Photo: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Bracknell Forest Council
Crowthorne is run by Bracknell Forest Council and Wokingham Borough Council, with Crowthorne parish council for local matters. Labour has a majority on Bracknell Forest Council. No party holds a majority on Wokingham Borough Council. Most of Crowthorne is in Bracknell (MP Peter Swallow, Labour); 49% of residents are in Wokingham (MP Clive Jones, Liberal Democrat).
£2,383
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Crowthorne’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Bracknell Forest Council
Labour holds a majority on Bracknell Forest Council: 22 of its 41 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 10, the Liberal Democrats 7 and the Greens 2. Who’s in charge ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Crowthorne’s wards, the Liberal Democrats took 36.4%, the Conservatives took 36.1% and Reform UK took 19.8% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, the Liberal Democrats had 49%. How Crowthorne has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Crowthorne is £2,279 for 2026–27; Bracknell Forest Council keeps 78% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 58% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Crowthorne’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 21 of Bracknell Forest’s 41 or 31 of Wokingham’s 60 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour22
- Conservative10
- Liberal Democrat7
- Green2
Latest election: May 2023.
- Liberal Democrat28
- Conservative21
- Labour8
Latest election: May 2026.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Crowthorne
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
51% of Crowthorne’s residents · Band D precept £108
The parish council for the part of Crowthorne inside Wokingham Without parish.
Who runs Crowthorne: same source as Who runs Crowthorne, above.
The parish council for the part of Crowthorne inside Finchampstead parish.
Who runs Crowthorne: same source as Who runs Crowthorne, above.
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
51% of Crowthorne’s residents
Website ↗Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Who runs Crowthorne: same source as Who runs Crowthorne, above.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Crowthorne, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parish3 parish councilsCrowthorne parish councilWokingham Without parish councilFinchampstead parish council
- 2Council wards2 wards · 6 councillorsTina McKenzie-BoyleTina EberleNicholas Ian RobertsonSeona TurtleRoberta BrooksMarc Brunel-WalkerJordan Montgomery
- 3Police and crime commissionerThames Valley Police · elected May 2024Matthew Barber
- 4House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
6 councillors for 2 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Tina McKenzie-BoyleConservative · May 2023
- Tina EberleLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Nicholas Ian RobertsonConservative · May 2023
- Seona TurtleConservative · May 2026
- Roberta BrooksLiberal Democrat · May 2026
- Marc Brunel-WalkerLiberal Democrat · May 2024
- Jordan MontgomeryLiberal Democrat · May 2024
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| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrowthorneBracknell Forest · all in Crowthorne · 7,812 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Tina McKenzie-BoyleTina EberleNicholas Ian Robertson | May 2023 |
| Wokingham WithoutWokingham · mostly in Crowthorne · 7,384 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 3 | Seona TurtleRoberta BrooksMarc Brunel-WalkerJordan Montgomery | May 2026, May 2024 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Bracknell Forest Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Who led each council vote, 2023–2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Crowthorne’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
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| Party | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 0% | 0% | 5.7% |
| Labour | 0% | 6.7% | 2% |
| Liberal Democrat | 48.1% | 49% | 36.4% |
| Conservative | 51.9% | 44.2% | 36.1% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 19.8% |
In 2026, the Liberal Democrats won 1 and the Conservatives won 1 of the 2 seats up in Crowthorne’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Wokingham council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Crowthorne, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Wokingham elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Crowthorne’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗6,228 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Crowthorne is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024
51% of Crowthorne’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 61% (England 60%).
Majority 784 of 43,837 votes (1.8%): the 34th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024
49% of Crowthorne’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 72% (England 60%).
Majority 8,345 of 53,999 votes (15.5%): wider than in 55% of England’s 543 constituencies.
43,837 votes for candidates · majority 784
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 43,837 votes from 71,660 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 784 of 43,837 votes (1.8%): the 34th-narrowest of 543 in England.
Wokingham
53,999 votes for candidates · majority 8,345
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 53,999 votes from 75,082 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 8,345 of 53,999 votes (15.5%): wider than in 55% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Crowthorne’s Band D council tax is £2,279 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Bracknell Forest Council keeps £1,781.46 of a Band D bill (78%); the rest goes to the Crowthorne parish council, the Thames Valley police and crime commissioner and the Berkshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,383 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Bracknell Forest’s Band D bill has risen 58% in ten years, from £1,433.37 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £518.63 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Crowthorne, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Berkshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £1,800.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
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| Bracknell Forest | Crowthorne’s councils | Berkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £463 | £465 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £261 | £286 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £61 | £37 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £35 | £46 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £130 | £116 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £32 | £20 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £22 | £17 | £26 |
| Public health | £47 | £56 | £78 |
| Running the council | £41 | £55 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £2 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,091 | £1,101 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Berkshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Crowthorne is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
bracknell-forest.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
bracknell-forest.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Crowthorne is run
Which council runs Crowthorne?
Crowthorne is run by Bracknell Forest Council and Wokingham Borough Council.
Does Crowthorne have a town council?
Yes: Crowthorne has its own parish-tier council (Crowthorne parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £108 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Crowthorne?
Crowthorne is split between 2 constituencies: Bracknell (Peter Swallow, Labour) and Wokingham (Clive Jones, Liberal Democrat). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Crowthorne have?
6 ward councillors represent Crowthorne’s 2 wards.
When are the next elections in Crowthorne?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Crowthorne’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Crowthorne?
Band D council tax in Crowthorne is £2,383 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Bracknell Forest Council?
Labour has a majority: 22 of 41 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Wokingham Borough Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Liberal Democrat 28 · Conservative 21 · Labour 8 of 60 seats; a majority needs 31.
Who won the 2026 council election in Crowthorne?
In Crowthorne’s wards on 7 May 2026, Liberal Democrat 1 · Conservative 1 of the 2 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 36.4%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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