The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 77,102 · 2023 boundaries

Reigate.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Rebecca Paul holds the seat on 35.4% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentRebecca Paul · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilReigate and Banstead
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001442
Electorate · 2024
77.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
35.4%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +6.0pp over Lab
Settlements
10
Largest: Redhill (Reigate and Banstead)
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
13.6
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

35.4%
Con vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
11
Wards · 12 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.11 wards · 12 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Banstead Village Nadean Champion Moses1,354Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Chipstead Kingswood Woodmansterne Shelly Anneka Newton1,671Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Earlswood Whitebushes Gillian Dawn Vischer1,429Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Lower Kingswood Tadworth Walton Zelanie Sue Cooper1,135Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Meadvale St Johns Mark David Johnston1,009Reigate and Banstead GrnOct 2025
Nork Peter Harp1,591Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Redhill East Sue Sinden1,439Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Redhill West Wray Common Jenny Orchard1,067Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Reigate Michael Stewart Blacker1,090Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
South Park Woodhatch Paul Holmes Chandler1,185Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024
Tattenham Corner Preston(2 seats)Nash · Snuggs2,696Reigate and Banstead GrnMay 2024

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.10 named places

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.

city 2,330large-town 57,865town 34,907village 14,062

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Redhill (Reigate and Banstead)30,863large town
Tadworth and Epsom Downs27,002large town
Reigate24,916town
Banstead8,392town
Chipstead and Woodmansterne4,610village
Rural & dispersed4,053village
Showing 6 of 10·All 10 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate61.7%57.1%+8%
Owner-occupied73.4%63.1%+16%
Private rented15.6%20.0%-22%
Social rented10.9%16.8%-35%

Ethnicity.

White84.0%
Asian7.9%
Black2.9%
Mixed3.8%
Other1.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.9% Female 51.1% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£36,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£57,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
5,065
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
45
25 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
77.6%
Attainment 8: 52.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£830m
Taxpayers64,000
Median per taxpayer£3,980
Mean per taxpayer£13,000

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Reigate and Banstead. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
13.6
-35% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.5
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
36% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences4.8
Anti-social behaviour1.5
Criminal damage & arson1.1
Other theft1.1
Public order1.0
Vehicle crime0.9
Shoplifting0.7

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Rebecca PaulWONCon18,82235.4
Stuart BradyLab15,63529.4
Joseph FoxRef7,24013.6
Mark JohnstonLD6,77312.7
Jonathan EssexGrn4,6918.8

Turnout 53,161

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Crispin BluntCon53.9
2017Crispin BluntCon57.4
2015Crispin BluntCon56.8
2010Blunt, CrispinCon53.4
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission