2023 Mole Valley District Council election

2023 Mole Valley District Council election

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All 39 seats to Mole Valley District Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stephen Cooksey [1] Lynne Brooks [2] Chris Hunt Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Ashtead Ind. Last election 24 seats, 45.3% 10 seats, 32.3% 7 seats, 12.2% Seats before 24 9 6 Seats after 30 3 6 Seat change 6 6
Map of the results of the 2023 Mole Valley District Council election with Liberal Democrats in yellow, Ashtead Independents in grey and Conservatives in blue.
Leader before election Stephen Cooksey Liberal Democrats Leader after election Stephen Cooksey Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Mole Valley District Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Mole Valley District Council in Surrey, England. ^[3] This election occurred on the same day as other local elections in England. This was the first election following the redrawing of ward boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors by two to 39. All positions were contested. ^{[4] [5]} As a result of the election, the Liberal Democrats increased their majority on the council to 30 out of 39 seats. ^[4]

The polling station in Headley was criticised by a disabled voter due to accessibility issues. ^[6]

Summary

Election result

2023 Mole Valley District Council election [4]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	39	30	0	0	6	76.9	48.4	38,140	+3.1
	Ashtead Ind.	6	6	0	0		15.4	10.2	8,075	–2.0
	Conservative	38	3	0	0	6	7.7	27.5	21,700	–4.8
	Green	24	0	0	0		0.0	10.3	8,130	+4.1
	Labour	9	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	1,544	–1.6
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	1,241	N/A

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Mole Valley District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. ^[7]

Ashtead Lanes & Common

Ashtead Lanes & Common (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashtead Ind.	Chris Hunt*	1,636	65.9	N/A
	Ashtead Ind.	Patricia Wiltshire*	1,553	62.6	N/A
	Ashtead Ind.	David Hawksworth*	1,534	61.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Shimmin	488	19.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Hartwell	425	17.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Moncur	422	17.0	N/A
	Conservative	Debbie Cook	284	11.4	N/A
	Conservative	Gavin Newton	265	10.7	N/A
	Labour	Susan Gilchrist	241	9.7	N/A
Turnout			2,481	41.9	N/A
	Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
	Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
	Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)

Ashtead Park

Ashtead Park (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashtead Ind.	Mary Cooper*	1,242	54.2	N/A
	Ashtead Ind.	Garry Stansfield*	1,140	49.7	N/A
	Ashtead Ind.	Gerry Sevenoaks	970	42.3	N/A
	Independent	Raj Patel	706	30.8	N/A
	Independent	David Harper*	535	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	Kateryna Cutler	269	11.7	N/A
	Green	Patricia Brown	264	11.5	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	253	11.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica MacLeod	245	10.7	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Wray	236	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jolanta Waugh	215	9.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cressy	200	8.7	N/A
	Labour	Steve Eagle	136	5.9	N/A
	Green	Greg Smith	118	5.1	N/A
Turnout			2,292	42.0	N/A
	Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
	Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
	Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)

Bookham East & Eastwick Park

Bookham East & Eastwick Park (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Daly*	1,577	60.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kennedy*	1,568	60.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Matthews	1,467	56.5	N/A
	Conservative	Sarah Chambers*	994	38.3	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Swinbank	834	32.1	N/A
	Conservative	Patrick Morrish	800	30.8	N/A
	Green	Emily Stewart	176	6.8	N/A
	Labour	Bill Mansfield	80	3.1	N/A
Turnout			2,598	53.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bookham West

Bookham West (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Weller*	1,408	64.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Adams*	1,390	63.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Miller	1,256	57.5	N/A
	Conservative	Toby Cracknell	725	33.2	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Moyse	664	30.4	N/A
	Conservative	Dina Zharova-Berbner	564	25.8	N/A
	Green	Eugene Suggett	268	12.3	N/A
Turnout			2,184	44.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley

Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Potter*	1,217	53.2	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Budd*	1,139	49.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Keay	1,089	47.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bradley Nelson	868	37.9	N/A
	Conservative	Radia Kesseiri Austin	645	28.2	N/A
	Conservative	Celia Tiley	576	25.2	N/A
	Green	Penny Green	285	12.5	N/A
	Labour	Noel Humphrey	168	7.3	N/A
Turnout			2,289	44.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood

Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Bushnell*	894	42.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Farrar-Astrop	810	38.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alcia Loach	720	34.3	N/A
	Conservative	Corinna Osborne-Patterson	698	33.2	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Baldwin	620	29.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Saunders	619	29.5	N/A
	Green	Lisa Scott*	604	28.7	N/A
	Green	Roger Abbott	438	20.8	N/A
	Green	Ken Hollis	409	19.5	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Laurence Nasskau	64	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,101	40.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dorking North

Dorking North (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Watson*	1,301	54.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Draper*	1,207	50.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Rosam*	1,082	44.9	N/A
	Green	Chris Crook	778	32.3	N/A
	Green	Pat Smith	642	26.7	N/A
	Green	Sarah Weston Holland	627	26.0	N/A
	Labour	Clare Mansfield	339	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Foulston	316	13.1	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Cude	264	11.0	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Frost	257	10.7	N/A
Turnout			2,409	44.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dorking South

Dorking South (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Cooksey*	1,301	60.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cooksey*	1,219	56.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Wright*	1,185	54.8	N/A
	Green	Molly Crook	445	20.6	N/A
	Conservative	Roger Jones	413	19.1	N/A
	Green	Lucy Barford	395	18.3	N/A
	Conservative	Beccy Gunn	386	17.9	N/A
	Conservative	Lucinda Sharpe	384	17.8	N/A
	Green	Gerard Bolton	368	17.0	N/A
Turnout			2,161	38.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fetcham

Fetcham (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raj Haque*	1,426	58.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Hammond	1,402	57.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Joseph	1,311	54.0	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Chambers	853	35.1	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Austin	755	31.1	N/A
	Conservative	David McCorquodale	617	25.4	N/A
	Green	Janet Crook	219	9.0	N/A
	Green	Dan Creber	159	6.6	N/A
	Labour	Beatrice Heath	151	6.2	N/A
Turnout			2,427	43.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Holmwoods & Beare Green

Holmwoods & Beare Green (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Hobbs*	979	54.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Malcomson*	879	48.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Clayton Wellman*	782	43.3	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Maruziva	607	33.6	N/A
	Conservative	Lucy Botting	546	30.2	N/A
	Conservative	David Mir	524	29.0	N/A
	Green	John Roche	224	12.4	N/A
	Green	Emily Auckland	198	11.0	N/A
	Green	Fiona Case	162	9.0	N/A
	Labour	Christine Foster	158	8.7	N/A
Turnout			1,806	36.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Leatherhead North

Leatherhead North (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keira Vyvyan-Robinson*	689	56.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Wall	661	54.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Wear	624	51.3	N/A
	Conservative	Aaron Gibbs	368	30.2	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Gibbs	330	27.1	N/A
	Conservative	Mushud Ali	302	24.8	N/A
	Green	Sally Stewart	267	21.9	N/A
Turnout			1,217	27.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Leatherhead South

Leatherhead South (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Kendrick*	960	49.5	N/A
	Conservative	Joanna Slater*	852	43.9	N/A
	Conservative	James Chambers*	831	42.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Parsons	779	40.2	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Elcock-Haskins	754	38.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nick O'Shea	700	36.1	N/A
	Green	Melissa Awcock	301	15.5	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Ann Clark	207	10.7	N/A
	Green	Jo Sherring	151	7.8	N/A
Turnout			1,940	44.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood

Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood (3 seats) ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Budleigh	1,180	53.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Abhiram Magesh	1,108	50.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Leah Mursaleen-Plank	1,106	50.5	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Hebberd	769	35.1	N/A
	Conservative	Duncan Irvine	703	32.1	N/A
	Conservative	Gavin Musgrave	684	31.2	N/A
	Green	James Poke	372	17.0	N/A
	Green	David Szachno-Hodgkinson	260	11.9	N/A
Turnout			2,191	42.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

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2. "Leader of the Opposition". Mole Valley District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
3. "Notice of Election" (PDF). Mole Valley District Council. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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6. Graves, Kieran (10 May 2023) [9 May 2023]. "Some Surrey polling stations left disabled voters feeling excluded during last week's local elections". Surrey Live. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
7. "Local Elections - 4 May 2023". Mole Valley District Council . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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