Horley East

Vote Gary Bates

Gary has lived locally for ten years and is standing to represent the community he calls home. After 24 years in IT, he started his own garden maintenance business — working directly with residents and seeing first-hand the rising costs, declining services and poorly planned development affecting the area.

He is standing with Reform UK because residents deserve better: keeping more of what they earn, responsible council spending and decisions made locally for local people. A small business owner, not a career politician, committed to honesty, common sense and meaningful change.

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Vote David Heaver

David was born in Redhill, raised on a social housing estate and has lived locally all his life, giving him a first-hand understanding of the pressures facing working families.

After an apprenticeship in electronics and software engineering, he built a private-sector career through hard work and has run his own business for over 30 years. Horley has been his home for more than 20 years. David is standing with Reform UK because working people have been let down. His priorities are housing affordability, keeping families close and rebuilding strong communities where people feel safe and secure, committed to common sense and a better future for the next generation.

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Our Vision For Horley West, Salfords & Sidlow

Strong Services

Residents expect decent roads, clean streets, good homes and reliable services.

Reform UK will serve residents, deliver strong services, and make communities proud of their local authority.

Sound Money

Council tax comes from households who are already stretched.

Reform UK will always put taxpayers first: no more vanity projects, no more duplication, no more bloated bureaucracy.

Safe Communities

People want safe streets and respect for the rule of law.

Reform UK will tackle antisocial behaviour and make sure residents finally feel safe in their own communities.

Ending Fly-Tipping Free Town Centre Parking

Fly-tipping is a blight on our communities. When Cllr Lynch worked with the Surrey Cabinet Member for Environment to tackle industrial-scale dumping at Crosswinds Farm in Salfords, it was clear that existing enforcement resources simply aren’t up to the job. With a low risk of getting caught, offenders keep coming back.

Reform UK will increase the budget for fly-tipping enforcement, fund more covert surveillance at hotspot sites, and push for tougher penalties that actually deter offenders. If you don’t crack down on the small things, the bigger problems only grow.

Investing in Our Schools

Local schools like Oakwood Secondary and Horley Infants are doing a good job with the resources they have, but our children, families and teachers deserve more. Class sizes are growing, support services are stretched, and parents are left picking up the slack while staff work harder than ever just to keep up.

Reform UK will lobby for fairer funding for East Surrey’s schools, champion better maintenance of school buildings and facilities, and ensure that every parent has a genuine voice in how local education is shaped.

Free Town Centre Parking

Anyone who’s tried to park in Horley’s High Street or Victoria Road car parks knows the frustration. Few spaces, high charges, and shoppers driven away from our town centre. With the High Street revamp underway, getting parking right isn’t optional: it’s the difference between a thriving town centre and an empty one.

Reform UK will push for free town centre parking, removing the barriers that stop residents from shopping locally and giving our high street the footfall it needs to survive.

Fixing Our Roads

Streets like Sangers Drive and Smallfield Road are riddled with potholes that keep coming back because repairs
are done on the cheap. Surrey boasts about high highways spending, but residents know the truth: shoddy fixes that crumble within months. It’s not about spending more; it’s about whether the job gets done properly.

Reform UK will demand higher standards from highway contractors, push for longer-lasting repair methods, and hold the council to account with public reporting on repair quality and recurrence rates.

Scrutinising HMO Conversions

Smaller Housing of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) are springing up across Horley’s residential streets with no planning permission or consultation. As the Government plans to phase out asylum hotels, pressure on local housing will only grow. Residents deserve a say over what happens on their own streets.

Reform UK will push for an Article 4 Direction requiring planning permission for all HMO conversions, giving residents the right to scrutinise applications and have their voices heard.