Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Mole Valley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mole Valley in Surrey.
Location of Surrey within England.
County	Surrey
Electorate	72,568 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Dorking, Leatherhead
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Sir Paul Beresford (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Dorking
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Mole Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers much the same area as that covered by the Mole Valley district in Surrey, though it includes five wards in the east of the Borough of Guildford. The largest town in the constituency is Dorking, and the constituency also contains the town of Leatherhead, as well as many rural and satellite villages.

Mole Valley underwent minor boundary changes before the 2010 general election to match local government ward boundaries, but these moved no voters.

History

The constituency was created in 1983; much of the same area was covered by the Dorking constituency which preceded it. It is a safe Conservative seat, and has a reputation as being one of the safest places to live in Britain, with its affluent middle-class commuter towns and villages for the vast London metropolis, returning a Tory with over a 10,000 majority even in the 1997 Labour landslide.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Kenneth Baker	Conservative
	1997	Sir Paul Beresford	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Paul Beresford	31,263	57.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alice Humphreys	15,610	28.7	-1.7
	Labour	James Dove	3,804	7.0	-3.7
	UKIP	Leigh Jones	2,752	5.1	+2.1
	Green	Rob Sedgwick	895	1.6	+1.6
Majority			15,653	28.8
Turnout			54,324	74.8	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Paul Beresford	27,060	54.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nasser Butt	15,063	30.5	+1.5
	Labour	Farmida Bi	5,310	10.7	-5.9
	UKIP	David Payne	1,475	3.0	+0.2
	Veritas	Roger Meekins	507	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,997	24.3
Turnout			49,415	72.5	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

General Election 2001: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Paul Beresford	23,790	50.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Celia Savage	13,637	29.0	-0.3
	Labour	Dan Redford	7,837	16.6	+1.9
	UKIP	Ron Walters	1,333	2.8	+2.0
	ProLife Alliance	William Newton	475	1.0	N/A
Majority			10,153	21.5
Turnout			47,072	68.9	-9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1990s

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1997: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Paul Beresford	26,178	48.0	-13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Cooksey	15,957	29.3	+0.6
	Labour	Christopher Payne	8,057	14.8	+5.4
	Referendum Party	Nick Taber	2,424	4.4	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Richard Burley	1,276	2.3	N/A
	UKIP	Ian Cameron	435	0.8	N/A
	Natural Law	Judith Thomas	197	0.4	-0.4
Majority			10,221	18.7
Turnout			54,524	78.4	-3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.9

General Election 1992: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	32,549	59.3	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Watson	16,599	30.3	+0.4
	Labour	Dr Tim Walsh	5,291	9.6	+0.3
	Natural Law	Judith Thomas	442	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,950	29.0	−1.9
Turnout			54,881	82.0	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	31,689	60.8	0.0
	Liberal	S. P. Thomas	15,613	29.9	-0.8
	Labour	C. M. B. King	4,846	9.3	+0.8
Majority			16,076	30.9
Turnout			52,148	77.0	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

General Election 1983: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	29,691	60.8
	Liberal	S. P. Thomas	14,973	30.7
	Labour	Fanny Lines	4,147	8.5
Majority			14,718	30.1
Turnout			48,811	75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

Sources

• Election result, 2010 (BBC)
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992 - 2010 (Guardian)
• Election result, 2010 (UKPollingReport)

External links

• Mole Valley Labour Party