2024 Mole Valley District Council election

2024 Mole Valley District Council election
14 out of 39 seats to Mole Valley District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2024 Mole Valley District Council election with Liberal Democrats in yellow and Ashtead Independents in grey.
Leader before election; Stephen Cooksey; Liberal Democrats	Leader after election ; Stephen Cooksey; Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Mole Valley District Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Mole Valley District Council in Surrey, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. There were 14 of the 39 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in the Capel, Leigh, Newdigate and Charlwood ward.^[2]

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2024 Mole Valley District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	12	+1	85.7	19	31	79.5	12,718	47.6	-0.8
	Ashtead Ind.	2	-	14.3	4	6	15.4	2,535	9.5	-0.7
	Conservative	0	-1	0.0	2	2	5.1	6,685	25.0	-2.5
	Green	0	-	0.0	0	0	0.0	2,722	10.2	-0.1
	Labour	0	-	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,874	7.0	+5.0
	Reform	0	-	0.0	0	0	0.0	186	0.7	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashstead Ind.	Andy Smith	1,437	58.9	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jolanta Waugh	450	18.4	−1.3
	Conservative	Lynn Walker	259	10.6	−0.8
	Labour	Susan Gilchrist	164	6.7	−3.0
	Green	Emily Stewart	130	5.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout				41.1
Registered electors
	Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashstead Ind.	Gerry Sevenoaks*	1,098	53.3	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Shimmin	375	18.2	+7.5
	Conservative	Howard Jones	368	17.9	+6.2
	Labour	Steve Eagle	134	6.5	+0.6
	Green	Sally Stewart	84	4.1	−7.4
Majority
Turnout				38.2
Registered electors
	Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Matthews*	1,426	62.6	+6.1
	Conservative	Louise Calland	696	30.5	−7.8
	Green	Penny Green	101	4.4	−2.4
	Labour	William Mansfield	56	2.5	−0.6
Majority
Turnout				47.0
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Miller*	1,234	60.6	+3.1
	Conservative	Beccy Gunn	564	27.7	−5.5
	Green	Fiona Case	138	6.8	−5.5
	Labour	Timothy Kent	100	4.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout				41.2
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2024 Mole Valley District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Ashtead Lanes & Common

Ashstead Park

Bookham East & Eastwick Park

Bookham West

Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley

Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood

Dorking North

Dorking South

Fetcham

Holmwoods & Beare Green

Leatherhead North

Leatherhead South

Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood

Changes 2024-2026

Affiliation changes

By-elections

Holmwoods & Beare Green

Bookham East & Eastwick Park

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Keay*	1,052	50.2	+2.6
	Conservative	Radia Kesseiri	617	29.4	+1.2
	Green	Peter Butterworth	245	11.7	−0.8
	Labour	Noel Humphrey	182	8.7	+1.4
Majority
Turnout				41.0
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirstie Havard	857	46.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dineke van den Bogerd	763	41.3	+7.0
	Conservative	David McCorquodale	658	35.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Mark Saunders	657	35.6	+6.1
	Green	Lisa Scott	400	21.6	−7.1
	Green	Gerard Bolton	218	11.8	−9.0
	Labour	Mick Hay	86	4.7	N/A
	Labour	Leo Nasskau	57	3.1	+0.1
Majority
Turnout				38.6
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Rosam*	1,186	49.6	+4.7
	Green	Chris Crook	608	25.4	−6.9
	Conservative	Lucy Botting	300	12.5	−0.6
	Labour	Clare Mansfield	297	12.4	−1.7
Majority
Turnout				43.5
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Wright*	1,236	58.8	+4.0
	Conservative	Michael Foulston	343	16.3	−2.8
	Green	Molly Crook	301	14.3	−6.3
	Labour	Kev Stroud	222	10.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout				37.5
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Joseph*	1,276	58.3	+4.3
	Conservative	Paul Austin	686	31.3	+0.2
	Green	Joanna Sherring	139	6.3	−2.7
	Labour	Beatriz Heath	88	4.0	−2.2
Majority
Turnout				40.5
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clayton Wellman*	832	45.4	+2.1
	Conservative	Michelle Watson	550	30.0	−3.6
	Reform	Simon Keats	186	10.1	N/A
	Green	John Roche	152	8.3	−4.1
	Labour	Christine Foster	113	6.2	−2.5
Majority
Turnout				36.8
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Wear*	671	51.9	+0.6
	Conservative	Alan Gibbs	327	25.3	−1.8
	Labour	Chloe Roper	195	15.1	N/A
	Green	Gergory Smith	100	7.7	−14.2
Majority
Turnout				29.1
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Parsons	970	49.0	+8.8
	Conservative	Tim Hall	714	36.1	−6.7
	Labour	Ann Clark	164	8.3	−2.4
	Green	Melissa Awcock	131	6.6	−8.9
Majority
Turnout				44.0
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leah Mursaleen-Plank*	1,153	57.0	+6.5
	Conservative	David Mir	603	29.8	−5.3
	Green	James Poke	193	9.5	−7.5
	Labour	James Stringer	73	3.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout				39.3
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bradley Nelson	748	46.5	+1.1
	Conservative	Michelle Watson	437	27.2	–2.8
	Reform	Michael Carter	348	21.6	+11.5
	Green	Lisa Scott	76	4.7	–3.6
Majority			311	19.3	+3.9
Turnout			1,610	32.0	–4.2
Registered electors			5,034
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Penney	1,056	56.0	–6.6
	Reform	Richard Granville	387	20.5	N/A
	Conservative	Louise Calland	386	20.5	–10.0
	Green	Gerard Bolton	56	3.0	–1.4
Majority			669	36.0	+3.9
Turnout			1,887	38.3	–8.1
Registered electors			4,929
	Liberal Democrats hold

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