2008 Mole Valley District Council election

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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.

Issues in the election included a proposed incinerator, Council Tax, planning, leisure and recycling. The results saw no change in the number of councillors for each party but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties swapped seats. The Conservatives gained Westcott ward from the Liberal Democrats but lost Leatherhead North to them.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 22
• Liberal Democrat 16
• Independent 3

Election result

Mole Valley District Council election result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
		6	1	1	0	46.2	47.0	10,520	-1.4%
		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%
		0	0	0	0	0	5.2	1,167	+2.9%
		0	0	0	0	0	1.3	298	-1.3%
		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
		Len Wood	643	41.9
Majority			250	16.2
Turnout			1,536	48.9
	hold		Swing

Ashtead Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents	Christopher Townsend	906	57.5
		Alex Burrows	592	37.6
		Bob Cane	78	4.9
Majority			314	19.9
Turnout			1,576	49.6
	hold		Swing

Ashtead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Chris Reynolds	1,168	53.8
	Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents	Simon Ling	883	40.6
		Frances Howell	122	5.6
Majority			285	13.2
Turnout			2,173	48.2
	hold		Swing

Bookham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Clare Curran	1,466	66.7
		Martin Joseph	731	33.3
Majority			735	33.4
Turnout			2,197	49.1
	hold		Swing

Bookham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Elizabeth Howarth	1,200	52.2
		Graham Hems	899	39.1
		Julie Langton-Smith	110	4.8
		Simon Bottomley	91	4.0
Majority			301	13.1
Turnout			2,300	52.0
	hold		Swing

Dorking North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Elderton	753	51.4
		Ron Billard	514	35.1
		Robert Sedgwick	130	8.9
		Michael Foulston	67	4.6
Majority			239	16.3
Turnout			1,464	46.7
	hold		Swing

Dorking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tim Loretto	1,181	52.4
		Misbah Mosobbir	734	32.6
		Kathleen Peters	169	7.5
		Mandy Barnett	168	7.5
Majority			447	19.8
Turnout			2,252	43.2
	hold		Swing

Fetcham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Carolyn Corden	1,036	76.2
		Kathy Grigson	324	23.8
Majority			712	52.4
Turnout			1,360	46.0
	hold		Swing

Fetcham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Emile Aboud	840	50.2
		Raj Haque	834	49.8
Majority			6	0.4
Turnout			1,674	55.0
	hold		Swing

Holmwoods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Howard	870	51.1
		Chris Quinlan	563	33.1
		Margaret Curran	269	15.8
Majority			307	18.0
Turnout			1,702	36.1
	hold		Swing

Leatherhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bob Hedgeland	866	52.3
		Kyle Green	621	37.5
		Stan Masters	170	10.3
Majority			245	14.8
Turnout			1,657	33.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Leatherhead South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Rosemary Dickson	889	61.4
		Dave Howarth	454	31.3
		Leigh Jones	106	7.3
Majority			435	30.1
Turnout			1,449	44.3
	hold		Swing

Westcott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Friend	555	53.2
		Ian Fraser Ker	413	39.6
		Afonso Afonso	76	7.3
Majority			142	13.6
Turnout			1,044	61.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

References

• 2008 Mole Valley election result
• Ward results