2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election

Local election in Reigate, England

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2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

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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

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
Seats won	4	5	3
Seats after	18	13	6
Seat change	5	2
Popular vote	11,838	9,443	2,969
Percentage	31.3	25.0	7.8
Swing	6.5	1.8	0.5

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

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
Seats won	2	1	1
Seats after	4	2	2
Seat change	1	1	1
Popular vote	5,572	1,135	6,450
Percentage	14.7	3.0	17.0
Swing	0.3	3.0	0.1

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election

Leader before election

Richard Biggs
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Richard Biggs
Conservative
No overall control

The 2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in Surrey, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The council remained under no overall control following the election.

Background

The Conservatives had held a one seat majority on the council until March 2024, when it went under no overall control due to Conservative councillor Zelanie Cooper leaving the party.

Summary

The council remained under no overall control after the election. The Conservatives made further losses, but remained the largest party on the council. They continued to run the council as a minority administration after the election.

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
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	5	25.0	14	18	40.0	11,838	31.3	–6.5
	Green	5	2	31.3	8	13	28.9	9,443	25.0	+1.8
	Residents	3		18.8	3	6	13.3	2,969	7.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	12.5	2	4	8.9	5,572	14.7	+0.3
	Labour	1	1	6.3	1	2	4.4	6,450	17.0	+0.1
	Independent	1	1	6.3	1	2	4.4	1,135	3.0	+3.0
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	433	1.1	+0.6

Incumbents

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

Ward results

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. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Banstead Village

Banstead Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nadean Moses*	1,354	60.6	−1.8
	Labour	Chris Salmen	417	18.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Anderson	231	10.3	−2.4
	Green	Chris Hanson-Granville	230	10.3	+1.0
Majority			1,123	42.0	−4.8
Turnout			2,257	34
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne

Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelly Newton	1,671	65.0	+2.2
	Labour	Tony Robinson	333	13.0	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Johnston	320	12.5	+0.5
	Green	Christian Oster	245	9.5	−3.6
Majority			1,338	52.0
Turnout			2,590	35
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earlswood & Whitebushes

Earlswood & Whitebushes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Gillian Vischer	1,429	60.4	+2.0
	Conservative	Trevor Nugent	417	17.6	−4.2
	Labour	Alistair Wells	345	14.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lexi Lawrence	176	7.4	+2.1
Majority			1,012	42.8
Turnout			2,381	34
Registered electors
	Green hold		Swing

Hooley, Merstham & Netherne

Hooley, Merstham & Netherne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Joel Gabriel	1,011	38.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Frank Kelly*	635	24.1	−4.8
	Labour	Catherine Barrett	533	20.2	−2.9
	Reform UK	Chris Scott	284	10.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Holmes	173	6.6	−4.0
Majority			376	14.3
Turnout			2,650	33
Registered electors
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Horley Central & South

Horley Central & South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giorgio Buttironi*	781	33.3	−6.6
	Green	Steel Horton	595	25.4	+12.7
	Labour	Lynnette Easterbrook	517	22.1	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Mearing	450	19.2	+6.6
Majority			186	7.9
Turnout			2,367	32
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horley East & Salfords

Horley East & Salfords
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Neha Boghani	1,090	42.9	+0.8
	Conservative	Taylor O'Driscoll	867	34.1	−1.2
	Labour	Ryan Ramsey	311	12.2	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Newton	272	10.7	+2.0
Majority			223	8.8
Turnout			2,560	36
Registered electors
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Horley West & Sidlow

Horley West & Sidlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wotton	1,083	40.2	+23.5
	Conservative	Sujata Das	749	27.8	−12.2
	Labour	Tom Turner	690	25.6	−7.6
	Green	Neville Kemp	174	6.5	−3.6
Majority			334	12.4
Turnout			2,720	32
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton

Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Zelanie Cooper*	1,135	39.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Tim Peniston-Bird	1,038	36.5	−36.1
	Labour	Faye Llewellyn	249	8.8	−8.7
	Green	Alistair Morten	220	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Ardan	202	7.1	−12.8
Majority			97	3.4
Turnout			2,856	37
Registered electors
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

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	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Elbourne*	970	36.6	−8.4
	Conservative	Jonathan White	765	28.9	+1.4
	Green	Natasha Hobbs	481	18.2	+1.3
	Labour	Rosie Norgrove	431	16.3	+5.7
Majority			205	7.7
Turnout			2,663	40
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nork

Nork
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Peter Harp*	1,591	65.4	+8.6
	Conservative	Pamela Freeman	453	18.6	−7.4
	Labour	Geoffrey Woodhead	200	8.2	+0.1
	Green	Flip Bakker	120	4.9	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Squire	69	2.8	−0.4
Majority			1,138	46.8
Turnout			2,438	34
Registered electors
	Residents hold		Swing

Redhill East

Redhill East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Sinden*	1,439	62.8	−8.2
	Labour	Elliott Wragg	370	16.2	+6.0
	Conservative	Joan Odiachi	367	16.0	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Moray Carey	115	5.0	+0.6
Majority			1,069	46.6
Turnout			2,314	36
Registered electors
	Green hold		Swing

Redhill West & Wray Common

Redhill West & Wray Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Orchard	1,067	41.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Mark Mendoza	808	31.1	−3.5
	Green	Felix Kennedy	449	17.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Roulston	271	10.4	−4.1
Majority			259	12.0
Turnout			2,618	36
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Reigate

Reigate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Blacker*	1,090	36.1	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jemma de Vincenzo	1,007	33.3	+3.1
	Green	Toby Risk	668	22.1	+6.4
	Labour	Mark Scott	258	8.5	−1.4
Majority			83	2.8
Turnout			3,054	41
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Park & Woodhatch

South Park & Woodhatch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Paul Chandler*	1,185	50.6	+10.9
	Conservative	Christian Stevens	486	20.8	−25.3
	Labour	Liam Castles	414	17.7	+8.6
	Reform UK	Joseph Fox	149	6.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Lawrence	107	4.6	−0.5
Majority			699	29.8
Turnout			2,345	36
Registered electors
	Green hold		Swing

(Christian Stevens was the Councillor for Horley Central and South whose term came to an end in 2024.)

Tattenham Corner & Preston

Tattenham Corner & Preston (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Tim Snuggs	1,378	62.7	−0.7
	Residents	Barry Nash	1,318	60.0	−3.4
	Conservative	Adrian Freeman	357	16.2	+1.3
	Labour	Rex Giles	315	14.3	−0.2
	Labour	Ian Thirlwall	226	10.3	−4.2
	Conservative	Rajan Mathew	225	10.2	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Burr	126	5.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Robinson	108	4.9	+1.3
	Green	Robert Pye	107	4.9	+1.4
Majority			961	43.8
Turnout			2,213	30
Registered electors
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

References

"Notice of Election" (PDF). Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
"Reigate & Banstead result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
"Surrey: Conservative Party loses control of last borough council in county". BBC News. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
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