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
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	6	1	1	46.2	47.0	10,520	-1.4%
Liberal Democrats	5	1	1	38.5	34.1	7,626	-5.3%
Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents	2	0	0	15.4	12.0	2,682	+7.8%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	5.2	1,167	+2.9%
Green	0	0	0	0	1.3	298	-1.3%
Labour	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

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

[results-1] "Surrey's election results - VIDEO NEWS". Surrey Advertiser. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.

[sizing-2] "ELECTION - Sizing up Mole Valley". Surrey Advertiser. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.

[control-3] "Tory control for Surrey councils". BBC Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2008.

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