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Reigate and Banstead.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £22m net revenue. 15 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.

Typedistrict
Seats45 councillors · 15 wards
Last election2 May 2024
Net revenue · 2025-26
£22m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
£2,459
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
19/45
Conservative and Unionist Party 42%
Westminster
3
constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties
Dispatch
31 May 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Reigate and Banstead is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (19 of 45 seats). Net revenue is £22m for 2025-26. It covers 15 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.45 seats · last contested 2 May 2024

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 19Green 13LD 4Nork Residents' Association 3Tattenham & Preston Residents 3Lab 2

Conservative and Unionist Party 42% · last contested 2 May 2024

Councillors — the people.

CouncillorWardElected
Nadean Champion MosesConBanstead Village2024
Eddy HumphreysConBanstead Village2023
Sam WalshConBanstead Village2022
Shelly Anneka NewtonConChipstead Kingswood Woodmansterne2024
Jed DwightConChipstead Kingswood Woodmansterne2023
Simon ParnallConChipstead Kingswood Woodmansterne2022
Gillian Dawn VischerGrnEarlswood Whitebushes2024
Della Nyree TorraGrnEarlswood Whitebushes2023
Ruth Marion RitterGrnEarlswood Whitebushes2022
Joel GabrielGrnHooley Merstham Netherne2024
Shasha KhanGrnHooley Merstham Netherne2023
Mus TaryConHooley Merstham Netherne2022
Showing 12 of 45·All 45 councillors
§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

77%
Council tax
£17.2m · median 61%
17%
Central grants
£3.8m · median 26%
6%
Business rates
£1.4m · median 11%

This is a high-council-tax councils (district): 77% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (61%).

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£265
County / upper-tier£1,846
Police£338
Fire & rescue£0
GLA precept£0
Parish average£10
Total Band-D£2,459

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.6 buckets · vs 163 other councils (district)

How does Reigate and Banstead split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Corporate & Central51.0% of net spend · cohort median 27%
10 of 158+90% vs median
Waste & Recycling21.2% of net spend · cohort median 32%
147 of 158-34% vs median
Culture & Leisure11.5% of net spend · cohort median 13%
96 of 158-14% vs median
Planning & Economic Development10.4% of net spend · cohort median 14%
118 of 158-28% vs median
Housing & Homelessness8.1% of net spend · cohort median 14%
131 of 158-43% vs median
Highways & Transport-2.2% of net spend · cohort median -2%
76 of 158
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 04Top suppliers.2,337 payments · £107.1m gross · 3 Dec 202529 Apr 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
LGIM LIQUIDITY FUNDS PLC£22.00m20.5%13
ABERDEEN STANDARD LIQUIDITY FUND (LUX)£21.00m19.6%14
DEUTSCHE GLOBAL LIQUIDITY SERIES P.L.C.£21.00m19.6%14
FEDERATED HERMES (UK) LLP£20.00m18.7%14
SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL£10.88m10.2%14
GLL (GREENWICH LEISURE LTD)£3.15m2.9%13
SURREY PENSION FUND£0.79m0.7%10
HORLEY TOWN COUNCIL£0.47m0.4%6
BROWNE JACOBSON LLP (CLIENT ACCOUNT)£0.40m0.4%2
MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD£0.35m0.3%121

By service area · top supplier

Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.15 wards split across 3 parliamentary seats

Reigate and Banstead’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Reigate1173% Rebecca PaulCon
Dorking and Horley320% Chris CoghlanLD
East Surrey17% Claire CoutinhoCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

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.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 163 other councils (district)
Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
2,337 payments · 3 Dec 202529 Apr 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level