2015 Mole Valley District Council election

The 2015 Mole Valley District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one-third of members to Mole Valley District Council in England coinciding with other local elections held simultaneously with a general election which resulted in increased turnout compared to the election four years before. Some two-member wards such as Holmwoods did not hold a local election in this year, being contested in even-numbered years.^[1]

Results

Conservatives gained four seats, giving the group overall control of the Council, from a previous state of no party group exercising overall control.^[2][3][4]

Mole Valley District Council Election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23	4	0	+4	59	47	14223
	Liberal Democrats	10	0	-4	-4	26	27	8248
	Independent	6	0	0	0	15	4	1142
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4	1109
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	11	3370
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	7	2097
	Vacancies - pending planned by-elections	2	0	0	0	0

Ward by ward

Ashtead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hunt, Christopher Brian	1,857	52.1
	Ashtead Independent	Hawksworth, David Leslie	1,142	32.0
	Labour	Scott, Clive George	248	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Berry, Matthew	171	4.8
	Green	Cooper, Tony	148	4.2
Majority			715	20.1
Turnout			3,566	77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beare Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Watson, Michelle	448	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	Murdoch, Iain	363	31.7
	UKIP	Bignell, Lesley	259	22.6
	Green	Passmore, Muriel Lily	74	6.5
Majority			85	7.5
Turnout			1,144	75
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bookham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Newman, Paul	1,921	53.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hartwell, Amanda Elaine	873	24.5
	UKIP	Moody, Terence	449	12.6
	Green	James, Ann	322	9.0
Majority			1,048	29.4
Turnout			3,565	77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bookham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chandler, John Frederick	1,793	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Daly, Elizabeth	1,083	31.2
	UKIP	Heelas, Mike	346	10.0
	Green	Smyth, Genevieve Kathrine	249	7.2
Majority			710	20.5
Turnout			3,471	77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Box Hill & Headley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ladell, Malcolm Bailey	531	41.1
	Liberal Democrats	Preedy, David Kennaugh	527	40.8
	UKIP	Cane, Bob	186	14.4
	Green	Sedgwick, Robert Philip	48	3.7
Majority			4	0.3
Turnout			1,292	73.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brockham, Betchworth & Buckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muggeridge, John Edwin	1,255	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Abbot, Roger	1,018	36.9
	UKIP	Bowling, Tim	234	8.5
	Green	Fewster, Jacquetta	146	5.3
	Labour	Buckle, Rosemary Jean	106	3.8
Majority			237	8.6
Turnout			2,759	77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Capel, Leigh & Newdigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Osborne-Patterson, Corinna	1,420	56.1
	UKIP	Cox, Geoff	459	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sykes, Judith	415	16.4
	Green	Hamlin, Jacqui	235	9.3
Majority			961	38.0
Turnout			2,529	74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yarwood, Charles Iain	770	63.6
	UKIP	Haynes, Tony	219	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Daniels, Dennis	143	11.8
	Green	Barford, Lucy Jane	78	6.4
Majority			551	45.5
Turnout			1,210	6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cooksey, Stephen John	1,644	39.7
	Conservative	Jones, Roger	1,481	35.8
	Green	Crook, Chris	383	9.3
	UKIP	Bignell, Ian	329	8.0
	Labour	Pemberton, Frank	300	7.3
Majority			163	3.9
Turnout			4,137	72
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leatherhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mondejar Flores, Santiago	1,064	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis-Carr, Bridget Mary	915	29.3
	UKIP	Chambers, Simon	571	18.3
	Labour	Ward, Mike	455	14.6
	Green	Elcoate, Victoria	122	3.9
Majority			149	4.7
Turnout			3,127	61
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Leith Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mir, David Karim	523	47.6
	Liberal Democrats	Watson, Hazel Valerie Ann	482	43.9
	Green	Scoffield, David James	48	4.4
	UKIP	Afonso, Apolinario	46	4.6
Majority			41	3.7
Turnout			1,099	81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mickleham, Westhumble & Pixham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irvine, Duncan Campbell	558	46.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lambell, Peter John	474	39.4
	Green	Mcgrath, Susan	90	7.5
	UKIP	Chambers, Sarah	81	6.7
Majority			84	7.0
Turnout			1,203	77
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Okewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael, Vivienne Elizabeth	602	55.4
	UKIP	Jones, Leigh	191	17.6
	Green	Weston, Sarah Jane	154	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Round, Steven Robert	140	12.9
Majority			411	37.8
Turnout			1,087	74
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
2. Mole Valley District Council Results Get Surrey, website of Surrey Advertiser/Herald/Guardian Group of newspapers. Accessed 2015-05-20.
3. Council composition of groups of 23, 10, 6 and two vacancies as at 10 May 2015 MVDC. Accessed 2015-05-20
4. 2006 to 2014 results MVDC. Accessed 2015-05-20