# 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.
Issues in the election included a proposed incinerator, Council Tax, planning, leisure and recycling. The results saw no change in the number of councillors for each party but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties swapped seats. 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 Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 | 47.0 | 10,520 | -1.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 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% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 1,167 | +2.9% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 298 | -1.3% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 91 | -2.7% |

## Ward results

Ashtead Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents | David Howell | 893 | 58.1 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | Len Wood | 643 | 41.9 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 250 | 16.2 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,536 | 48.9 | −4.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Ashtead Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents | Christopher Townsend | 906 | 57.5 | +13.4 |
| | Conservative | Alex Burrows | 592 | 37.6 | −7.9 |
| | UKIP | Bob Cane | 78 | 4.9 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 19.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,576 | 49.6 | −0.9 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Ashtead Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chris Reynolds | 1,168 | 53.8 | −1.2 |
| | Ashtead Independent Working With Ashtead Residents | Simon Ling | 883 | 40.6 | +3.9 |
| | UKIP | Frances Howell | 122 | 5.6 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 285 | 13.2 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,173 | 48.2 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bookham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clare Curran | 1,466 | 66.7 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Joseph | 731 | 33.3 | +6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 735 | 33.4 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,197 | 49.1 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bookham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Howarth | 1,200 | 52.2 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Graham Hems | 899 | 39.1 | −5.3 |
| | UKIP | Julie Langton-Smith | 110 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | Simon Bottomley | 91 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | 13.1 | +1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,300 | 52.0 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Dorking North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Elderton | 753 | 51.4 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Ron Billard | 514 | 35.1 | +6.6 |
| | Green | Robert Sedgwick | 130 | 8.9 | −5.5 |
| | UKIP | Michael Foulston | 67 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 239 | 16.3 | −8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,464 | 46.7 | −2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Dorking South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Loretto | 1,181 | 52.4 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Misbah Mosobbir | 734 | 32.6 | +2.9 |
| | UKIP | Kathleen Peters | 169 | 7.5 | +2.3 |
| | Green | Mandy Barnett | 168 | 7.5 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 447 | 19.8 | −5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,252 | 43.2 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Fetcham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carolyn Corden | 1,036 | 76.2 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathy Grigson | 324 | 23.8 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | 52.4 | +9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,360 | 46.0 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Fetcham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Emile Aboud | 840 | 50.2 | −13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raj Haque | 834 | 49.8 | +13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.4 | −27.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,674 | 55.0 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Holmwoods :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Howard | 870 | 51.1 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Chris Quinlan | 563 | 33.1 | +1.2 |
| | UKIP | Margaret Curran | 269 | 15.8 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 18.0 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,702 | 36.1 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Leatherhead North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Hedgeland | 866 | 52.3 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | Kyle Green | 621 | 37.5 | +4.4 |
| | UKIP | Stan Masters | 170 | 10.3 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 14.8 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,657 | 33.9 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Leatherhead South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Dickson | 889 | 61.4 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Howarth | 454 | 31.3 | −6.1 |
| | UKIP | Leigh Jones | 106 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 435 | 30.1 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,449 | 44.3 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Westcott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Friend | 555 | 53.2 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Fraser Ker | 413 | 39.6 | −9.3 |
| | UKIP | Afonso Afonso | 76 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 13.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,044 | 61.0 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |