2018 Mole Valley District Council election

Mole Valley District Council election

The 2018 Mole Valley District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect approximately one-third of members to Mole Valley District Council in England, coinciding with other local elections. The Conservatives went into the elections with a majority of one, but lost control of the council, leaving it with no overall majority. The 2018 election results are compared (in terms of percentage points gained or lost) against the results when these wards were last contested four years previously, in 2014.

Results

Mole Valley District Council election, 2018
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	6	3	1	+2	42.9	37.5	9,164	+10.3
Conservative	5	1	2	−1	35.7	37.0	9.038	−0.7
Ashtead Independents	3	0	0	0	21.4	12.1	2,943	+1.7
Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.5	1,598	+3.1
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.5	1,094	+1.1
UKIP	0	0	1	−1	0.0	1.3	314	−16.2
No Description	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	243	N/A
Democrats and Veterans	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	26	N/A

Ward results

Ashtead Common

Ashtead Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashtead Independent	Patricia Wiltshire	836	59.7	+4.0
	Conservative	Marion Bridgen	244	17.4	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keira Vyvyan-Robinson	172	12.3	+7.9
	Labour	Caroline Gilchrist	117	8.4	N/A
	Green	Steve McDonald	31	2.2	N/A
Majority			592	42.3
Turnout				43.3
	Ashtead Independent hold		Swing

Ashtead Park

Ashtead Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashtead Independent	Garry Stansfield	875	61.1	+15.9
	Conservative	Linda St John	391	27.3	−11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hector Keun	70	4.9	N/A
	Green	Susan McGrath	49	3.4	N/A
	Labour	Susan Gilchrist	47	3.3	−2.5
Majority			484	33.8
Turnout				40.8
	Ashtead Independent hold		Swing

Ashtead Village

Ashtead Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashtead Independent	Alan Reilly	1,232	62.9	+13.3
	Conservative	Fiona Reynolds	413	21.1	−14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Antonelli	141	7.2	N/A
	Labour	Clive Scott	115	5.9	+0.4
	Green	Lucy Barford	59	3.0	N/A
Majority			819	41.8
Turnout				41.9
	Ashtead Independent hold		Swing

Bookham North

Bookham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Moyse	1,108	50.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fran Pyatt	868	39.5	+21.5
	Green	Ann James	118	5.4	−3.5
	Labour	Bert Jones	105	4.8	+0.4
Majority			240	10.9
Turnout				47.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bookham South

Bookham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Daly	1,179	54.5	+21.9
	Conservative	Jatin Patel	835	38.6	−8.7
	Green	Damian McDevitt	80	3.7	N/A
	Labour	Colin Edgley	69	3.2	N/A
Majority			344	15.9
Turnout				48.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Budd	1,063	55.9	+22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Abbott	661	34.8	−16.2
	Labour	Rosemary Buckle	79	4.2	N/A
	Green	Julian Everett	73	3.8	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	Harry Edwards	26	1.4	N/A
Majority			402	21.1
Turnout				53.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Huggins	736	46.6	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Bushnell	685	43.4	+10.5
	UKIP	Geoff Cox	65	4.1	−15.6
	Labour	Charlotte Dix	48	3.0	N/A
	Green	Muriel Passmore	45	2.8	−2.8
Majority			51	3.2
Turnout				45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorking North

Dorking North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Draper	989	66.6	+23.5
	Conservative	Dean Beasley	247	16.6	−10.1
	Green	Jacquetta Fewster	114	7.7	−5.8
	Labour	James Stringer	105	7.1	+1.7
	UKIP	David Payne	31	2.1	−9.1
Majority			742	50.0
Turnout				44.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorking South

Dorking South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Cooksey	1,385	57.1	+12.9
	Conservative	Roger Jones	634	26.1	−0.4
	Labour	Frank Pemberton	203	8.4	+1.0
	Green	Chris Crook	142	5.9	−3.7
	UKIP	Majorie Dixon	61	2.5	−9.8
Majority			751	31.0
Turnout				42.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fetcham East

Fetcham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracy Keeley	885	63.0	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Anderson	398	28.3	+4.7
	Labour	Ann Clark	81	5.8	N/A
	Green	Eugene Suggett	41	2.9	N/A
Majority			487	34.7
Turnout				45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fetcham West

Fetcham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raj Harque	1,016	64.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Hugh Broom	444	28.2	−7.3
	Labour	Mark Coote	59	3.7	N/A
	Green	Richard Essex	58	3.7	N/A
Majority			572	36.2
Turnout				49.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holmwoods

Holmwoods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clayton Wellman	871	49.1	+22.9
	Conservative	Fiona Meadows	595	33.5	+4.8
	Labour	Laurence Nasskau	133	7.5	+0.6
	Green	Jeff Zie	93	5.2	−1.4
	UKIP	Margaret Curran	83	4.7	−26.9
Majority			276	15.6
Turnout				36.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Leatherhead North

Leatherhead North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Cussell	729	41.9	+13.1
	Conservative	Simon Moss	598	34.3	+5.2
	Labour	Marc Green	275	15.8	+2.1
	UKIP	Bob Cane	74	4.3	−24.1
	Green	Vicki Elcoate	65	3.7	N/A
Majority			131	7.6
Turnout				33.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leatherhead South

Leatherhead South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Ashton	845	61.4	+7.4
	No Description	Gareth Hartwell	243	17.7	N/A
	Labour	Kim Coote	162	11.8	N/A
	Green	David Scoffield	126	9.2	N/A
Majority			602	43.7
Turnout				39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"South of England local elections 2018". BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
"Local elections 2018: Mole Valley goes to no overall control as Conservatives lose majority". Surrey Live. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ "District Council Election Results – 3 May 2018" (PDF). Mole Valley District Council. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

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