# 2004 Mole Valley District Council election

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 49.8%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 19
* Liberal Democrat 17
* Independent 5

## Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 6 | +1 | 46.2 | 44.9 | 10,376 | +0.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | +1 | 38.5 | 33.9 | 7,836 | -10.7% |
| Independent | 2 | -1 | 15.4 | 11.2 | 2,588 | +7.1% |
| Labour | 0 | -1 | 0 | 7.9 | 1,832 | +1.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 428 | +1.9% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 56 | -0.1% |

## Ward results

Ashtead Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Howell | 818 | 49.7 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Sharland | 590 | 35.8 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | John Gough | 120 | 7.3 | −0.3 |
| | UKIP | Robert Cane | 119 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 13.9 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,647 | 53.0 | |
Ashtead Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Christopher Townsend | 847 | 51.4 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Ashton | 592 | 35.9 | +0.1 |
| | UKIP | Beverley Curley | 89 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | Susan Gilchrist | 65 | 3.9 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Anthony Cooper | 56 | 3.4 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 15.5 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,649 | 52.4 | |
Ashtead Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Reynolds | 951 | 41.7 | −1.0 |
| | Independent | Jonathan Whybrow | 923 | 40.5 | +0.7 |
| | UKIP | Helen Howell | 220 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | Clive Scott | 185 | 8.1 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 | 1.2 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,279 | 51.1 | +11.9 |
Bookham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clare Curran | 1,492 | 56.7 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Hulford | 1,068 | 40.6 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Trier | 73 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 424 | 16.1 | +9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,633 | 59.9 | +9.1 |
Bookham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Howarth | 1,198 | 52.8 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Dalley | 988 | 43.6 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Ian James | 82 | 3.6 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | 9.2 | −16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,268 | 53.2 | +9.3 |
Dorking North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Masters | 754 | 51.8 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Bridget Upton-Taylor | 609 | 41.8 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | George Helowicz | 94 | 6.5 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 10.0 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,457 | 48.5 | |
Dorking South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Phillips | 1,257 | 53.7 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Philpot | 915 | 39.1 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Edmund Watts | 168 | 7.2 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 342 | 14.6 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,340 | 48.6 | +9.5 |
Fetcham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carolyn Corden | 934 | 65.1 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Goodman | 418 | 29.1 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | John Forehead | 83 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 516 | 36.0 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,435 | 51.2 | |
Fetcham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Emile Aboud | 808 | 53.1 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Laxton | 628 | 41.3 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Norman Roger | 86 | 5.7 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | 11.8 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,522 | 50.5 | |
Holmwoods :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Howard | 996 | 55.2 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | David Mir | 649 | 36.0 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Keith Davis | 160 | 8.9 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 347 | 19.2 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,805 | 40.9 | +9.1 |
Leatherhead North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Duncan Mountford | 511 | 34.2 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Webb | 492 | 33.0 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Heather Ward | 489 | 32.8 | −9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,492 | 35.1 | +6.8 |
Leatherhead South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Dickson | 845 | 53.8 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Slater | 530 | 33.7 | −4.8 |
| | Labour | Michael Ward | 196 | 12.5 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 315 | 20.1 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,571 | 51.5 | |
Westcott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Ellis | 498 | 48.9 |
| | Conservative | Madeleine Brooks | 492 | 48.3 |
| | Labour | Anne Helowicz | 28 | 2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,018 | 62.6 |