Reigate and Banstead Borough Council elections

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Map of Reigate and Banstead borough, showing the political composition of the council after the 2023 Election. Conservatives in blue, Greens in green, Residents Associations in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Reigate and Banstead UK political composition map.svg
Map of Reigate and Banstead borough, showing the political composition of the council after the 2023 Election. Conservatives in blue, Greens in green, Residents Associations in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey.

One third of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the boundary changes in 2019, 45 councillors have been elected from 15 wards. [4]

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [5]

Party in controlYears
Conservative 1973–1991
No overall control 1991–2000
Conservative 2000–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2003 have been: [6]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Joan Spiers [7] Conservative 200317 May 2007
Lynne Hack Conservative 17 May 200715 May 2008
Joan Spiers Conservative 15 May 200812 Jun 2014
Vic Broad Conservative 12 Jun 201424 May 2018
Mark Brunt Conservative 24 May 20187 May 2023
Richard Biggs Conservative 25 May 2023

Council elections

By-election results

2002-2006

Tattenhams By-Election 5 May 2005 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tattenhams RA Jill Bray1,97358.0-2.6
Conservative 99829.3+3.5
Labour 43312.7+6.7
Majority97528.6
Turnout 3,404
Tattenhams RA hold Swing

2006-2010

Earlswood and Whitebushes By-Election 13 December 2007 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Thomson42137.6-3.9
Liberal Democrats Steve Oddy38033.9+4.9
Labour Stuart Gosling15213.6-1.9
UKIP Joseph Fox11310.1+1.8
Green Joseph Barnes544.8-0.9
Majority413.7
Turnout 1,12017.7
Conservative hold Swing
Tadworth and Walton By-Election 30 April 2009 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Bennett92564.3-7.1
UKIP Joseph Fox35024.3+15.3
Labour David Knowles16311.3+5.0
Majority57540.0
Turnout 1,43826.9
Conservative hold Swing
Earlswood and Whitebushes By-Election 17 December 2009 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Emmerton39137.9-12.8
Liberal Democrats Steve Eddy31330.4+6.6
Labour Rosie Norgrove16115.6-0.7
UKIP Joseph Fox12512.1+2.8
BNP Peter Phillips414.0+4.0
Majority787.5
Turnout 1,03116.4
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

South Park and Woodhatch By-Election 2 May 2013 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Rickman54633.0-14.7
UKIP Joseph Fox51831.3+31.3
Labour Helen Young32719.8-11.8
Green Lynne Burnham1499.0+9.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Lambell1156.9-13.8
Majority281.7
Turnout 1,655
Conservative hold Swing

2014-2018

Kingswood with Burgh Heath By-Election 3 November 2016 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rod Ashford83973.3+6.6
UKIP Gerard Hever15513.5-8.1
Labour Tony Robinson968.4-3.2
Green Shasha Khan554.8+4.8
Majority68459.7
Turnout 1,145
Conservative hold Swing
Tadworth and Walton By-Election 4 May 2017 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Curry1,59074.6+24.5
Independent Margaret Walkling39418.5-3.4
UKIP Valerie Moore1486.9-6.3
Majority1,19656.1
Turnout 2,132
Conservative hold Swing

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