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2023 Reigate And Banstead Borough Council Election
The 2023 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in Surrey, England. This was on the same day as other 2023 United Kingdom local elections, local elections in England. Summary The council was under Conservative Party (UK), Conservative majority control prior to the election. The leader of the council, Mark Brunt, chose not to stand for re-election. The Conservatives retained their majority at the election, but lost seats to both the Green Party of England and Wales, Greens and Labour Party (UK), Labour. They were left with a majority of just one seat. Conservative councillor Richard Biggs was appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023. Overall results Ward results The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council following the close of no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reigate And Banstead Borough Council
Reigate ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town in Surrey, England, around south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'', and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The earliest archaeological evidence for human activity is from the Paleolithic and Neolithic, and during the Roman Britain, Roman period, tile-making took place to the north east of the modern centre. A motte-and-bailey castle was erected in Reigate in the late 11th or early 12th century. It was originally constructed of lumber, timber, but the curtain walls were rebuilt in stone about a century later. An Augustinians, Augustinian priory was founded to the south of the modern town centre in the first half of the 13th century. The priory was dissolution of the monasteries, closed during the English Reformation, Reformation and was rebuilt as a private residence for William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham. The castle was abandoned around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
