2007 Mole Valley District Council election

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 46.5%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 22
• Liberal Democrat 16
• Independent 3

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	0	0	0	57.1	48.4	9,760	+0.1%
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	0	0	42.9	39.4	7,937	+5.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	841	-5.5%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	625	-1.6%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	517	+0.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	465	+1.7%

Ward results

Ashtead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Hunt	1,261	55.0	+9.6
	Independent	Christine Kerton	841	36.7	−3.8
	Labour	Clive Scott	66	2.9	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Hedgeland	63	2.7	+2.7
	UKIP	Mark Warren	62	2.7	−1.6
Majority			420	18.3	+13.4
Turnout			2,293	51.3	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beare Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Homewood	425	56.4	−14.9
	Conservative	David Mir	328	43.6	+14.9
Majority			97	12.8	−29.8
Turnout			753	50.5	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bookham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker	1,438	64.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tillott	592	26.5	−12.3
	Green	Richard Lambert	204	9.1	+9.1
Majority			846	37.9	+15.5
Turnout			2,234	50.1	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bookham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Freeman	1,328	55.6	+16.4
	Conservative	Mark Aspinall	1,061	44.4	12.6
Majority			267	11.2
Turnout			2,389	54.8	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Box Hill and Headley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daphne Ladell	553	55.8	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Preedy	438	44.2	+9.2
Majority			115	11.6	−18.4
Turnout			991	56.9	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Homewood	937	50.7	+3.9
	Conservative	Chris Quinlan	865	46.8	−3.0
	Labour	Laurence Nasskau	45	2.4	−1.0
Majority			72	3.9
Turnout			1,847	52.0	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Pearson	769	60.0	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Brown	430	33.6	−17.5
	Labour	Ian James	82	6.4	+2.8
Majority			339	26.4
Turnout			1,281	40.1	−13.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Webb	367	66.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Daniels	183	33.3	−5.1
Majority			184	33.4	+10.2
Turnout			550	33.0	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cooksey	1,275	55.2	+8.1
	Conservative	Chris House	685	29.7	−7.4
	Green	Mandy Barnett	139	6.0	−4.6
	UKIP	Kathleen Peters	121	5.2	+5.2
	Labour	Nick Trier	90	3.9	−1.3
Majority			590	25.5	+15.5
Turnout			2,310	45.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holmwoods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Longhurst	894	51.3	−10.3
	Conservative	Julian Shersby	556	31.9	+1.0
	UKIP	Margaret Curran	107	6.1	+6.1
	Labour	Keith Davis	100	5.7	−1.8
	Green	Jacquetta Fewster	85	4.9	+4.9
Majority			338	19.4	−11.3
Turnout			1,742	37.6	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leatherhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Lewis-Carr	829	47.5	+4.0
	Conservative	Mark Rabbetts	577	33.1	−10.6
	Labour	Mike Ward	190	10.9	−1.9
	UKIP	Bob Cane	105	6.0	+6.0
	Green	Robert Sedgwick	43	2.5	+2.5
Majority			252	14.4
Turnout			1,744	38.1	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leith Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Johnson	426	68.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Round	171	27.7	−1.5
	Labour	Michael Macdonagh	21	3.4	−3.2
Majority			255	41.2	+6.3
Turnout			618	49.7	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Tatham	493	59.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Edgar Elderton	261	31.4	−8.1
	Green	Eugene Suggett	46	5.5	+5.5
	Labour	Philip Pleece	31	3.7	−0.3
Majority			232	27.9	+10.8
Turnout			831	56.8	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Okewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Michael	381	67.8	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Figg	111	19.8	−9.7
	UKIP	Leigh Jones	70	12.5	+12.5
Majority			270	48.0	+7.0
Turnout			562	39.7	+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Mole Valley election result
• Ward results