- Reigate and Banstead
Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with
borough status in eastSurrey England . It covers the towns of Reigate,Banstead , Redhill andHorley .The district was formed on
1 April 1974 under theLocal Government Act 1972 . It was a merger of the former borough of Reigate with BansteadUrban District and part ofDorking and Horley Rural District . There are two civil parishes within the borough these are:Horley andSalfords and Sidlow . [ [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Parishes+by+district?opendocument#Elmbridge Surrey County Council] ]After the 3 May 2007 elections, there are 41 Conservatives seats, six
Reigate and Banstead Residents Association , twoLiberal Democrats , one Labour and one seat held by an Independent.In recent years Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has been notable in seeing a number of younger councillors elected.
The borough is twinned with:
*flagicon|FranceBrunoy inFrance
*flagicon|GermanyEschweiler inGermany [ [http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/public/Community_Living/Town_Twinning/ Reigate & Banstead twinning info] ]Locations within the Borough
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Banstead ,Burgh Heath
* Chipstead
*Earlswood
*Hooley ,Horley
* Kingswood
*Lower Kingswood
*Meadvale ,Merstham
*Netherne-on-the-Hill , Nork
* Redhill,Reigate
*Salfords ,Sidlow , South Park, St Johns
*Tadworth ,Tattenham Corner
*Walton-on-the-Hill ,Whitebushes ,Woodhatch ,Woodmansterne References
External links
* [http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/ Reigate and Banstead Borough Council]
* [http://www.reigateweb.co.uk/ The Reigate Web] ----
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