2023 Mole Valley District Council election

2023 Mole Valley District Council election
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All 39 seats to Mole Valley District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Stephen Cooksey[1] Lynne Brooks[2] Chris Hunt
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Ashtead Ind.
Last election 24 seats, 45.3% 10 seats, 32.3% 7 seats, 12.2%
Seats before 24 9 6
Seats after 30 3 6
Seat change Increase6 Decrease6 Steady
Map of the results of the 2023 Mole Valley District Council election with Liberal Democrats in yellow, Ashtead Independents in grey and Conservatives in blue.
Leader before election

Stephen Cooksey
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Stephen Cooksey
Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Mole Valley District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Mole Valley District Council in Surrey, England.[3] This would be on the same day as other local elections in England. This was the first election following the redrawing of ward boundaries that resulted in the number of councillors being reduced by two to 39. All positions were contested.[4][5] As a result of the election, the Liberal Democrats increased their majority on the council to 30 out of 39 seats.[4]

The polling station at Headley was criticised by one disabled voter, because of accessibility issues.[6]

Summary

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Election result

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2023 Mole Valley District Council election[4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 39 30 0 0 Increase 6 76.9 48.4 38,140 +3.1
  Ashtead Ind. 6 6 0 0 Steady 15.4 10.2 8,075 –2.0
  Conservative 38 3 0 0 Decrease 6 7.7 27.5 21,700 –4.8
  Green 24 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 10.3 8,130 +4.1
  Labour 9 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.0 1,544 –1.6
  Independent 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.6 1,241 N/A

Candidates

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Mole Valley District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[7]

Ashtead Lanes & Common

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Ashtead Lanes & Common (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ashtead Ind. Chris Hunt* 1,636 65.9 N/A
Ashtead Ind. Patricia Wiltshire* 1,553 62.6 N/A
Ashtead Ind. David Hawksworth* 1,534 61.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Philippa Shimmin 488 19.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Amanda Hartwell 425 17.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ross Moncur 422 17.0 N/A
Conservative Debbie Cook 284 11.4 N/A
Conservative Gavin Newton 265 10.7 N/A
Labour Susan Gilchrist 241 9.7 N/A
Turnout 2,481 41.9 N/A
Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)

Ashtead Park

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Ashtead Park (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ashtead Ind. Mary Cooper* 1,242 54.2 N/A
Ashtead Ind. Garry Stansfield* 1,140 49.7 N/A
Ashtead Ind. Gerry Sevenoaks 970 42.3 N/A
Independent Raj Patel 706 30.8 N/A
Independent David Harper* 535 23.3 N/A
Conservative Kateryna Cutler 269 11.7 N/A
Green Patricia Brown 264 11.5 N/A
Conservative Andrew Smith 253 11.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Veronica MacLeod 245 10.7 N/A
Conservative Matthew Wray 236 10.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jolanta Waugh 215 9.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cressy 200 8.7 N/A
Labour Steve Eagle 136 5.9 N/A
Green Greg Smith 118 5.1 N/A
Turnout 2,292 42.0 N/A
Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)
Ashtead Ind. win (new seat)

Bookham East & Eastwick Park

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Bookham East & Eastwick Park (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Daly* 1,577 60.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Kennedy* 1,568 60.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Matthews 1,467 56.5 N/A
Conservative Sarah Chambers* 994 38.3 N/A
Conservative Richard Swinbank 834 32.1 N/A
Conservative Patrick Morrish 800 30.8 N/A
Green Emily Stewart 176 6.8 N/A
Labour Bill Mansfield 80 3.1 N/A
Turnout 2,598 53.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bookham West

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Bookham West (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Monica Weller* 1,408 64.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Adams* 1,390 63.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine Miller 1,256 57.5 N/A
Conservative Toby Cracknell 725 33.2 N/A
Conservative Richard Moyse 664 30.4 N/A
Conservative Dina Zharova-Berbner 564 25.8 N/A
Green Eugene Suggett 268 12.3 N/A
Turnout 2,184 44.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley

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Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Potter* 1,217 53.2 N/A
Conservative Simon Budd* 1,139 49.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paula Keay 1,089 47.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Bradley Nelson 868 37.9 N/A
Conservative Radia Kesseiri Austin 645 28.2 N/A
Conservative Celia Tiley 576 25.2 N/A
Green Penny Green 285 12.5 N/A
Labour Noel Humphrey 168 7.3 N/A
Turnout 2,289 44.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood

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Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Bushnell* 894 42.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jo Farrar-Astrop 810 38.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alcia Loach 720 34.3 N/A
Conservative Corinna Osborne-Patterson 698 33.2 N/A
Conservative Tom Baldwin 620 29.5 N/A
Conservative Mark Saunders 619 29.5 N/A
Green Lisa Scott* 604 28.7 N/A
Green Roger Abbott 438 20.8 N/A
Green Ken Hollis 409 19.5 N/A
Labour Co-op Laurence Nasskau 64 3.0 N/A
Turnout 2,101 40.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dorking North

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Dorking North (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Watson* 1,301 54.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Draper* 1,207 50.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Elsie Rosam* 1,082 44.9 N/A
Green Chris Crook 778 32.3 N/A
Green Pat Smith 642 26.7 N/A
Green Sarah Weston Holland 627 26.0 N/A
Labour Clare Mansfield 339 14.1 N/A
Conservative Michael Foulston 316 13.1 N/A
Conservative Peter Cude 264 11.0 N/A
Conservative Stephen Frost 257 10.7 N/A
Turnout 2,409 44.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dorking South

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Dorking South (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Cooksey* 1,301 60.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cooksey* 1,219 56.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nick Wright* 1,185 54.8 N/A
Green Molly Crook 445 20.6 N/A
Conservative Roger Jones 413 19.1 N/A
Green Lucy Barford 395 18.3 N/A
Conservative Beccy Gunn 386 17.9 N/A
Conservative Lucinda Sharpe 384 17.8 N/A
Green Gerard Bolton 368 17.0 N/A
Turnout 2,161 38.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fetcham

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Fetcham (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raj Haque* 1,426 58.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Phil Hammond 1,402 57.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Caroline Joseph 1,311 54.0 N/A
Conservative Simon Chambers 853 35.1 N/A
Conservative Paul Austin 755 31.1 N/A
Conservative David McCorquodale 617 25.4 N/A
Green Janet Crook 219 9.0 N/A
Green Dan Creber 159 6.6 N/A
Labour Beatrice Heath 151 6.2 N/A
Turnout 2,427 43.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Holmwoods & Beare Green

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Holmwoods & Beare Green (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Hobbs* 979 54.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Claire Malcomson* 879 48.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Clayton Wellman* 782 43.3 N/A
Conservative Leslie Maruziva 607 33.6 N/A
Conservative Lucy Botting 546 30.2 N/A
Conservative David Mir 524 29.0 N/A
Green John Roche 224 12.4 N/A
Green Emily Auckland 198 11.0 N/A
Green Fiona Case 162 9.0 N/A
Labour Christine Foster 158 8.7 N/A
Turnout 1,806 36.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Leatherhead North

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Leatherhead North (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keira Vyvyan-Robinson* 689 56.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ben Wall 661 54.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Wear 624 51.3 N/A
Conservative Aaron Gibbs 368 30.2 N/A
Conservative Alan Gibbs 330 27.1 N/A
Conservative Mushud Ali 302 24.8 N/A
Green Sally Stewart 267 21.9 N/A
Turnout 1,217 27.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Leatherhead South

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Leatherhead South (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bridget Kendrick* 960 49.5 N/A
Conservative Joanna Slater* 852 43.9 N/A
Conservative James Chambers* 831 42.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gareth Parsons 779 40.2 N/A
Conservative Henry Elcock-Haskins 754 38.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nick O'Shea 700 36.1 N/A
Green Melissa Awcock 301 15.5 N/A
Labour Co-op Ann Clark 207 10.7 N/A
Green Jo Sherring 151 7.8 N/A
Turnout 1,940 44.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood

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Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood (3 seats)[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Budleigh 1,180 53.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Abhiram Magesh 1,108 50.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Leah Mursaleen-Plank 1,106 50.5 N/A
Conservative Michael Hebberd 769 35.1 N/A
Conservative Duncan Irvine 703 32.1 N/A
Conservative Gavin Musgrave 684 31.2 N/A
Green James Poke 372 17.0 N/A
Green David Szachno-Hodgkinson 260 11.9 N/A
Turnout 2,191 42.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Leader of MVDC". Mole Valley District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Leader of the Opposition". Mole Valley District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Mole Valley District Council. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Mole Valley election result". BBC News. May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ^ Caulfield, Chris (22 April 2023) [13 April 2023]. "All the Mole Valley local election candidates and where they are standing". Surrey Live. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. ^ Graves, Kieran (10 May 2023) [9 May 2023]. "Some Surrey polling stations left disabled voters feeling excluded during last week's local elections". Surrey Live. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Elections - 4 May 2023". Mole Valley District Council. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m McCrum, Kirstie; Caulfield, Chris; Coady-Stemp, Emily; Graves, Kieran (5 May 2023). "Live Surrey 2023 local election results and reaction as it happens". Surrey Live. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "District Council Election Results - 4 May 2023". Mole Valley District Council. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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