What happens next? We have now completed our review of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. October 2018 Summary Report The recommendations must now be approved by Parliament. A draft order - the legal document which brings The full report and detailed maps: into force our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. consultation.lgbce.org.uk www.lgbce.org.uk Subject to parliamentary scrutiny, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the local elections in @LGBCE May 2019. Our recommendations: The table lists all the wards we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council voters in each ward. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed ward, which tells you how we have delivered electoral equality. Finally, the table includes electorate projections for 2023, so you can see the impact of the recommendations for the future. Council Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements Ward Number of Electorate Number of Variance Electorate Number of Variance Name: Councillors: (2017): Electors per from (2023): Electors per from Councillor: average % Councillor: Average % Banstead Village 3 7,045 2,348 -2% 7,273 2,424 -7% Chipstead, 3 7,727 2,576 7% 8,113 2,704 4% Kingswood & Woodmansterne Earlswood & 3 7,387 2,462 3% 7,694 2,565 -1% Whitebushes Hooley, Merstham 3 7934 2,645 10% 8,605 2,868 10% and Netherne Horley Central & 3 7,514 2,505 5% 8,297 2,760 6% South Horley East & 3 7,339 2,446 2% 7,730 2,577 -1% Salfords Horley West & 3 6,274 2,091 -13% 8,325 2,775 7% Sidlow Lower Kingswood, 3 7,998 2,666 11% 8,458 2,819 9% Tadworth & Walton Who we are: Electoral review: ■ The Local Government Boundary Commission for An electoral review examines and proposes new Meadvale & St 3 6,761 2,254 -6% 7,071 2,357 -9% England is an independent body set up by Parliament. electoral arrangements for a local authority, including: John’s ■ We are not part of government or any political party. ■ The total number of councillors representing the Nork 3 7,285 2,428 1% 7,640 2,547 -2% ■ We are accountable to Parliament through a council’s voters (‘council size’). committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the House ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or Redhill East 3 6,153 2,051 -14% 7,218 2,406 -7% of Commons. electoral divisions. Redhill West & 3 7,382 2,461 3% 7,785 2,595 0% ■ Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local ■ The number of councillors for each ward or division. Wray Common authorities throughout England. 2,472 7,794 2,598 0% Our proposals: Reigate 3 7,416 3% Why Reigate and Banstead Borough ■ Reigate and Banstead Borough Council currently has South Park & 3 6,622 2,207 -8% 7,063 2,354 -9% Council? 51 councillors. Based on the evidence we received, we Woodhatch ■ Reigate and Banstead currently has high levels of recommend that 45 councillors should serve the electoral inequality: some councillors represent many borough in the future. Tattenham Corner 3 6,988 2,329 -3% 7,854 2,618 1% more - or many fewer - voters than others. ■ We believe our final recommendations meet our & Preston ■ Therefore the value of your vote, in Reigate and statutory criteria to: Totals: 45 107,825 - - 116,902 - - Banstead council elections, varies depending on where (1) Deliver electoral equality for voters. Averages: - - 2,396 - - 2,598 - you live in Reigate and Banstead. (2) Reflect community interests and identities. ■ We are seeking to improve levels of electoral equality (3) Promote effective and convenient local government. for local voters. Summary of our recommendations Overview of final recommendations for Reigate and We have considered all the submissions we received during our consultation on our draft recommendations. Banstead Borough Council The final recommendations propose that Reigate and Banstead Borough Council should have 45 councillors. View this map online and explore it in more detail at: consultation.lgbce.org.uk This is 6 fewer than the current number of councillors. Follow us on Twitter: @LGBCE Those councillors should represent 15 three-councillor wards, 4 fewer wards than there are now If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go straight to our interactive consultation area. The boundaries of Reigate and Banstead Borough wards should change, none should stay the same. Names of wards should also be changed. There have been substantial changes to our original proposals, particularly at Kingswood, Lower Kingswood and Woodmansterne. For example, we have combined parts of Kingswood north and south of the railway line into one ward, and recommended boundaries for Woodmansterne, as suggested to us by residents’ associations. In the parish of Horley, we have made a change to our proposals for Benhams Drive by including it in our Horley West & Sidlow ward. An outline of the proposals is shown in the map to the right. A detailed report on the recommendations and interactive mapping is available on our website at: www.lgbce.org.uk. Find out more: consultation.lgbce.org.uk: ■ view the map of our recommendations down to street level. ■ zoom into the areas that interest you most. ■ find more guidance on the review process. ■ read the full report of our recommendations. Stage of Description review 30 January 2018- Public consultation on new ward 9 April 2018 boundaries 5 June 2018- Public consultation on draft 13 August 2018 recommendations 2 October 2018 Publication of final recommendations Subject to parliamentary approval - May 2019 contains Ordnance implementation of new Three Councillor Ward Survey data © arrangements at local elections Crown copyright and database rights 2018.