2003 Mole Valley District Council election

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 19
• Liberal Democrat 15
• Independent 6
• Labour 1

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8			+2	57.1	44.7	7,451	+2.4%
	Liberal Democrats	6			-1	42.9	44.6	7,441	+5.4%
	Labour	0			0	0	6.2	1,040	-1.1%
	Independent	0			-1	0	4.1	689	-6.7%
	Green	0			0	0	0.3	45	-0.1%

Ward results

Ashtead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hunt	739	42.7	+8.7
	Independent	James Hiscock	689	39.8	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Jones	160	9.3	−1.2
	Labour	Clive Scott	97	5.6	+0.4
	Green	Jennifer Huggett	45	2.6	+0.1
Majority			50	2.9
Turnout			1,730	39.2

Beare Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Homewood	409	71.3
	Conservative	Virginia Johnson	165	28.7
Majority			244	42.6
Turnout			574	38.9

Bookham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walker	1,198	53.3	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Howarth	1,048	46.7	+2.4
Majority			150	6.6	−1.5
Turnout			2,246	50.8

Bookham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Freeman	1,150	60.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Joy Wemms	656	34.6	−1.9
	Labour	Deirde Diffley-Pierce	88	4.7	+0.2
Majority			494	26.1	+3.6
Turnout			1,894	43.9

Box Hill and Headley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daphne Ladell	584	65.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Gavey	315	35.0
Majority			269	30.0
Turnout			899	52.6

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Homewood	806	61.7	+5.9
	Conservative	Patrick O'Neill	430	32.9	−6.8
	Labour	Anne Helowicz	70	5.4	+0.9
Majority			376	28.8	+12.7
Turnout			1,306	38.2

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Pearson	734	66.6	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Watson	269	24.4	−7.9
	Labour	George Helowicz	100	9.1	+9.1
Majority			465	42.2	−3.2
Turnout			1,103	35.6

Charlwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Webb	287	61.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christa Longhurst	179	38.4
Majority			108	23.2
Turnout			466	29.8

Dorking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cooksey	1,104	57.5	+3.9
	Conservative	Penelope Mason	681	35.5	−3.1
	Labour	Edmund Watts	134	7.0	−0.8
Majority			423	22.0	+7.0
Turnout			1,919	39.1

Holmwoods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Longhurst	848	59.6	−0.6
	Conservative	Michael Foulston	441	31.0	+4.2
	Labour	Malcolm Ward	135	9.5	−3.4
Majority			407	28.6	−4.8
Turnout			1,424	31.8

Leatherhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Lewis	517	42.2	−6.6
	Conservative	Duncan Mountford	364	29.7	+8.2
	Labour	Michael Ward	343	28.0	−1.7
Majority			153	12.5	−6.6
Turnout			1,224	28.3

Leith Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Maltby	386	64.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Round	176	29.2
	Labour	Michael Macdonagh	40	6.6
Majority			210	34.9
Turnout			602	47.6

Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Tatham	470	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Lesley	328	39.5
	Labour	Keith Davis	33	4.0
Majority			142	17.1
Turnout			831	57.2

Okewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Michael	316	70.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Gordon	132	29.5
Majority			184	41.0
Turnout			448	31.8

References

• 2003 Mole Valley election result
• Ward results