Editing Reigate (section)

==National and local government==
The town is in the parliamentary constituency of Reigate and has been represented [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|at Westminster]] since July 2024 by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Rebecca Paul (British politician)|Rebecca Paul]]. A previous MP, [[George Gardiner (politician)|George Gardiner]], was elected MP in 1974, but defected from the Conservatives to the [[Referendum Party]] two months before the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]].<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Sir George Gardiner |date= 18 November 2002 |issue= 67611 |page= 28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite ODNB |last= Garnett |first= Mark |date= 6 January 2011 |title= Gardiner, Sir George Arthur (1935–2002), journalist and politician |doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/77387 }}</ref> [[Geoffrey Howe]], later briefly [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] under [[Margaret Thatcher]], represented Reigate from 1970 to 1974.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last= Riddle |first= Peter |date= 10 January 2019 |title= Howe, (Richard Edward) Geoffrey, Baron Howe of Aberavon (1926–2015), politician |doi= 10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110802 }}</ref> 

[[File:Woodhatch_Place,_Reigate.jpg|thumb|right|[[Woodhatch Place, Reigate|Woodhatch Place]]]]
In January 2021, the Surrey County Council moved its headquarters from Kingston upon Thames to Woodhatch Place at 11 Cockshott Hill, in the Woodhatch area of Reigate.<ref>{{cite news |last= Armstrong |first= Julie |date= 15 October 2020 |title= Surrey County Council set to be based in Surrey for first time in 55 years |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-county-council-set-based-19102357 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 23 September 2021 |archive-date= 3 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210303204444/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-county-council-set-based-19102357 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Armstrong |first= Julie |date= 24 December 2020 |title= After 127 years, County Council finally moves back into Surrey |url= https://www.guildford-dragon.com/2020/12/24/after-127-years-county-council-finally-moves-back-into-surrey/ |work= Guildford Dragon |access-date= 23 September 2021 |archive-date= 14 May 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210514180822/https://www.guildford-dragon.com/2020/12/24/after-127-years-county-council-finally-moves-back-into-surrey/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Two councillors, elected every four years, represent the town:<ref>{{cite web |access-date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Surrey County Council |title= List of County Councillors |date= 22 June 2023 |url= https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!
Ward
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|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|2021<ref>{{cite web |access-date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Surrey County Council |title= Victor Lewanski |date= 22 June 2023 |url= https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=3446 }}</ref>
|Victor Lewanski || Reigate
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party (UK)}}" |
|2021<ref>{{cite web |access-date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Surrey County Council |title= Catherine Baart |date= 22 June 2023 |url= https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=3460 }}</ref>
|Catherine Baart || Earlswood and Reigate South 
|-
|}

[[File:Reigate_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630757.jpg|thumb|right|[[Reigate Town Hall]]]]
Six councillors sit on Reigate and Banstead borough council, which operates a council-elected-in-thirds system, allowing electors to vote for one candidate in three out of every four years:<ref>{{cite web |url= https://reigate.uk/boundary-review-reigate-banstead-2018-archive-jan-18/ |date= 8 January 2018 |title= Boundary review: council wants fewer councillors, larger wards |publisher= reigate.uk |access-date= 22 June 2023 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!
Ward
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|2014<ref>{{cite web |url= https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=125 |title= Michael Blacker |date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 22 June 2023 }}</ref>
|Michael Blacker || Reigate
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|2018<ref>{{cite web |url= https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=230 |title= Victor Lewanski |date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 22 June 2023 }}</ref>
|Victor Lewanski || Reigate 
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|2023<ref>{{cite web |url= https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=2303 |title= Kate Fairhurst |date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 22 June 2023 }}</ref>
|Kate Fairhurst || Reigate 
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|2016<ref>{{cite web |url= https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=141 |title= James King |date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 22 June 2023 }}</ref>
|James King || South Park and Woodhatch
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party (UK)}}" |
|2021<ref>{{cite web |url= https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1801 |title= Paul Chandler |date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 22 June 2023 }}</ref>
|Paul Chandler  || South Park and Woodhatch
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party (UK)}}" |
|2022<ref>{{cite web |url= https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=2239 |title= Andrew Proudfoot |date= 22 June 2023 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 22 June 2023 }}</ref>
|Andrew Proudfoot || South Park and Woodhatch
|-
|}

The borough is [[sister city|twinned]] with [[Brunoy]] ([[Île-de-France]], France) and [[Eschweiler]] ([[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/info/20091/organisation_and_services/371/town_twinning |title= Town Twinning |last= Drapans |first= Will |date= 17 April 2015 |publisher= Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |access-date= 7 August 2021 |archive-date= 7 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210807194620/https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/info/20091/organisation_and_services/371/town_twinning |url-status= live }}</ref>