Mole Valley District Council elections

Mole Valley District Council in Surrey, England was elected on a four year cycle, with a third of the council elected at each election. The council is due to be abolished on 1 April 2027 following structural changes to local government in Surrey.

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year					Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (41 seats)
1973	16	5	2	18		No overall control
New ward boundaries (41 seats)
1976	18	2	1	20		No overall control
1978	20	2	1	18		No overall control
1979	19	2	1	19		No overall control
1980	16	2	1	22		Independent
1982	16	4	1	20		No overall control
1983	15	5	1	20		No overall control
1984	17	7	1	16		No overall control
1986	15	9	1	16		No overall control
1987	15	11	1	14		No overall control
1988	17	9	1	14		No overall control
1990	14	12	1	14		No overall control
1991	13	15	1	12		No overall control
1992	14	17	1	9		No overall control
1994	11	21	1	8		Liberal Democrats
1995	11	20	2	8		No overall control
1996	11	19	2	9		No overall control
1998	14	16	2	9		No overall control
1999	17	16	1	7		No overall control
New ward boundaries (41 seats)
2000	19	14	1	7		No overall control
2002	18	15	1	7		No overall control
2003	19	15	1	7		No overall control
2004	19	17	0	5		No overall control
2006	22	16	0	3		Conservative
2007	22	16	0	3		Conservative
2008	22	16	0	3		No overall control
2010	18	17	0	6		No overall control
2011	17	18	0	6		No overall control
2012	16	19	0	6		No overall control
2014	19	15	0	7^[b]		No overall control
2015	25	10	0	6		Conservative
2016	24	12	0	5		Conservative
2018	20	14	0	7		No overall control
2019	12	22	0	7		Liberal Democrats
2021	12	22	0	7		Liberal Democrats
2022	10	24	0	7		Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
2023	3	30	0	6		Liberal Democrats
2024	2	31	0	6		Liberal Democrats

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	1,117	61.8
	Liberal Democrats	689	38.2
Majority		428	23.6
Turnout		1,806	47.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	461	51.2	−0.2
	Conservative	401	44.5	+6.0
	Labour	39	4.3	−5.8
Majority		60	6.7
Turnout		901	41.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	945	53.8	−5.2
	Conservative	702	40.0	+3.5
	Labour	110	6.3	+1.8
Majority		243	13.8
Turnout		1,757	40.7
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	701	57.6	+3.1
	Conservative	447	36.7	−0.7
	Labour	69	5.7	−2.4
Majority		254	20.9
Turnout		1,217	40.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Murdoch	618	46.3	+5.1
	Conservative	Corinna Osborne-Patterson	558	41.8	−5.8
	UKIP	Tim Bowling	97	7.3	+0.6
	Green	Jacqui Hamlin	61	4.6	+0.1
Majority			60	4.5
Turnout			1,334
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Brooks	1,043	47.2	+2.6
	Conservative	Gail Collett	940	42.5	−4.4
	UKIP	Bob Cane	228	10.3	+1.8
Majority			103	4.7
Turnout			2,211
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hurst	423	55.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Duncan Irvine	236	31.1	−10.5
	UKIP	Adrian Daniels	101	13.3	+6.4
Majority			187	24.6
Turnout			760
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Crome	862	56.6	+23.2
	Conservative	Tracy Lorraine Keeley	340	22.3	−6.3
	UKIP	Simon Chambers	157	10.3	−7.3
	Labour	Marc Patrick Green	135	8.9	−7.3
	Green	Vicki Elcoate	28	1.8	−2.3
Majority			522	34.3
Turnout			1,524	30.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Lisa Scott	284	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Ward	210	30.8
	Conservative	Corinna Osborne-Patterson	166	24.4
	Labour	Laurence Nasskau	21	3.1
Majority			74	10.9
Turnout			681
	Green gain from Conservative		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
Turnout			1,609
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Penney	1,056	56.0	−6.6
	Reform	Richard Granville	387	20.5	+20.5
	Conservative	Louise Calland	386	20.5	−10.5
	Green	Gerard Bolton	56	3.0	−1.4
Majority			669	35.5
Turnout			1,885
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing