Bracknell Forest.
Labour Party-controlled unitary. £124m net revenue. 15 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
29 Jun 2026
Labour Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Bracknell Forest is a unitary controlled by Labour Party (22 of 41 seats). Net revenue is £124m for 2025-26. It covers 15 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 54% · last contested 4 May 2023
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Michael Haffegee | Grn | Binfield North & Warfield West | 2023 |
| John Harrison | Con | Binfield North & Warfield West | 2023 |
| Sheila Collings | Grn | Binfield North & Warfield West | 2023 |
| Georgia Rose Pickering | Lab | Binfield South & Jennett's Park | 2023 |
| Kathryn Neil | Lab | Binfield South & Jennett's Park | 2023 |
| Steve O'Regan | Lab | Binfield South & Jennett's Park | 2023 |
| Caroline May Egglestone | Lab | Bullbrook | 2023 |
| Kandy Jefferies | Lab | Bullbrook | 2023 |
| Nicholas Ian Robertson | Con | Crowthorne | 2023 |
| Tina Eberle | LD | Crowthorne | 2023 |
| Tina McKenzie-Boyle | Con | Crowthorne | 2023 |
| Guy Gillbe | Lab | Easthampstead & Wildridings | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax unitary authoritie: 69% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (59%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,697 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £283 |
| Fire & rescue | £86 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £89 |
| Total Band-D | £2,155 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Bracknell Forest split its revenue across services, compared with peer unitary authoritie-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDACT PERSONAL INFORMATION | £13.38m | 21.8% | 2,179 |
| READING BOROUGH COUNCIL | £2.24m | 3.7% | 15 |
| RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LTD | £1.98m | 3.2% | 9 |
| KENNEL LANE SCHOOL | £1.63m | 2.7% | 12 |
| BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £1.40m | 2.3% | 20 |
| HIGHTOWN HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD | £1.39m | 2.3% | 124 |
| SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD | £1.39m | 2.3% | 34 |
| NEILCOTT CONSTRUCTION LTD | £1.32m | 2.2% | 6 |
| E W BEARD LTD | £1.01m | 1.7% | 15 |
| ACTIVATE LEARNING | £0.91m | 1.5% | 8 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | YBC CLEANING SERVICES LTD | £0.23m |
| Adult Social Care | WATERSHED CARE SERVICES LTD *3852 | £0.07m |
| Highways And Transport | YUNEX LIMITED | £0.05m |
| Childrens Services | WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL | £0.04m |
| Housing And Homelessness | YUNEX LIMITED | £0.00m |
Bracknell Forest’s territory crosses 2 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell | 10 | 67% | Peter Swallow | Lab |
| Maidenhead | 5 | 33% | Joshua Reynolds | LD |
This council holds 1 Lab and 1 LD MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Labour Party-controlled unitary — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 62 other unitary authorities
Police, Fire, Parish on top
9,028 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 2 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level