# 2023 Mole Valley District Council election

The 2023 Mole Valley District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Mole Valley District Council in Surrey, England. This would be on the same day as other local elections in England. This was the first election following the redrawing of ward boundaries that resulted in the number of councillors being reduced by two to 39. All positions were contested. As a result of the election, the Liberal Democrats increased their majority on the council to 30 out of 39 seats.
The polling station at Headley was criticised by one disabled voter, because of accessibility issues.

## Summary
### Election result

2023 Mole Valley District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 76.9 | 48.4 | 38,140 | +3.1 |
| Ashtead Ind. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 15.4 | 10.2 | 8,075 | –2.0 |
| Conservative | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.7 | 27.5 | 21,700 | –4.8 |
| Green | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 10.3 | 8,130 | +4.1 |
| Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1,544 | –1.6 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1,241 | N/A |

## Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Mole Valley District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.

### Ashtead Lanes & Common

Ashtead Lanes & Common (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashtead Ind. | Chris Hunt* | 1,636 | 65.9 | N/A |
| | Ashtead Ind. | Patricia Wiltshire* | 1,553 | 62.6 | N/A |
| | Ashtead Ind. | David Hawksworth* | 1,534 | 61.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philippa Shimmin | 488 | 19.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Hartwell | 425 | 17.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ross Moncur | 422 | 17.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Debbie Cook | 284 | 11.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Gavin Newton | 265 | 10.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Susan Gilchrist | 241 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,481 | 41.9 | N/A |
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### Ashtead Park

Ashtead Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashtead Ind. | Mary Cooper* | 1,242 | 54.2 | N/A |
| | Ashtead Ind. | Garry Stansfield* | 1,140 | 49.7 | N/A |
| | Ashtead Ind. | Gerry Sevenoaks | 970 | 42.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Raj Patel | 706 | 30.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | David Harper* | 535 | 23.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kateryna Cutler | 269 | 11.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Patricia Brown | 264 | 11.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Andrew Smith | 253 | 11.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Veronica MacLeod | 245 | 10.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Matthew Wray | 236 | 10.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jolanta Waugh | 215 | 9.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cressy | 200 | 8.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Steve Eagle | 136 | 5.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Greg Smith | 118 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,292 | 42.0 | N/A |
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### Bookham East & Eastwick Park

Bookham East & Eastwick Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Daly* | 1,577 | 60.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Kennedy* | 1,568 | 60.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Matthews | 1,467 | 56.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sarah Chambers* | 994 | 38.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Swinbank | 834 | 32.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Patrick Morrish | 800 | 30.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Emily Stewart | 176 | 6.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Bill Mansfield | 80 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,598 | 53.3 | N/A |
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### Bookham West

Bookham West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Monica Weller* | 1,408 | 64.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Adams* | 1,390 | 63.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Miller | 1,256 | 57.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Toby Cracknell | 725 | 33.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Moyse | 664 | 30.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Dina Zharova-Berbner | 564 | 25.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Eugene Suggett | 268 | 12.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,184 | 44.4 | N/A |
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### Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley

Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Potter* | 1,217 | 53.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Simon Budd* | 1,139 | 49.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paula Keay | 1,089 | 47.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bradley Nelson | 868 | 37.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Radia Kesseiri Austin | 645 | 28.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Celia Tiley | 576 | 25.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Penny Green | 285 | 12.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Noel Humphrey | 168 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,289 | 44.4 | N/A |
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### Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood

Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Bushnell* | 894 | 42.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Farrar-Astrop | 810 | 38.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alcia Loach | 720 | 34.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Corinna Osborne-Patterson | 698 | 33.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Tom Baldwin | 620 | 29.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mark Saunders | 619 | 29.5 | N/A |
| | Green | Lisa Scott* | 604 | 28.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Roger Abbott | 438 | 20.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Ken Hollis | 409 | 19.5 | N/A |
| | Labour Co-op | Laurence Nasskau | 64 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,101 | 40.0 | N/A |
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### Dorking North

Dorking North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Watson* | 1,301 | 54.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Draper* | 1,207 | 50.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elsie Rosam* | 1,082 | 44.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Chris Crook | 778 | 32.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Pat Smith | 642 | 26.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Sarah Weston Holland | 627 | 26.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Clare Mansfield | 339 | 14.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Foulston | 316 | 13.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Peter Cude | 264 | 11.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stephen Frost | 257 | 10.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,409 | 44.1 | N/A |
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### Dorking South

Dorking South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Cooksey* | 1,301 | 60.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cooksey* | 1,219 | 56.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Wright* | 1,185 | 54.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Molly Crook | 445 | 20.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Roger Jones | 413 | 19.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Lucy Barford | 395 | 18.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Beccy Gunn | 386 | 17.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Lucinda Sharpe | 384 | 17.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Gerard Bolton | 368 | 17.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,161 | 38.2 | N/A |
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### Fetcham

Fetcham (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raj Haque* | 1,426 | 58.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Hammond | 1,402 | 57.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Joseph | 1,311 | 54.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Simon Chambers | 853 | 35.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Paul Austin | 755 | 31.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | David McCorquodale | 617 | 25.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Janet Crook | 219 | 9.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Dan Creber | 159 | 6.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Beatrice Heath | 151 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,427 | 43.9 | N/A |
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### Holmwoods & Beare Green

Holmwoods & Beare Green (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Hobbs* | 979 | 54.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Malcomson* | 879 | 48.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clayton Wellman* | 782 | 43.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Leslie Maruziva | 607 | 33.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Lucy Botting | 546 | 30.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | David Mir | 524 | 29.0 | N/A |
| | Green | John Roche | 224 | 12.4 | N/A |
| | Green | Emily Auckland | 198 | 11.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Fiona Case | 162 | 9.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Christine Foster | 158 | 8.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,806 | 36.8 | N/A |
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### Leatherhead North

Leatherhead North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keira Vyvyan-Robinson* | 689 | 56.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Wall | 661 | 54.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Wear | 624 | 51.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Aaron Gibbs | 368 | 30.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alan Gibbs | 330 | 27.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mushud Ali | 302 | 24.8 | N/A |
| | Green | Sally Stewart | 267 | 21.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,217 | 27.2 | N/A |
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### Leatherhead South

Leatherhead South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Kendrick* | 960 | 49.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Joanna Slater* | 852 | 43.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | James Chambers* | 831 | 42.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Parsons | 779 | 40.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Henry Elcock-Haskins | 754 | 38.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick O'Shea | 700 | 36.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Melissa Awcock | 301 | 15.5 | N/A |
| | Labour Co-op | Ann Clark | 207 | 10.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Jo Sherring | 151 | 7.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,940 | 44.0 | N/A |
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### Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood

Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Budleigh | 1,180 | 53.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abhiram Magesh | 1,108 | 50.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leah Mursaleen-Plank | 1,106 | 50.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Hebberd | 769 | 35.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Duncan Irvine | 703 | 32.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Gavin Musgrave | 684 | 31.2 | N/A |
| | Green | James Poke | 372 | 17.0 | N/A |
| | Green | David Szachno-Hodgkinson | 260 | 11.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,191 | 42.6 | N/A |
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