2002 Mole Valley District Council election

Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 18
• Liberal Democrat 15
• Independent 7
• Labour 1

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	6			+1	42.9	39.2	8,384
	Conservative	5			-1	35.7	42.3	9,060
	Independent	3			0	21.4	10.8	2,306
	Labour	0			0	0	7.3	1,572
	Green	0			0	0	0.4	77

Ward results

Ashtead Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Northcott	756	51.4
	Conservative	Sylvia Sharland	603	41.0
	Labour	John Gough	112	7.6
Majority			153	10.4
Turnout			1,471

Ashtead Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Smith	740	57.1
	Conservative	Christopher Reynolds	464	35.8
	Labour	Susan Gilchrist	58	4.5
	Green	Anthony Cooper	34	2.6
Majority			276	21.3
Turnout			1,296

Ashtead Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Williams	810	47.8
	Conservative	Christopher Hunt	575	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Jones	177	10.5
	Labour	Clive Scott	88	5.2
	Green	Jennifer Huggett	43	2.5
Majority			235	13.8
Turnout			1,693

Bookham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Moore	1,111	52.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Howarth	939	44.3
	Labour	George Helowicz	70	3.3
Majority			172	8.1
Turnout			2,120

Bookham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Turner	1,149	59.0
	Conservative	Eddie Palmer	710	36.5
	Labour	Ian James	88	4.5
Majority			439	22.5
Turnout			1,947

Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Washtell	876	55.8
	Conservative	Anthony Kenney	623	39.7
	Labour	Anne Helowicz	71	4.5
Majority			253	16.1
Turnout			1,570

Capel, Leigh and Newdigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Shersby	755	67.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Watson	360	32.3
Majority			395	45.4
Turnout			1,115

Dorking North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derrick Burt	753	54.6
	Conservative	Bridget Upton-Taylor	516	37.4
	Labour	David Christison	111	8.0
Majority			237	17.2
Turnout			1,380

Dorking South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Cooksey	1,197	53.6
	Conservative	Vivienne Michael	863	38.6
	Labour	Philip May	174	7.8
Majority			334	15.0
Turnout			2,234

Fetcham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garth Paterson-Borland	810	67.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Freeman	383	32.1
Majority			427	35.8
Turnout			1,193

Fetcham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Hall	618	57.1
	Liberal Democrats	Humphrey Bowen	394	36.4
	Labour	Gregory Corey	70	6.5
Majority			224	20.7
Turnout			1,082

Holmwoods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Salmon	965	60.2
	Conservative	Michael Foulston	430	26.8
	Labour	Keith Davis	207	12.9
Majority			535	33.4
Turnout			1,602

Leatherhead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hubert Carr	721	48.8
	Labour	Nicholas Trier	438	29.7
	Conservative	Charlotte Keys	317	21.5
Majority			283	19.1
Turnout			1,476

Leatherhead South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sharland	665	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lloyd	470	38.5
	Labour	Rupert Watts	85	7.0
Majority			195	16.0
Turnout			1,220

References

• 2002 Mole Valley election result
• Ward results