# 2007 Mole Valley District Council 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:
* Conservative 22
* Liberal Democrat 16
* Independent 3

## Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 48.4 | 9,760 | +0.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 | 39.4 | 7,937 | +5.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 841 | -5.5% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 625 | -1.6% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 517 | +0.2% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 465 | +1.7% |

## Ward results

Ashtead Village :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 420 | 18.3 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,293 | 51.3 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Beare Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Homewood | 425 | 56.4 | −14.9 |
| | Conservative | David Mir | 328 | 43.6 | +14.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 12.8 | −29.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 753 | 50.5 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bookham North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 846 | 37.9 | +15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,234 | 50.1 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bookham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Freeman | 1,328 | 55.6 | +16.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Aspinall | 1,061 | 44.4 | 12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 267 | 11.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,389 | 54.8 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Box Hill and Headley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Daphne Ladell | 553 | 55.8 | −9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Preedy | 438 | 44.2 | +9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 11.6 | −18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 991 | 56.9 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 72 | 3.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,847 | 52.0 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Capel, Leigh and Newdigate :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 339 | 26.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,281 | 40.1 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Charlwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Don Webb | 367 | 66.7 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Daniels | 183 | 33.3 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 33.4 | +10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 550 | 33.0 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Dorking South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 590 | 25.5 | +15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,310 | 45.9 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Holmwoods :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 338 | 19.4 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,742 | 37.6 | −0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Leatherhead North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 252 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,744 | 38.1 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Leith Hill :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 255 | 41.2 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 618 | 49.7 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 232 | 27.9 | +10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 831 | 56.8 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Okewood :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 270 | 48.0 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 562 | 39.7 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |