Reigate.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP Rebecca Paul holds the seat on 35.4% of the vote.
2 Jun 2026
Reigate's current MP is almost entirely loyal to the Conservative line -- 99.8% party alignment across more than 400 votes -- but her recent activity has been dominated by the final stages of contested legislation. In the last week of April 2026, Paul voted with her party to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, and opposed the government's Pension Schemes Bill provisions that would grant ministers power to direct pension fund investments -- a position she shares with Conservative colleagues concerned about state interference in retirement savings. She also voted repeatedly to back Lords amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill rather than accept the government's preferred text, and opposed carrying over the Northern Ireland Troubles legacy legislation.
Her parliamentary record is active: a 78% participation rate is broadly in line with Commons averages for a first-term MP. She speaks frequently on health and social care (her two busiest topics, with over 90 combined contributions), as well as local government and crime. Voting data shows strong alignment with pro-business and pro-parliamentary-scrutiny positions, and she is notably more supportive of criminal justice reform than the typical Conservative MP -- 80% against a party average of 25%. Her one rebel vote, in November 2024, backed an amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill that the government and Liberal Democrats opposed.
The most prominent recent news from Reigate concerns her predecessor, Crispin Blunt, who was fined in March 2026 after admitting drug possession and hosting chemsex parties while serving as a justice minister -- a story that generated heavily negative coverage tied to the constituency. Paul is not implicated, but the coverage drags down the local news sentiment score. She sits on the Education Committee and the Women and Equalities Committee. No significant independent local coverage of Paul herself was identified in the available data.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead Village | Nadean Champion Moses | 1,354 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Chipstead Kingswood Woodmansterne | Shelly Anneka Newton | 1,671 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Earlswood Whitebushes | Gillian Dawn Vischer | 1,429 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Lower Kingswood Tadworth Walton | Zelanie Sue Cooper | 1,135 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Meadvale St Johns | Mark David Johnston | 1,009 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | Oct 2025 |
| Nork | Peter Harp | 1,591 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Redhill East | Sue Sinden | 1,439 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Redhill West Wray Common | Jenny Orchard | 1,067 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Reigate | Michael Stewart Blacker | 1,090 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| South Park Woodhatch | Paul Holmes Chandler | 1,185 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
| Tattenham Corner Preston(2 seats) | Nash · Snuggs | 2,696 | Reigate and Banstead Grn | May 2024 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Redhill (Reigate and Banstead) (30,863), with Tadworth and Epsom Downs (27,002) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 109,164.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Redhill (Reigate and Banstead) | 30,863 | large town |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,002 | large town |
| Reigate | 24,916 | town |
| Banstead | 8,392 | town |
| Chipstead and Woodmansterne | 4,610 | village |
| Rural & dispersed | 4,053 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 61.7% | 57.1% | +8% |
| Owner-occupied | 73.4% | 63.1% | +16% |
| Private rented | 15.6% | 20.0% | -22% |
| Social rented | 10.9% | 16.8% | -35% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £830m |
| Taxpayers | 64,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,980 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £13,000 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca PaulWON | Con | 18,822 | 35.4 |
| Stuart Brady | Lab | 15,635 | 29.4 |
| Joseph Fox | Ref | 7,240 | 13.6 |
| Mark Johnston | LD | 6,773 | 12.7 |
| Jonathan Essex | Grn | 4,691 | 8.8 |
Turnout 53,161
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Crispin Blunt | Con | 53.9 |
| 2017 | Crispin Blunt | Con | 57.4 |
| 2015 | Crispin Blunt | Con | 56.8 |
| 2010 | Blunt, Crispin | Con | 53.4 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo