Election Name: | 2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election |
Country: | Surrey |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2023 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2026 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2026 |
Seats For Election: | 16 out of 45 seats to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 23 |
Leader1: | Richard Biggs |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 23 seats, 37.8% |
Seats Before1: | 22 |
Seats1: | 4 |
Seats After1: | 18 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 11,838 |
Percentage1: | 31.3 |
Swing1: | 6.5 |
Leader2: | Jonathan Essex |
Party2: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election2: | 11 seats, 23.2% |
Seats Before2: | 11 |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seats After2: | 13 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,443 |
Percentage2: | 25.0 |
Swing2: | 1.8 |
Leader3: | Nick Harrison |
Party3: | Residents Association |
Last Election3: | 6 seats, 7.3% |
Seats Before3: | 5 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seats After3: | 6 |
Popular Vote3: | 2,969 |
Percentage3: | 7.8 |
Swing3: | 0.5 |
Leader4: | Stephen Kulka |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election4: | 3 seats, 14.4% |
Seats Before4: | 3 |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seats After4: | 4 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 5,572 |
Percentage4: | 14.7 |
Swing4: | 0.3 |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 0.0% |
Seats Before5: | 2 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seats After5: | 2 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 1,135 |
Percentage5: | 3.0 |
Swing5: | 3.0 |
Party6: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election6: | 1 seat, 16.9% |
Seats Before6: | 1 |
Seats6: | 1 |
Seats After6: | 2 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 6,450 |
Percentage6: | 17.0 |
Swing6: | 0.1 |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Richard Biggs Conservative |
Before Party: | No overall control |
After Election: | Richard Biggs Conservative |
After Party: | 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.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The council remained under no overall control following the election.[2]
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.[3]
The council remained under no overall control after the election. The Conservatives made further losses, but remained the largest party on the council.[4] They continued to run the council as a minority administration after the election.[5]
Banstead Village Ward | Nadean Moses[6] | ||
Chipstead, Kingswood and Woodmansterne | Caroline Neame[7] | ||
Earlswood and Whitebushes | Joseph Booton[8] | ||
Hooley, Merstham and Netherne | Frank Kelly[9] | ||
Horley Central and South | Christian Stevens[10] | ||
Horley East and Salfords | Andrew King[11] | ||
Horley West and Sidlow | Giorgio Buttironi[12] | ||
Lower Kingswood, Tadworth and Walton | Zelanie Cooper[13] | ||
Meadvale and St Johns | Martin Elbourne[14] | ||
Nork | Peter Harp[15] | ||
Redhill East | Sue Sinden[16] | ||
Redhill West and Wray Common | Kanika Sachdeva[17] | ||
Reigate | Michael Blacker[18] | ||
South Park and Woodhatch | Paul Chandler[19] | ||
Tattenham Corner and Preston | Bob Harper[20] |
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.[21] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).
Zelanie Cooper was originally elected as a Conservative, but left the party to sit as an Independent prior to election.
(Christian Stevens was the Councillor for Horley Central and South whose term came to an end in 2024.)