2007 Mole Valley District Council election

2007 UK local government 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:

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	57.1	48.4	9,760	+0.1%
Liberal Democrats	6	42.9	39.4	7,937	+5.0%
Independent	0	0	4.2	841	-5.5%
Labour	0	0	3.1	625	-1.6%
Green	0	0	2.6	517	+0.2%
UKIP	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

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Surrey County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1965 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
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Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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Reigate and Banstead Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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Spelthorne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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Tandridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Waverley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Woking Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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