R.	852
Turnout				48.6	+5.7
Registered electors			3,642
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas R.*	825	61.1	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Longhurst L.	526	38.9	+2.1
Turnout				37.2	−8.5
Registered electors			3,633
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cooper P.	778	56.4	+20.0
	Labour	Tompkins J.	773
	Conservative	Blake L.*	602	43.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Egan J.	578
Turnout				52.4	−0.2
Registered electors			2,609
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marsden J.*	867	64.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Ward A.*	846
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholson D. Ms.	473	35.3	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Meller S.	447
Turnout				44.9	−3.4
Registered electors			2,936
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Warren J.*	*Unopposed*
Turnout				N/A
Registered electors			1,260
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sargeant E.	514	83.3	+6.3
	Labour	Hirst W.	103	16.7	+10.0
Turnout				44.3	−1.3
Registered electors			1,392
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dossett P.	592	51.8	+35.7
	Labour	McCormack A.	563
	Conservative	Mattick J.*	550	48.2	+3.9
	Conservative	Wreglesworth N.*	545
Turnout				51.1	−3.2
Registered electors			2,202
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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