2006 Mole Valley District Council election

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Results of the 2006 Mole Valley District Council election Mole Valley UK local election 2006.svg
Results of the 2006 Mole Valley District Council election

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 49.0%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 951+464.348.312,318+3.4%
  Liberal Democrats 413-228.634.48,788+0.5%
  Independent 102-27.19.72,464-1.5%
  Labour 000004.71,197-3.2%
  Green 000002.4600+2.2%
  UKIP 000000.6153-1.3%

Ward results

Ashtead Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Northcott86051.6+1.9
Conservative Timothy Robertson71843.0+7.2
Labour John Gough905.4−1.9
Majority 1428.6−5.3
Turnout 1,66853.3+0.3
Independent hold Swing
Ashtead Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Davis73245.5+9.6
Independent Peter Smith70944.1−7.3
Labour Susan Gilchrist664.1+0.2
UKIP Robert Cane593.7−1.7
Green Anthony Cooper422.6−0.8
Majority 231.4
Turnout 1,60850.5−1.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ashtead Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sylvia Sharland1,00245.4+3.7
Independent Christine Kerton89540.50.0
Labour Clive Scott1205.4−2.7
Green Jennifer Huggett974.4+4.4
UKIP Helen Howell944.3−5.4
Majority 1074.9+3.7
Turnout 2,20849.4−1.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Bookham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janette Purkiss1,43161.2+4.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Tillott90638.8−1.8
Majority 52522.4+6.3
Turnout 2,33753.0−6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Bookham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Chandler1,44157.0+13.4
Liberal Democrats Jehangir Haque99139.2−13.6
Labour Simon Bottomley973.8+0.2
Majority 45017.8
Turnout 2,52958.9+5.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kate Horden92449.8+16.9
Liberal Democrats Valerie Potter86946.8−14.9
Labour Ian James643.4−2.0
Majority 553.0
Turnout 1,85753.6+15.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Capel, Leigh and Newdigate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Murdoch88251.1+26.7
Conservative Julian Shersby78245.3−21.3
Labour Carol Millard623.6−5.5
Majority 1005.8
Turnout 1,72653.8+18.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Dorking North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derrick Burt78553.2+1.4
Conservative Mark Aspinall42028.5−13.3
Green Robert Sedgwick21314.4+14.4
Labour John Wilson583.9−2.6
Majority 36524.7+14.7
Turnout 1,47648.7+0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorking South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Cooksey1,10247.1−6.6
Conservative Christopher House86937.1−2.0
Green Amanda Barnett24810.6+10.6
Labour Nicholas Trier1225.2−2.0
Majority 23310.0−4.6
Turnout 2,34147.0−1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Fetcham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathryn Westwood95769.1+4.0
Liberal Democrats Katherine Grigson36326.2−2.9
Labour John Forehead644.6−1.2
Majority 59442.9+6.9
Turnout 1,38448.5−2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Fetcham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Hall92864.1+11.0
Liberal Democrats Alice Humphreys51935.9−5.4
Majority 40928.2+16.4
Turnout 1,44747.6−2.9
Conservative hold Swing
Holmwoods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Salmon1,06261.6+6.4
Conservative David Mir53230.9−5.1
Labour Keith Davis1307.5−1.4
Majority 53030.7+11.5
Turnout 1,72438.0−2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leatherhead North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Penelope Hedgeland75743.7+9.5
Liberal Democrats Hubert Carr75443.5+10.7
Labour David Lawrence22112.8−20.2
Majority 30.2−1.0
Turnout 1,73239.3+4.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Leatherhead South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Sharland82555.6+1.8
Liberal Democrats David Smith55537.4+3.7
Labour Michael Ward1036.9−5.6
Majority 27018.2−1.9
Turnout 1,48348.3−3.2
Conservative hold Swing

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