Editing Reigate and Banstead (section)

==Governance==
{{Infobox legislature
 | name               = Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
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 | logo_pic           = Reigate and Banstead Borough Council logo.svg
 | logo_res           = 200px
 | house_type         = Non-metropolitan district
 | body               = 
 | houses             =
 | leader1_type       = [[Mayors in England|Mayor]]
 | leader1            = Rich Michalowski
 | party1             = <br/>[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 | election1          = 22 May 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 22 May 2025 |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MId=2271 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref>
 | leader2_type       = [[Leader of the council|Leader]]
 | leader2            = Richard Biggs
 | party2             = <br/>[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 | election2          = 25 May 2023
 | leader3_type       = [[Managing Director]]
 | leader3            = Mari Roberts-Wood
 | party3             = <!-- Non-political role -->
 | election3          = July 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 30 July 2020 |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MId=1421 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref>
 | members            = 45 councillors
 | structure1         = Reigate_and_Banstead_Borough_Council_2024.svg
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 |political_groups1  =
;Administration (18)
: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (18)
;Other parties (26)
: {{Color box|{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] (13)
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Residents Association}}|border=darkgray}} [[Residents Association|Residents' Assoc.]] (6)}}
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (4)}}
: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (2)
: {{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2)
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 | joint_committees   = 
 | voting_system1     = [[Plurality voting system|First past the post]]
 | last_election1     = [[2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election|2 May 2024]]
 | next_election1     = 7 May 2026
 | session_room       = Reigate Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 630757.jpg
 | meeting_place      = [[Reigate Town Hall|Town Hall]], Castlefield Road, [[Reigate]], RH2{{nbsp}}0SH
 | website            = {{URL|www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk}}
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Reigate and Banstead Borough Council provides [[Non-metropolitan district|district-level]] services. [[Non-metropolitan county|County-level]] services are provided by [[Surrey County Council]], which is also based in Reigate, having its headquarters at [[Woodhatch Place, Reigate|Woodhatch Place]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref> In the south of the borough are two [[civil parish]]es at Horley and [[Salfords and Sidlow]], which form a third tier of local government for their areas.<ref name=electionmaps>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref>

===Political control===
The council has been under [[no overall control]] since March 2024, being led by a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] minority administration.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coady-Stemp |first1=Emily |last2=Fiehn |first2=Jack |title=Conservatives lose control of last borough council |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2ye1ld8rpo |access-date=22 July 2024 |work=BBC News |date=8 March 2024}}</ref>

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Reigate & Banstead" in search box to see specific results.)</ref><ref name=change>{{cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/43uf.stm | title = Reigate & Banstead | access-date = 2009-12-18 | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date=2008-04-19}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Party in control || Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1974–1991
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1991–2000
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2000–2024
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2024–present
|}

===Leadership===
The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Reigate and Banstead. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[leader of the council]]. The leaders since 2003 have been:

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Joan Spiers<ref>{{cite news |title=Sad passing of Cllr Mrs Joan Spiers |url=https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/news/article/88/sad_passing_of_cllr_mrs_joan_spiers |access-date=17 July 2022 |work=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |date=30 August 2016}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2003 || align=right|17 May 2007
|-
| Lynne Hack<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 17 May 2007 |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=136&MeetingId=303&DF=17%2f05%2f2007&Ver=2 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|17 May 2007 || align=right|15 May 2008
|-
| Joan Spiers<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 15 May 2008 |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=136&MeetingId=311&DF=15%2f05%2f2008&Ver=2 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Harper |first1=Paul |title=Local elections 2014: Reigate & Banstead Borough Council |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/local-elections-2014-reigate--7153354 |access-date=11 January 2025 |work=Surrey Live |date=23 May 2014}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|15 May 2008 || align=right|Jun 2014
|-
| Vic Broad<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 12 June 2014 |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=136&MeetingId=355&DF=12%2f06%2f2014&Ver=2 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Seymour |first1=Jenny |title=Reigate and Banstead council set for new leader and he's promised to be 'more approachable' |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/reigate-banstead-council-set-new-14671502 |access-date=11 January 2025 |work=Surrey Live |date=22 May 2018}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|12 Jun 2014 || align=right|24 May 2018
|-
| Mark Brunt<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 24 May 2018 |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MId=210 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council leader confirms retirement |url=http://www.susyradio.com/2023/02/09/reigate-and-banstead-borough-council-leader-confirms-retirement/ |access-date=11 January 2025 |work=Susy Radio |date=9 February 2023}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|24 May 2018 || align=right|May 2023
|-
| Richard Biggs<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 25 May 2023 |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=136&MId=2006 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Council Leader and Executive appointed at 50th anniversary at Annual Council meeting |url=https://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/news/article/472/mayor_deputy_mayor_council_leader_and_executive_appointed_at_50th_anniversary_at_annual_council_meeting |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=22 July 2024 |date=23 May 2024}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|25 May 2023 || align=right|
|}

===Composition===
Following the [[2024 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election|2024 election]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Reigate and Banstead |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=reigate_and_banstead |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=22 July 2024}}</ref> and subsequent changes of allegiance up to May 2025, the composition of the council was:<ref name=Thorncliffe>{{cite web |title=Reigate and Banstead |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=reigate_and_banstead |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Party
! Councillors
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| align=center|18
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| align=center|13
|-
| {{Party color cell|Residents Association}} || Nork Residents' Association
| align=center|3
|-
| {{Party color cell|Residents Association}} || Tattenham Corner and Preston Residents' Association
| align=center|3
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| align=center|4
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| align=center|2
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| align=center|2
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! align=center|45
|}
The two residents' associations and one of the two independent councillors sit together as a group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your councillors by party |url=https://reigate-banstead.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |website=Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref> The next election is due in May 2026.<ref name=Thorncliffe/>

===Elections===
{{also|Reigate and Banstead Borough Council elections}}
Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 45 [[councillor]]s representing 15 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]], with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected each time for a four-year term of office. [[Surrey County Council elections]] are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Reigate and Banstead (Electoral Changes) Order 2019|year=2019|number=125|access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>

===Premises===
The council is based at [[Reigate Town Hall]] on Castlefield Road, which had been completed in 1901 for the old Reigate Borough Council.<ref name=listed>{{NHLE|desc=Town Hall|num=1260489|accessdate=27 December 2020}}</ref>