Editing Reigate and Banstead (section)

==History==
The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], covering the whole of two former districts and part of a third, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan District (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Charlwood and Horley Act 1974|year=1974|chapter=11|access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[Banstead Urban District]]
*[[Dorking and Horley Rural District]] ([[Horley]] and [[Salfords and Sidlow]] parishes only, rest went to [[Mole Valley]] except area of [[Gatwick Airport]] which went to Crawley)
*[[Reigate]] [[Municipal Borough]] (which included Redhill)
The new district was named Reigate and Banstead after two of the former districts.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>

The district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of [[Mayors in England|mayor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=District Councils and Boroughs |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145 |website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |access-date=4 December 2021 |date=28 March 1974}}</ref>