Constituency profile

Reigate

South East · County constituency · Reigate and Banstead borough

Rebecca Paul MP
Sitting MP

Rebecca Paul

Conservative

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency, Reigate and Banstead council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
48.0% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -3.9pp below mean
Current outlook
Conservative +3.3pp
vs Reform UK 25.1%
SouthernBrexit-marginalGraduate-heavy

About the Reigate constituency

Reigate is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Rebecca Paul (Conservative), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 35.4% to 29.4% for Labour, a majority of 3,187 votes on a 68.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 28.4% and Reform UK on 25.1%, a margin of 3.3 points.

Who lives in Reigate? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
48.0%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
42.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
12.7%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
71.9%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
26.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
26.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Reigate vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 3,187 votes (6.0pp) · turnout 68.9%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Reigate

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Reigate within Reigate and Banstead

Reigate sits entirely within Reigate and Banstead Council. Reigate and Banstead was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Reigate and Banstead
66 LSOAs
100%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
18 Oct 2025Meadvale & St John's
Reigate and Banstead
LD HOLD—

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Banstead VillageConservative 42.4%vs Labour 27.1%2024 Conservative 60.7%vs Labour 18.7%-33.3%
Chipstead, Kingswood & WoodmansterneConservative 41.6%vs Labour 26.4%2024 Conservative 65.0%vs Labour 13.0%-35.0%
Earlswood & WhitebushesLabour 30.7%vs Conservative 30.0%2024 Green 60.4%vs Conservative 17.6%-33.6%
Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & WaltonConservative 43.0%vs Labour 25.1%2024 Independent 39.9%vs Conservative 36.5%-36.6%
Meadvale & St John'sConservative 31.9%vs Labour 27.5%2024 Lib Dem 36.6%vs Conservative 28.9%-39.4%
NorkConservative 35.4%vs Labour 30.1%2024 Others 65.4%vs Conservative 18.6%-34.0%
Redhill EastLabour 31.6%vs Conservative 27.8%2024 Green 62.8%vs Labour 16.1%-35.2%
Redhill West & Wray CommonLabour 38.8%vs Conservative 30.6%2024 Labour 41.1%vs Conservative 31.1%-36.1%
ReigateConservative 37.6%vs Labour 24.3%2024 Conservative 36.1%vs Lib Dem 33.3%-40.4%
South Park & WoodhatchConservative 34.6%vs Labour 30.7%2024 Green 50.6%vs Conservative 20.8%-36.4%
Tattenham Corner & PrestonLabour 33.5%vs Conservative 29.7%2024 Others 64.8%vs Conservative 14.0%-31.1%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Reigate at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Reigate at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdCrispin Blunt11.3%53.4%26.2%4.2% UKIP2.2%2.7%13,59169.8%
2015Con holdCrispin Blunt12.8%56.8%10.5%13.3% UKIP6.7%-22,33469.9%+0.1
2017Con holdCrispin Blunt24.7%57.4%10.9%2.9% UKIP4.1%-17,61472.1%+2.2
2019notionalConservative winnerCrispin Blunt 2019 MP, pre-review boundary16.9%55.8%19.9%1.2% Brx5.8%0.4%19,22070.2%-1.9
2024Con holdRebecca Paul29.4%35.4%12.7%13.6% Ref8.8%-3,18768.9%-1.3

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Reigate

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Reigate. Politics shown for context.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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