2006 Mole Valley District Council election

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 49.0%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 23
• Liberal Democrat 15
• Independent 3

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	5	1	+4	64.3	48.3	12,318	+3.4%
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	3	-2	28.6	34.4	8,788	+0.5%
	Independent	1	0	2	-2	7.1	9.7	2,464	-1.5%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	1,197	-3.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	600	+2.2%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	153	-1.3%

Ward results

Ashtead Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Northcott	860	51.6	+1.9
	Conservative	Timothy Robertson	718	43.0	+7.2
	Labour	John Gough	90	5.4	−1.9
Majority			142	8.6	−5.3
Turnout			1,668	53.3	+0.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Ashtead Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Davis	732	45.5	+9.6
	Independent	Peter Smith	709	44.1	−7.3
	Labour	Susan Gilchrist	66	4.1	+0.2
	UKIP	Robert Cane	59	3.7	−1.7
	Green	Anthony Cooper	42	2.6	−0.8
Majority			23	1.4
Turnout			1,608	50.5	−1.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Ashtead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia Sharland	1,002	45.4	+3.7
	Independent	Christine Kerton	895	40.5	+0.0
	Labour	Clive Scott	120	5.4	−2.7
	Green	Jennifer Huggett	97	4.4	+4.4
	UKIP	Helen Howell	94	4.3	−5.4
Majority			107	4.9	+3.7
Turnout			2,208	49.4	−1.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bookham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janette Purkiss	1,431	61.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tillott	906	38.8	−1.8
Majority			525	22.4	+6.3
Turnout			2,337	53.0	−6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bookham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chandler	1,441	57.0	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jehangir Haque	991	39.2	−13.6
	Labour	Simon Bottomley	97	3.8	+0.2
Majority			450	17.8
Turnout			2,529	58.9	+5.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Horden	924	49.8	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Potter	869	46.8	−14.9
	Labour	Ian James	64	3.4	−2.0
Majority			55	3.0
Turnout			1,857	53.6	+15.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Murdoch	882	51.1	+26.7
	Conservative	Julian Shersby	782	45.3	−21.3
	Labour	Carol Millard	62	3.6	−5.5
Majority			100	5.8
Turnout			1,726	53.8	+18.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Dorking North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derrick Burt	785	53.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Mark Aspinall	420	28.5	−13.3
	Green	Robert Sedgwick	213	14.4	+14.4
	Labour	John Wilson	58	3.9	−2.6
Majority			365	24.7	+14.7
Turnout			1,476	48.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Cooksey	1,102	47.1	−6.6
	Conservative	Christopher House	869	37.1	−2.0
	Green	Amanda Barnett	248	10.6	+10.6
	Labour	Nicholas Trier	122	5.2	−2.0
Majority			233	10.0	−4.6
Turnout			2,341	47.0	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fetcham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathryn Westwood	957	69.1	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Grigson	363	26.2	−2.9
	Labour	John Forehead	64	4.6	−1.2
Majority			594	42.9	+6.9
Turnout			1,384	48.5	−2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fetcham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Hall	928	64.1	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Humphreys	519	35.9	−5.4
Majority			409	28.2	+16.4
Turnout			1,447	47.6	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holmwoods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Salmon	1,062	61.6	+6.4
	Conservative	David Mir	532	30.9	−5.1
	Labour	Keith Davis	130	7.5	−1.4
Majority			530	30.7	+11.5
Turnout			1,724	38.0	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leatherhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penelope Hedgeland	757	43.7	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hubert Carr	754	43.5	+10.7
	Labour	David Lawrence	221	12.8	−20.2
Majority			3	0.2	−1.0
Turnout			1,732	39.3	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Leatherhead South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sharland	825	55.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Smith	555	37.4	+3.7
	Labour	Michael Ward	103	6.9	−5.6
Majority			270	18.2	−1.9
Turnout			1,483	48.3	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Mole Valley election result
• Ward results