2008 Mole Valley District Council election

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 46.5% a drop from the 47.2% seen in the 2007 election.[1]

Issues in the election included a proposed incinerator, Council Tax, planning, leisure and recycling.[2] The results saw no change in the number of councillors for each party but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties swapped seats.[3] The Conservatives gained Westcott ward from the Liberal Democrats but lost Leatherhead North to them.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
Mole Valley Local Election Result 2008
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 1 1 0 46.2 47.0 10,520 -1.4%
  Liberal Democrats 5 1 1 0 38.5 34.1 7,626 -5.3%
  Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents 2 0 0 0 15.4 12.0 2,682 +7.8%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1,167 +2.9%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 298 -1.3%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 91 -2.7%

Ward results
Ashtead Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents David Howell 893 58.1 +6.5
Conservative Len Wood 643 41.9 -1.1
Majority 250 16.2 +7.6
Turnout 1,536 48.9 -4.4
Independent hold Swing
Ashtead Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents Christopher Townsend 906 57.5 +13.4
Conservative Alex Burrows 592 37.6 -7.9
UKIP Bob Cane 78 4.9 +1.2
Majority 314 19.9
Turnout 1,576 49.6 -0.9
Independent hold Swing
Ashtead Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Reynolds 1,168 53.8 -1.2
Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents Simon Ling 883 40.6 +3.9
UKIP Frances Howell 122 5.6 +2.9
Majority 285 13.2 -5.1
Turnout 2,173 48.2 -3.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bookham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clare Curran 1,466 66.7 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Joseph 731 33.3 +6.8
Majority 735 33.4 -4.5
Turnout 2,197 49.1 -1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bookham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Howarth 1,200 52.2 -3.4
Conservative Graham Hems 899 39.1 -5.3
UKIP Julie Langton-Smith 110 4.8 +4.8
Labour Simon Bottomley 91 4.0 +4.0
Majority 301 13.1 +1.9
Turnout 2,300 52.0 -2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorking North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Elderton 753 51.4 -1.8
Conservative Ron Billard 514 35.1 +6.6
Green Robert Sedgwick 130 8.9 -5.5
UKIP Michael Foulston 67 4.6 +4.6
Majority 239 16.3 -8.4
Turnout 1,464 46.7 -2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorking South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Loretto 1,181 52.4 -2.8
Conservative Misbah Mosobbir 734 32.6 +2.9
UKIP Kathleen Peters 169 7.5 +2.3
Green Mandy Barnett 168 7.5 +1.5
Majority 447 19.8 -5.7
Turnout 2,252 43.2 -2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Fetcham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carolyn Corden 1,036 76.2 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Kathy Grigson 324 23.8 -2.4
Majority 712 52.4 +9.5
Turnout 1,360 46.0 -2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Fetcham West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emile Aboud 840 50.2 -13.9
Liberal Democrats Raj Haque 834 49.8 +13.9
Majority 6 0.4 -27.8
Turnout 1,674 55.0 +7.4
Conservative hold Swing
Holmwoods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Howard 870 51.1 -0.2
Conservative Chris Quinlan 563 33.1 +1.2
UKIP Margaret Curran 269 15.8 +9.7
Majority 307 18.0 -1.4
Turnout 1,702 36.1 -1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leatherhead North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Hedgeland 866 52.3 +4.8
Conservative Kyle Green 621 37.5 +4.4
UKIP Stan Masters 170 10.3 +4.3
Majority 245 14.8 +0.4
Turnout 1,657 33.9 -4.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Leatherhead South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosemary Dickson 889 61.4 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Dave Howarth 454 31.3 -6.1
UKIP Leigh Jones 106 7.3 +7.3
Majority 435 30.1 +11.9
Turnout 1,449 44.3 -4.0
Conservative hold Swing
Westcott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Friend 555 53.2 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Fraser Ker 413 39.6 -9.3
UKIP Afonso Afonso 76 7.3 +7.3
Majority 142 13.6
Turnout 1,044 61.0 -1.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References
  1. "Surrey's election results - VIDEO NEWS". Surrey Advertiser. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  2. "ELECTION - Sizing up Mole Valley". Surrey Advertiser. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  3. "Tory control for Surrey councils". BBC Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
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