- Mole Valley Council election, 2008
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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]
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
- Conservative 22
- Liberal Democrat 16
- Independent 3
Election result
Mole Valley Local Election Result 2008 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Conservative 6 1 1 0 46.2 47.0 10,520 -1.4% Liberal Democrat 5 1 1 0 38.5 34.1 7,626 -5.3% Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents 2 0 0 0 15.4 12.0 2,682 +7.8% UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1,167 +2.9% Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 298 -1.3% Labour 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 91 -2.7% Ward results
Ashtead Common Party Candidate Votes % ±% Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents David Howell 893 58.1 +6.5 Conservative Len Wood 643 41.9 -1.1 Majority 250 16.2 +7.6 Turnout 1,536 48.9 -4.4 Independent hold Swing Ashtead Park Party Candidate Votes % ±% Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents Christopher Townsend 906 57.5 +13.4 Conservative Alex Burrows 592 37.6 -7.9 UKIP Bob Cane 78 4.9 +1.2 Majority 314 19.9 Turnout 1,576 49.6 -0.9 Independent hold Swing Ashtead Village Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Chris Reynolds 1,168 53.8 -1.2 Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents Simon Ling 883 40.6 +3.9 UKIP Frances Howell 122 5.6 +2.9 Majority 285 13.2 -5.1 Turnout 2,173 48.2 -3.1 Conservative hold Swing Bookham North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Clare Curran 1,466 66.7 +2.3 Liberal Democrat Martin Joseph 731 33.3 +6.8 Majority 735 33.4 -4.5 Turnout 2,197 49.1 -1.0 Conservative hold Swing Bookham South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Howarth 1,200 52.2 -3.4 Conservative Graham Hems 899 39.1 -5.3 UKIP Julie Langton-Smith 110 4.8 +4.8 Labour Simon Bottomley 91 4.0 +4.0 Majority 301 13.1 +1.9 Turnout 2,300 52.0 -2.8 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Dorking North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Paul Elderton 753 51.4 -1.8 Conservative Ron Billard 514 35.1 +6.6 Green Robert Sedgwick 130 8.9 -5.5 UKIP Michael Foulston 67 4.6 +4.6 Majority 239 16.3 -8.4 Turnout 1,464 46.7 -2.0 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Dorking South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Tim Loretto 1,181 52.4 -2.8 Conservative Misbah Mosobbir 734 32.6 +2.9 UKIP Kathleen Peters 169 7.5 +2.3 Green Mandy Barnett 168 7.5 +1.5 Majority 447 19.8 -5.7 Turnout 2,252 43.2 -2.7 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Fetcham East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Carolyn Corden 1,036 76.2 +7.1 Liberal Democrat Kathy Grigson 324 23.8 -2.4 Majority 712 52.4 +9.5 Turnout 1,360 46.0 -2.5 Conservative hold Swing Fetcham West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Emile Aboud 840 50.2 -13.9 Liberal Democrat Raj Haque 834 49.8 +13.9 Majority 6 0.4 -27.8 Turnout 1,674 55.0 +7.4 Conservative hold Swing Holmwoods Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Michael Howard 870 51.1 -0.2 Conservative Chris Quinlan 563 33.1 +1.2 UKIP Margaret Curran 269 15.8 +9.7 Majority 307 18.0 -1.4 Turnout 1,702 36.1 -1.5 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Leatherhead North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Bob Hedgeland 866 52.3 +4.8 Conservative Kyle Green 621 37.5 +4.4 UKIP Stan Masters 170 10.3 +4.3 Majority 245 14.8 +0.4 Turnout 1,657 33.9 -4.2 Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Leatherhead South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Rosemary Dickson 889 61.4 +5.8 Liberal Democrat Dave Howarth 454 31.3 -6.1 UKIP Leigh Jones 106 7.3 +7.3 Majority 435 30.1 +11.9 Turnout 1,449 44.3 -4.0 Conservative hold Swing Westcott Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Friend 555 53.2 +4.9 Liberal Democrat Ian Fraser Ker 413 39.6 -9.3 UKIP Afonso Afonso 76 7.3 +7.3 Majority 142 13.6 Turnout 1,044 61.0 -1.6 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing References
- ^ a b "Surrey's election results - VIDEO NEWS". Surrey Advertiser. 2008-05-02. http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2027/2027293/surreys_election_results__video_news. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "ELECTION - Sizing up Mole Valley". Surrey Advertiser. 2008-04-25. http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2026/2026662/election__sizing_up_mole_valley. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ "Tory control for Surrey councils". BBC Online. 2008-05-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/7378973.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
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