Bracknell Forest Council

Bracknell Forest Council
Council logo
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor	Jenny Penfold, Labour since 15 May 2024[1]
Leader	Mary Temperton, Labour since 24 May 2023
Chief Executive	Susan Halliwell since 2022[2]
Structure
Seats	41 councillors
Political groups	Administration (22)   Labour (22) Other parties (19)   Conservative (10)   Liberal Democrats (7)   Green (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, RG12 1JD
Website
www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Bracknell Forest Council, also known as Bracknell Forest Borough Council, is the local authority for Bracknell Forest, a local government district with borough status in Berkshire, England. Since 1998, the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2023. It is based at Time Square in Bracknell.