One third of Mole Valley District Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Surrey County Council instead.
One third of Mole Valley District Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Surrey County Council instead.
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| No overall control | 1973–1980 | |
| Independent | 1980–1982 | |
| No overall control | 1982–1994 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1994–1995 | |
| No overall control | 1995–2006 | |
| Conservative | 2006–2010 | |
| No overall control | 2010–2015 | |
| Conservative | 2015–2018 | |
| No overall control | 2018–2019 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2019–present | |
The leaders of the council since 2012 have been: [3]
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Friend | Conservative | May 2012 | ||
| Chris Townsend [4] | Independent | May 2012 | May 2015 | |
| James Friend | Conservative | May 2015 | 2016 | |
| Vivienne Michael | Conservative | 2016 | 5 May 2019 | |
| Stephen Cooksey | Liberal Democrats | 21 May 2019 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1,117 | 61.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 689 | 38.2 | |||
| Majority | 428 | 23.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,806 | 47.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 461 | 51.2 | -0.2 | ||
| Conservative | 401 | 44.5 | +6.0 | ||
| Labour | 39 | 4.3 | -5.8 | ||
| Majority | 60 | 6.7 | |||
| Turnout | 901 | 41.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 945 | 53.8 | -5.2 | ||
| Conservative | 702 | 40.0 | +3.5 | ||
| Labour | 110 | 6.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Majority | 243 | 13.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,757 | 40.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 701 | 57.6 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative | 447 | 36.7 | -0.7 | ||
| Labour | 69 | 5.7 | -2.4 | ||
| Majority | 254 | 20.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,217 | 40.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Murdoch | 618 | 46.3 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Corinna Osborne-Patterson | 558 | 41.8 | -5.8 | |
| UKIP | Tim Bowling | 97 | 7.3 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Jacqui Hamlin | 61 | 4.6 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 60 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,334 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stella Brooks | 1,043 | 47.2 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | Gail Collett | 940 | 42.5 | -4.4 | |
| UKIP | Bob Cane | 228 | 10.3 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 103 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,211 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Hurst | 423 | 55.7 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Duncan Irvine | 236 | 31.1 | -10.5 | |
| UKIP | Adrian Daniels | 101 | 13.3 | +6.4 | |
| Majority | 187 | 24.6 | |||
| Turnout | 760 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Crome | 862 | 56.6 | +23.2 | |
| Conservative | Tracy Lorraine Keeley | 340 | 22.3 | -6.3 | |
| UKIP | Simon Chambers | 157 | 10.3 | -7.3 | |
| Labour | Marc Patrick Green | 135 | 8.9 | -7.3 | |
| Green | Vicki Elcoate | 28 | 1.8 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 522 | 34.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,524 | 30.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Lisa Scott | 284 | 41.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Ward | 210 | 30.8 | ||
| Conservative | Corinna Osborne-Patterson | 166 | 24.4 | ||
| Labour | Laurence Nasskau | 21 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | 74 | 10.9 | |||
| Turnout | 681 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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