2008 Mole Valley District Council election

2008 UK local government election May 2025 November 2013 thumb|Results of the 2008 Mole Valley District Council election 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. http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2027/2027293/surreys_election_results__video_news Surrey's election results - VIDEO NEWS 2008-05-15 2008-05-02 Surrey Advertiser Issues in the election included a proposed incinerator, Council Tax, planning, leisure and recycling. http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2026/2026662/election__sizing_up_mole_valley ELECTION - Sizing up Mole Valley 2008-05-15 2008-04-25 Surrey Advertiser The results saw no change in the number of councillors for each party but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties swapped seats. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/7378973.stm Tory control for Surrey councils 2008-05-15 2008-05-02 BBC Online 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 Conservative Party (UK) 6 1 1 0 46.2 47.0 10,520 -1.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 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% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1,167 +2.9% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 298 -1.3% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 91 -2.7% Ward results Ashtead Common Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents David Howell 893 58.1 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Len Wood 643 41.9 -1.1 250 16.2 +7.6 1,536 48.9 -4.4 Independent (politician) Ashtead Park Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents Christopher Townsend 906 57.5 +13.4 Conservative Party (UK) Alex Burrows 592 37.6 -7.9 United Kingdom Independence Party Bob Cane 78 4.9 +1.2 314 19.9 1,576 49.6 -0.9 Independent (politician) Ashtead Village Conservative Party (UK) Chris Reynolds 1,168 53.8 -1.2 Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents Simon Ling 883 40.6 +3.9 United Kingdom Independence Party Frances Howell 122 5.6 +2.9 285 13.2 -5.1 2,173 48.2 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Bookham North Conservative Party (UK) Clare Curran 1,466 66.7 +2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Joseph 731 33.3 +6.8 735 33.4 -4.5 2,197 49.1 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Bookham South Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Howarth 1,200 52.2 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Hems 899 39.1 -5.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Julie Langton-Smith 110 4.8 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) Simon Bottomley 91 4.0 +4.0 301 13.1 +1.9 2,300 52.0 -2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorking North Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Elderton 753 51.4 -1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ron Billard 514 35.1 +6.6 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Sedgwick 130 8.9 -5.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Michael Foulston 67 4.6 +4.6 239 16.3 -8.4 1,464 46.7 -2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorking South Liberal Democrats (UK) Tim Loretto 1,181 52.4 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Misbah Mosobbir 734 32.6 +2.9 United Kingdom Independence Party Kathleen Peters 169 7.5 +2.3 Green Party of England and Wales Mandy Barnett 168 7.5 +1.5 447 19.8 -5.7 2,252 43.2 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fetcham East Conservative Party (UK) Carolyn Corden 1,036 76.2 +7.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathy Grigson 324 23.8 -2.4 712 52.4 +9.5 1,360 46.0 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Fetcham West Conservative Party (UK) Emile Aboud 840 50.2 -13.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Raj Haque 834 49.8 +13.9 6 0.4 -27.8 1,674 55.0 +7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Holmwoods Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Howard 870 51.1 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Chris Quinlan 563 33.1 +1.2 United Kingdom Independence Party Margaret Curran 269 15.8 +9.7 307 18.0 -1.4 1,702 36.1 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leatherhead North Liberal Democrats (UK) Bob Hedgeland 866 52.3 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Kyle Green 621 37.5 +4.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Stan Masters 170 10.3 +4.3 245 14.8 +0.4 1,657 33.9 -4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Leatherhead South Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Dickson 889 61.4 +5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dave Howarth 454 31.3 -6.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Leigh Jones 106 7.3 +7.3 435 30.1 +11.9 1,449 44.3 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Westcott Conservative Party (UK) James Friend 555 53.2 +4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Fraser Ker 413 39.6 -9.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Afonso Afonso 76 7.3 +7.3 142 13.6 1,044 61.0 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) References 2008 Mole Valley election result Ward results 2008 Category:2008 English local elections Category:2000s in Surrey