2018 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election

The 2018 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives remained the largest party on the council while increasing their majority by 1, gaining a seat from both UKIP and the Liberal Democrats, while losing one seat to the Green Party.

2018 local election results in Reigate and Banstead

Election result

Reigate and Banstead Local Election Result 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	2	1	1	77.8	49.6	16,745	9.2
	Green	2	1	0	1	11.1	10.1	3,408	1.5
	Tattenhams RA	1	0	0		5.6	3.6	1,202	0.0
	Nork RA	1	0	0		5.6	3.3	1,124	0.6
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	17.3	5,853	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.0	12.5	4,210	3.9
	UKIP	0	0	1	1	0.0	3.7	1,233	20.3

Ward results

Banstead Village

Banstead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Walsh	1,413	68.4	11.5
	Labour	Barbara Williams	307	14.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Burr	259	12.5	1.4
	UKIP	Colin Stiff	88	4.3	24.9
Majority			1,106	53.5	25.8
Turnout			2,073	33.7	2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chipstead, Hooley and Woodmansterne

Chipstead, Hooley and Woodmansterne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Archer	1,367	63.8	0.8
	Labour	Peter Parrott	276	12.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Howell	196	9.1	New
	Green	Shasha Khan	183	8.5	New
	UKIP	Laurence Clack	122	5.7	31.3
Majority			1,091	50.9	24.9
Turnout			2,149	32.4	3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earlswood and Whitebushes

Earlswood and Whitebushes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hal Brown	760	32.8	11.2
	Conservative	Rita Renton	743	32.1	2.4
	Labour	Toby Brampton	505	21.8	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kulka	163	7.0	0.6
	UKIP	Joe Fox	146	6.3	17.7
Majority			17	0.7	N/A
Turnout			2,325	35.1	3.1
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Horley Central

Horley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christian Stevens	1,164	61.4	28.0
	Labour	Linda Mabbett	732	38.6	24.1
Majority			432	22.8	N/A
Turnout			1,932	29.7	2.8
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Horley East

Horley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Knight	1,184	66.1	17.2
	Labour	Nicholas Gulsen-Sales	369	20.6	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Dyer	239	13.3	6.1
Majority			815	45.5	24.2
Turnout			1,792	32.0	5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horley West

Horley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Horwood	957	48.0	11.0
	Conservative	Richard Biggs	868	43.5	N/A
	Labour	Rob Spencer	440	22.1	9.5
	Labour	Tom Turner	401	20.1	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Palmer	303	15.2	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Southall	292	14.7	7.3
Majority			517	25.9	25.3
Turnout				29.7	4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingswood with Burgh Heath

Kingswood with Burgh Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Ashford	1,454	80.9	23.8
	Labour	Gerry O'Dwyer	223	12.4	New
	UKIP	Alastair Richardson	120	6.7	25.3
Majority			1,231	68.5	43.4
Turnout			1,807	32.3	4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Meadvale and St John's

Meadvale and St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan White	841	39.5	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Kulka	835	39.3	1.0
	Labour	Douglas Wickenden	246	11.6	1.7
	Green	Sue Fenton	205	9.6	New
Majority			6	0.2	N/A
Turnout			2,135	36.9	4.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Merstham

Merstham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graeme Crome	797	44.5	4.5
	Labour	Stewart Dack	578	32.3	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Risk	272	15.2	1.4
	UKIP	Leigh Jones	144	8.0	18.1
Majority			219	12.2	1.7
Turnout			1,795	31.1	5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nork

Nork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Brian Stead	1,124	55.9	9.2
	Conservative	Jane Illingworth	568	28.3	9.5
	Labour	Alex Hubbard	133	6.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gee	105	5.2	New
	Green	Joseph Ingell	79	3.9	New
Majority			556	27.6	18.7
Turnout			2,015	32.1	4.9
	Residents hold		Swing

Redhill East

Redhill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jonathan Essex	1,377	58.2	13.2
	Conservative	Paul Bevan	573	24.2	1.6
	Labour	Rex Giles	296	12.5	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Holmes	121	5.1	0.7
Majority			804	34.0	14.8
Turnout			2,374	32.3	4.7
	Green hold		Swing

Redhill West

Redhill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rich Michalowski	984	44.0	5.9
	Labour	Jon Pepper	593	26.5	7.5
	Green	Ruth Ritter	322	14.4	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cressy	256	11.5	3.2
	UKIP	Steven Richards	80	3.6	16.3
Majority			391	17.5	0.7
Turnout			2,237	36.6	2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Reigate Central

Reigate Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Blacker	1,005	48.1	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Vincent	546	26.1	12.4
	Green	Elizabeth Wakefield	286	13.7	4.3
	Labour	Michele David	253	12.1	3.2
Majority			459	22.0	16.4
Turnout			2,095	38.9	2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Reigate Hill

Reigate Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Owen	1,002	66.0	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Ardan	375	24.7	New
	Labour	Denise Allen	141	9.3	8.4
Majority			627	41.3	7.2
Turnout			1,524	35.2	2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Park and Woodhatch

South Park and Woodhatch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victor Lewanski	826	45.8	7.6
	Labour	Tony Robinson	476	26.4	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Moray Carey	354	19.6	8.4
	UKIP	Chris Byrne	148	8.2	23.0
Majority			350	19.4	12.4
Turnout			1,807	33.7	2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tadworth and Walton

Tadworth and Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Turner	1,410	71.8	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sonja Begley-Moore	197	10.0	1.8
	Green	Roger Ponsford	146	7.4	1.6
	Labour	David Burnley	130	6.6	New
	UKIP	Valerie Moore	82	4.2	20.1
Majority			1,213	61.8	27.5
Turnout			1,967	35.7	3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tattenhams

Tattenhams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Bob Harper	1,202	64.5	1.6
	Conservative	Frances Clarke	457	24.5	6.4
	Labour	Jake Bonner	155	8.3	New
	Green	Alistair Morten	50	2.7	New
Majority			745	40.0	3.9
Turnout			1,869	32.6	4.2
	Residents hold		Swing