Office: | Member of Parliament for Reigate |
Predecessor: | Crispin Blunt |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Majority: | 3,187 (6.0%) |
Party: | Conservative |
Rebecca Sheila Paul is a British Conservative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reigate since 2024.
She has worked in tax management for businesses and charities. Paul has worked in Parliament for Robin Millar, the MP for Aberconwy, Wales from 2019 to 2024.
Paul was elected as the councillor for Tadworth, Walton and Kingswood at the 2021 Surrey County Council election with 70 per cent of the vote share.[1] She served as the Deputy Cabinet Member for Levelling Up on Surrey County Council.[2]
In July 2023, Paul was selected as the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for the safe seat of Reigate.[3] The incumbent MP, Crispin Blunt, was elected as a Conservative but had the whip removed and was not standing again.[4]
At the 2024 general election, she won the seat with 35 per cent of the vote share and a majority of 3,187.[5] In the opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch, she serves as a junior whip.