Reigate and Banstead council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 15 wards · 15 seats contested

Most seats
7
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
15
across 15 wards
Turnout
32.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 -1 13,461 37.8% +1.2
Green Party 4 +0 8,252 23.2% -0.6
Labour Party 1 +1 6,027 16.9% -0.8
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 5,117 14.4% +4.0
Nork Residents' Association 1 +0 1,345 3.8% -0.3
Tattenham & Preston Residents 1 +0 1,237 3.5% +0.2
Reform UK 0 +0 174 0.5% -0.2

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 15
Conservative and Unionist Party 15
Labour Party 15
Liberal Democrats 15
Green Party 14
Nork Residents' Association 1
Reform UK 1
Tattenham & Preston Residents 1

A party standing a full slate could field 15 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Banstead Village

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Eddy Humphreys Elected 1,347 62.4% +17.4
Labour Party Scott Barrington 337 15.6% +5.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Knights 275 12.7% +4.2
Green Party Jennie Pope 201 9.3% +2.9
Majority1,010
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,160

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jed Dwight Elected 1,477 62.8% +0.7
Green Party Sophie Louise Rowlands 308 13.1% -8.0
Labour Party Chris Salmen 286 12.2% -4.7
Liberal Democrats Mark David Johnston 282 12.0% —
Majority1,169
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,353

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Earlswood & Whitebushes

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Della Nyree Torra Elected 1,360 58.4% -6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Thomson 507 21.8% +1.5
Labour Party Jenny Orchard 337 14.5% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Lexi Lawrence 123 5.3% —
Majority853
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,327

Green Party hold

Hooley, Merstham & Netherne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Shasha Khan Elected 929 37.4% +12.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Peniston-Bird 717 28.9% -6.2
Labour Party Rex William Giles 573 23.1% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Graham John Burr 263 10.6% -2.0
Majority212
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,482

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Horley Central & South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jerry Hudson Elected 840 39.9% -8.2
Labour Party Lynnette Easterbrook 560 26.6% -3.3
Green Party Alan Graham Hirst Mitchell 267 12.7% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Stuart Nicholas Holmes 266 12.6% —
Reform UK Chris Scott 174 8.3% +0.4
Majority280
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,107

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Horley East & Salfords

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jason Michael Thorne Elected 1,019 42.1% +0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Schofield 855 35.3% -5.4
Labour Party Steel James Horton 335 13.8% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Robin Timothy Lawrence 211 8.7% —
Majority164
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,420

Green Party hold

Horley West & Sidlow

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Biggs Elected 937 40.0% -8.2
Labour Party Tom Turner 778 33.2% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Wotton 390 16.7% +0.5
Green Party Neville Kemp 236 10.1% —
Majority159
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,341

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Green Elected 1,617 62.6% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Gregory Alec Edwin Ardan 514 19.9% —
Labour Party David Anthony Burnley 453 17.5% +1.3
Majority1,103
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,584

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Meadvale & St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Kulka Elected 1,210 45.0% -11.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Francis White 738 27.5% +0.3
Green Party Philippa Mary Martin 454 16.9% —
Labour Party John Michael Berge 286 10.6% -5.8
Majority472
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,688

Liberal Democrats hold

Nork

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Nork Residents' Association Gemma Adamson Elected 1,345 56.8% -3.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Pamela Freeman 615 26.0% +3.2
Labour Party Calli Mistry 191 8.1% -0.8
Green Party Flip Bakker 139 5.9% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Claude Knights 76 3.2% —
Majority730
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,366

Nork Residents' Association hold

Redhill East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jonathan Christopher St Aubyn Essex Elected 1,504 71.0% +6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party James Bradridge Dodsworth 303 14.3% -3.1
Labour Party Mark Scott 217 10.2% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Toby Risk 94 4.4% -2.3
Majority1,201
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,118

Green Party hold

Redhill West & Wray Common

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark Smith Elected 893 35.8% +8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ronnie Hutchings 864 34.6% +1.3
Green Party Leon Robert Deith 378 15.1% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Gemma Mary Roulston 362 14.5% -5.7
Majority29
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,497

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Reigate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kate Fairhurst Elected 1,260 44.2% +9.4
Liberal Democrats Jemma De Vincenzo 859 30.2% +6.3
Green Party Claire Thorpe 446 15.7% +0.1
Labour Party Ian Thirlwall 283 9.9% +1.8
Majority401
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,848

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

South Park & Woodhatch

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Paul King Elected 1,093 46.1% +19.9
Green Party Natasha Mari Hobbs 942 39.7% -17.0
Labour Party Marcus Ward 216 9.1% -4.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Howell 121 5.1% —
Majority151
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,372

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Green Party

Tattenham Corner & Preston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tattenham & Preston Residents Jill Bray Elected 1,237 63.4% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Doherty 291 14.9% -5.0
Labour Party Steve Boeje 282 14.5% -0.2
Liberal Democrats Moray Carey 71 3.6% —
Green Party Alistair Patrick Galbraith Morten 69 3.5% -2.0
Majority946
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,950

Tattenham & Preston Residents hold

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