Mole Valley Council election, 2002

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 18
• Liberal Democrat 15
• Independent 7
• Labour 1

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	6			+1	42.9	39.2	8,384
	Conservative	5			-1	35.7	42.3	9,060
	Independent	3			0	21.4	10.8	2,306
	Labour	0			0	0	7.3	1,572
	Green	0			0	0	0.4	77

Ward results

Ashtead Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Northcott	756	51.4
	Conservative	Sylvia Sharland	603	41.0
	Labour	John Gough	112	7.6
Majority			153	10.4
Turnout			1,471

Ashtead Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Smith	740	57.1
	Conservative	Christopher Reynolds	464	35.8
	Labour	Susan Gilchrist	58	4.5
	Green	Anthony Cooper	34	2.6
Majority			276	21.3
Turnout			1,296

Ashtead Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Williams	810	47.8
	Conservative	Christopher Hunt	575	34.0
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Jones	177	10.5
	Labour	Clive Scott	88	5.2
	Green	Jennifer Huggett	43	2.5
Majority			235	13.8
Turnout			1,693

Bookham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Moore	1,111	52.4
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Howarth	939	44.3
	Labour	George Helowicz	70	3.3
Majority			172	8.1
Turnout			2,120

Bookham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Turner	1,149	59.0
	Conservative	Eddie Palmer	710	36.5
	Labour	Ian James	88	4.5
Majority			439	22.5
Turnout			1,947

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Washtell	876	55.8
	Conservative	Anthony Kenney	623	39.7
	Labour	Anne Helowicz	71	4.5
Majority			253	16.1
Turnout			1,570

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Shersby	755	67.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Watson	360	32.3
Majority			395	45.4
Turnout			1,115

Dorking North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Derrick Burt	753	54.6
	Conservative	Bridget Upton-Taylor	516	37.4
	Labour	David Christison	111	8.0
Majority			237	17.2
Turnout			1,380

Dorking South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Cooksey	1,197	53.6
	Conservative	Vivienne Michael	863	38.6
	Labour	Philip May	174	7.8
Majority			334	15.0
Turnout			2,234

Fetcham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garth Paterson-Borland	810	67.9
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Freeman	383	32.1
Majority			427	35.8
Turnout			1,193

Fetcham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Hall	618	57.1
	Liberal Democrat	Humphrey Bowen	394	36.4
	Labour	Gregory Corey	70	6.5
Majority			224	20.7
Turnout			1,082

Holmwoods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Salmon	965	60.2
	Conservative	Michael Foulston	430	26.8
	Labour	Keith Davis	207	12.9
Majority			535	33.4
Turnout			1,602

Leatherhead North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hubert Carr	721	48.8
	Labour	Nicholas Trier	438	29.7
	Conservative	Charlotte Keys	317	21.5
Majority			283	19.1
Turnout			1,476

Leatherhead South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sharland	665	54.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Lloyd	470	38.5
	Labour	Rupert Watts	85	7.0
Majority			195	16.0
Turnout			1,220

References

• 2002 Mole Valley election result
• Ward results

Preceded by Mole Valley Council election, 2000

Mole Valley local elections

Succeeded by Mole Valley Council election, 2003