2019 Mole Valley District Council election

The 2019 Mole Valley District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 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 wards did not hold a local election in this year, being contested in even-numbered years.[1]

Results

Mole Valley District Council Election, 2019

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	9	0	+9	78.6	50.4	9,680	+21.9
	Conservative	2	0	10	-10	14.3	24.5	4,697	-21.8
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.1	1,555	+1.2
	Ashtead Independents	1	1	0	+1	7.1	6.6	1,277	+3.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.1	988	-6.1
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	746	+0.4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	234	N/A
	SDP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	32	N/A

Results by Ward

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Ashtead Village

Ashtead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ashtead Independent	Chris Hunt	1,277	67.3	+35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Antonelli	236	12.4	+7.6
	Conservative	Angus Fraser Gillan	219	11.5	-40.6
	Green	Jacquetta Jane Fewster	85	4.5	+0.3
	Labour	Clive George Scott	80	4.2	-2.8
Majority			1,041	54.9
Turnout				40.5
	Ashtead Independent gain from Conservative

Beare Green

Beare Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Mary Salmon	355	51.8	+20.1
	Conservative	Michelle Watson	220	32.1	-7.1
	UKIP	Ian Bignell	68	9.9	-12.7
	Green	Muriel Lily Passmore	22	3.2	-3.3
	Labour	Christine Mary Foster	20	2.9	N/A
Majority			135	19.7
Turnout				44.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bookham North

Bookham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Martin Adams	1,217	67.6	+43.1
	Green	Richard Essex	455	25.3	+16.3
	Labour	Marc Patrick Green	128	7.1	N/A
Majority			762	42.3
Turnout				41.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bookham South

Bookham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Julia Goodacre	1,321	61.0	+29.8
	Conservative	John Frederick Chandler	648	29.9	-21.8
	Green	Damian Michael McDevitt	158	7.3	+0.1
	Labour	Giles Cawley	40	1.8	N/A
Majority			673	31.1
Turnout				49.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Box Hill & Headley

Box Hill & Headley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Kennaugh Preedy	449	54.8	+14.0
	Conservative	Malcolm Bailey Ladell	276	33.7	-7.4
	UKIP	Marion Caroline Woodville	95	11.6	-12.8
Majority			173	21.1
Turnout				51.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul James Potter	787	45.8	+8.9
	Conservative	John Edwin Muggeridge	636	37.0	-8.5
	Green	Roger Abbot	260	15.1	+9.8
	Labour	Kevin Alan Stroud	35	2.0	-1.8
Majority			151	8.8
Turnout				48.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Jean Bushnell	835	50.9	+34.5
	Conservative	Corinna Osborne-Patterson	586	35.7	-20.4
	UKIP	Geoff Cox	154	9.4	-8.7
	Green	John Francis Roche	65	4.0	-5.3
Majority			269	15.2
Turnout				49.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Charlwood

Charlwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Iain Yarwood	282	46.4	-17.2
	Green	Lisa Claire Scott	171	28.1	+21.7
	UKIP	Marjorie Joan Dixon	86	14.1	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Edward Brooks	69	11.3	-0.5
Majority			111	18.3
Turnout				33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorking South

Dorking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Cooksey	1,632	67.6	+27.9
	Conservative	Roger Edwin Riseley Jones	450	18.6	-17.2
	Labour	James Rushcombe Stringer	172	7.1	-0.2
	UKIP	Michael John Hird Foulston	159	6.6	-1.4
Majority			1,182	49.0
Turnout				42.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holmwoods

Holmwoods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Philomena Malcolmson	912	54.3	+4.1
	Conservative	Fiona Gail Meadows	336	20.0	-10.7
	UKIP	Margaret Mary Curran	196	11.7	-0.8
	Green	Tracey Harwood	120	7.2	+0.6
	Labour	Laurence Paul Nasskau	80	4.8	N/A
	SDP	Pip English	32	1.9	N/A
Majority			576	34.3
Turnout				35.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Leatherhead North

Leatherhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keira Rowena Vyvyan-Robinson	726	42.6	+13.3
	Conservative	Paul Patrick Purcell	564	33.1	-0.9
	Labour	Mark John Coote	175	10.3	-4.3
	UKIP	David Gordon Payne	154	9.0	-9.3
	Green	Vicki Elcoate	87	5.1	+1.2
Majority			162	9.5
Turnout				32.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leith Hill

Leith Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Valerie Ann Watson	532	76.1	+32.2
	Conservative	David Karim Mir	138	19.7	-27.9
	Green	Lucy Jane Barford	29	4.1	-0.3
Majority			394	56.4
Turnout				53.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Mickleham, Westhumble & Pixham

Mickleham, Westhumble & Pixham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elsie Rosam	440	53.1	+13.7
	Independent	David Campbell Irvine	234	28.3	-18.1
	Conservative	Gavin Timothy Charles Musgrave	102	12.3	-34.1
	Green	Susan McGrath	36	4.3	-3.2
	Labour	Kim Rosslyn Coote	16	1.9	N/A
Majority			206	24.8
Turnout				54.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Note: David Campbell Irvine was the sitting councillor, having been elected as a Conservative in 2015.

Okewood

Okewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helyn Clack	240	43.5	-11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Robert Round	169	30.6	+17.7
	UKIP	Leigh Jones	76	13.8	-3.8
	Green	Jennifer Lindsay Smith	67	12.1	-2.1
Majority			71	12.9
Turnout				38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Mole Valley District Council". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
2. "District Elections May 2019 - Mole Valley Results". Mole Valley District Council. Retrieved 11 June 2019.