Reigate and Banstead

Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Shown within Surrey
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 224th 129.13 km²
Admin. HQ:	Reigate
ONS code:	43UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 144th 126,287 978 / km²
Ethnicity:	95.0% White 2.2% S.Asian
Politics
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Peter Ainsworth, Crispin Blunt, Chris Grayling

Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey. It covers the towns of Reigate, Banstead , Redhill and Horley .

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the former borough of Reigate with Banstead urban district and part of Dorking and Horley Rural District .