2008 Mole Valley District Council election

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Results of the 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]

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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 District Council election result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 611046.247.010,520-1.4%
  Liberal Democrats 511038.534.17,626-5.3%
 Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents200015.412.02,682+7.8%
  UKIP 000005.21,167+2.9%
  Green 000001.3298-1.3%
  Labour 000000.491-2.7%

Ward results

Ashtead Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead ResidentsDavid Howell89358.1+6.5
Conservative Len Wood64341.9−1.1
Majority 25016.2+7.6
Turnout 1,53648.9−4.4
Independent hold Swing
Ashtead Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead ResidentsChristopher Townsend90657.5+13.4
Conservative Alex Burrows59237.6−7.9
UKIP Bob Cane784.9+1.2
Majority 31419.9
Turnout 1,57649.6−0.9
Independent hold Swing
Ashtead Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Reynolds1,16853.8−1.2
Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead ResidentsSimon Ling88340.6+3.9
UKIP Frances Howell1225.6+2.9
Majority 28513.2−5.1
Turnout 2,17348.2−3.1
Conservative hold Swing
Bookham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Curran1,46666.7+2.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Joseph73133.3+6.8
Majority 73533.4−4.5
Turnout 2,19749.1−1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bookham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Howarth1,20052.2−3.4
Conservative Graham Hems89939.1−5.3
UKIP Julie Langton-Smith1104.8+4.8
Labour Simon Bottomley914.0+4.0
Majority 30113.1+1.9
Turnout 2,30052.0−2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorking North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Elderton75351.4−1.8
Conservative Ron Billard51435.1+6.6
Green Robert Sedgwick1308.9−5.5
UKIP Michael Foulston674.6+4.6
Majority 23916.3−8.4
Turnout 1,46446.7−2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorking South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Loretto1,18152.4−2.8
Conservative Misbah Mosobbir73432.6+2.9
UKIP Kathleen Peters1697.5+2.3
Green Mandy Barnett1687.5+1.5
Majority 44719.8−5.7
Turnout 2,25243.2−2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Fetcham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carolyn Corden1,03676.2+7.1
Liberal Democrats Kathy Grigson32423.8−2.4
Majority 71252.4+9.5
Turnout 1,36046.0−2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Fetcham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emile Aboud84050.2−13.9
Liberal Democrats Raj Haque83449.8+13.9
Majority 60.4−27.8
Turnout 1,67455.0+7.4
Conservative hold Swing
Holmwoods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Howard87051.1−0.2
Conservative Chris Quinlan56333.1+1.2
UKIP Margaret Curran26915.8+9.7
Majority 30718.0−1.4
Turnout 1,70236.1−1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leatherhead North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Hedgeland86652.3+4.8
Conservative Kyle Green62137.5+4.4
UKIP Stan Masters17010.3+4.3
Majority 24514.8+0.4
Turnout 1,65733.9−4.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Leatherhead South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Dickson88961.4+5.8
Liberal Democrats Dave Howarth45431.3−6.1
UKIP Leigh Jones1067.3+7.3
Majority 43530.1+11.9
Turnout 1,44944.3−4.0
Conservative hold Swing
Westcott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Friend55553.2+4.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Fraser Ker41339.6−9.3
UKIP Afonso Afonso767.3+7.3
Majority 14213.6
Turnout 1,04461.0−1.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "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.