2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election
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16 out of 45 seats to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Richard Biggs Jonathan Essex Nick Harrison
Party Conservative Green Residents
Last election 23 seats, 37.8% 11 seats, 23.2% 6 seats, 7.3%
Seats before 22 11 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Stephen Kulka
Party Liberal Democrats Independent Labour
Last election 3 seats, 14.4% 1 seat, 0.0% 1 seat, 16.9%
Seats before 3 2 1
Leader before election

Richard Biggs
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in Surrey, England.[1] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

Background

The council has been under no overall control since 2024, when the Conservative Councillor Zelanie Cooper stepped away from the party.[2]

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[3][4]

Party in control Years
Conservative 1974–1991
No overall control 1991–2000
Conservative 2000–2024
No overall control 2024 - present

Summary

Candidates by party

Conservative Party (16/16)





Liberal Democrats (16/16)





Labour Party (16/16)





Green Party (15/16)





Residents Association (3/16)





Reform UK (2/16)





Independent (1/16)





Election result

2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 14
  Green 8
  Residents 3
  Liberal Democrats 2
  Independent 1
  Labour 1
  Reform UK 0

Incumbents

Incumbent councillors
Ward Councillor Key Colour Party
Banstead Village Ward Nadean Moses[5] Conservative
Chipstead, Kingswood and Woodmansterne Caroline Neame[6] Conservative
Earlswood and Whitebushes Joseph Booton[7] Green
Hooley, Merstham and Netherne Frank Kelly[8] Conservative
Horley Central and South Christian Stevens[9] Conservative
Horley East and Salfords Andrew King[10] Conservative
Horley West and Sidlow Giorgio Buttironi[11] Conservative
Lower Kingswood, Tadworth and Walton Zelanie Cooper[12] Independent
Meadvale and St Johns Martin Elbourne[13] Liberal Democrats
Nork Peter Harp[14] Residents
Redhill East Sue Sinden[15] Green
Redhill West and Wray Common Kanika Sachdeva[16] Conservative
Reigate Michael Blacker[17] Conservative
South Park and Woodhatch Paul Chandler[18] Green
Tattenham Corner and Preston Bob Harper[19] Residents

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.[20] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Banstead Village

Banstead Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nadean Moses*
Green Chris Hanson-Graville
Labour Chris Salmen
Liberal Democrats Anthony Anderson

Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne

Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shelly Newton
Green Christian Oster
Labour Tony Robinson
Liberal Democrats Mark Johnston

Earlswood & Whitebushes

Earlswood & Whitebushes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Nugent
Green Gillian Vischer
Labour Alistair Wells
Liberal Democrats Lexi Lawrence

Hooley, Merstham & Netherne

Hooley, Merstham & Netherne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Kelly*
Green Joel Gabriel
Labour Catherine Barrett
Liberal Democrats Stuart Holmes
Reform UK Chris Scott

Horley Central & South

Horley Central & South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Giorgio Buttironi*
Green Steel Horton
Labour Lynnette Easterbrook
Liberal Democrats Sam Mearing

Horley East & Salfords

Horley East & Salfords
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Taylor O'Driscoll
Green Neha Boghani
Labour Ryan Ramsey
Liberal Democrats Peter Newton

Horley West & Sidlow

Horley West & Sidlow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sujata Das
Green Neville Kemp
Labour Tom Turner
Liberal Democrats Steve Wotton

Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton

Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Peniston-Bird
Green Alistair Morten
Independent Zelanie Cooper*
Labour Faye Llewellyn
Liberal Democrats Gregory Ardan

Zelanie Cooper was originally elected as a Conservative, but left the party to sit as an Independent prior to election.

Meadvale & St. John's

Meadvale & St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan White
Green Natasha Hobbs
Labour Rosie Norgrove
Liberal Democrats Martin Elbourne*

Nork

Nork
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela Freeman
Green Flip Bakker
Labour Geoffrey Woodhead
Liberal Democrats Isobel Squire
Residents Peter Harp*

Redhill East

Redhill East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Odiachi
Green Sue Sinden*
Labour Elliott Wragg
Liberal Democrats Moray Carey

Redhill West & Wray Common

Redhill West & Wray Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Mendoza
Green Felix Kennedy
Labour Jenny Orchard
Liberal Democrats Gemma Roulston

Reigate

Reigate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Blacker*
Green Toby Risk
Labour Mark Scott
Liberal Democrats Jemma de Vincenzo

South Park & Woodhatch

South Park & Woodhatch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christian Stevens
Green Paul Chandler*
Labour Liam Castles
Liberal Democrats Robin Lawrence
Reform UK Joseph Fox

Tattenham Corner & Preston

Tattenham Corner & Preston (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Freeman
Conservative Rajan Mathew
Green Robert Pye
Labour Rex Giles
Labour Ian Thirlwall
Liberal Democrats Graham Burr
Liberal Democrats Mike Robinson
Residents Barry Nash
Residents Tim Snuggs

References

  1. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Surrey: Conservative Party loses control of last borough council in county". BBC News. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  3. ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Reigate & Banstead". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  5. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Nadean Moses". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Caroline Neame". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Joseph Booton". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Frank Kelly". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Christian Stevens". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Andrew King". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Giorgio Buttironi". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Zelanie Cooper". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Martin Elbourne". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  14. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Peter Harp". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Sue Sinden". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  16. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Kanika Sachdeva". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  17. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Michael Blacker". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  18. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Paul Chandler". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  19. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Bob Harper". reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk. March 19, 2024.
  20. ^ "RBBC Statement of Persons Nominated". Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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