Elections to Mole Valley Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 49.0%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Mole Valley Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 9 5 1 +4 64.3 48.3 12,318 +3.4%
  Liberal Democrats 4 1 3 -2 28.6 34.4 8,788 +0.5%
  Independent 1 0 2 -2 7.1 9.7 2,464 -1.5%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 1,197 -3.2%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 600 +2.2%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 153 -1.3%

Ward results

Ashtead Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Northcott 860 51.6 +1.9
Conservative Timothy Robertson 718 43.0 +7.2
Labour John Gough 90 5.4 -1.9
Majority 142 8.6 -5.3
Turnout 1,668 53.3 +0.3
Independent hold Swing
Ashtead Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter Davis 732 45.5 +9.6
Independent Peter Smith 709 44.1 -7.3
Labour Susan Gilchrist 66 4.1 +0.2
UKIP Robert Cane 59 3.7 -1.7
Green Anthony Cooper 42 2.6 -0.8
Majority 23 1.4
Turnout 1,608 50.5 -1.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ashtead Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sylvia Sharland 1,002 45.4 +3.7
Independent Christine Kerton 895 40.5 0.0
Labour Clive Scott 120 5.4 -2.7
Green Jennifer Huggett 97 4.4 +4.4
UKIP Helen Howell 94 4.3 -5.4
Majority 107 4.9 +3.7
Turnout 2,208 49.4 -1.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Bookham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janette Purkiss 1,431 61.2 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Tillott 906 38.8 -1.8
Majority 525 22.4 +6.3
Turnout 2,337 53.0 -6.9
Conservative hold Swing
Bookham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Chandler 1,441 57.0 +13.4
Liberal Democrats Jehangir Haque 991 39.2 -13.6
Labour Simon Bottomley 97 3.8 +0.2
Majority 450 17.8
Turnout 2,529 58.9 +5.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kate Horden 924 49.8 +16.9
Liberal Democrats Valerie Potter 869 46.8 -14.9
Labour Ian James 64 3.4 -2.0
Majority 55 3.0
Turnout 1,857 53.6 +15.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Capel, Leigh and Newdigate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Murdoch 882 51.1 +26.7
Conservative Julian Shersby 782 45.3 -21.3
Labour Carol Millard 62 3.6 -5.5
Majority 100 5.8
Turnout 1,726 53.8 +18.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Dorking North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derrick Burt 785 53.2 +1.4
Conservative Mark Aspinall 420 28.5 -13.3
Green Robert Sedgwick 213 14.4 +14.4
Labour John Wilson 58 3.9 -2.6
Majority 365 24.7 +14.7
Turnout 1,476 48.7 +0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorking South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Cooksey 1,102 47.1 -6.6
Conservative Christopher House 869 37.1 -2.0
Green Amanda Barnett 248 10.6 +10.6
Labour Nicholas Trier 122 5.2 -2.0
Majority 233 10.0 -4.6
Turnout 2,341 47.0 -1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Fetcham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathryn Westwood 957 69.1 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Katherine Grigson 363 26.2 -2.9
Labour John Forehead 64 4.6 -1.2
Majority 594 42.9 +6.9
Turnout 1,384 48.5 -2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Fetcham West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Hall 928 64.1 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Alice Humphreys 519 35.9 -5.4
Majority 409 28.2 +16.4
Turnout 1,447 47.6 -2.9
Conservative hold Swing
Holmwoods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Salmon 1,062 61.6 +6.4
Conservative David Mir 532 30.9 -5.1
Labour Keith Davis 130 7.5 -1.4
Majority 530 30.7 +11.5
Turnout 1,724 38.0 -2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Leatherhead North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Penelope Hedgeland 757 43.7 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Hubert Carr 754 43.5 +10.7
Labour David Lawrence 221 12.8 -20.2
Majority 3 0.2 -1.0
Turnout 1,732 39.3 +4.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Leatherhead South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Sharland 825 55.6 +1.8
Liberal Democrats David Smith 555 37.4 +3.7
Labour Michael Ward 103 6.9 -5.6
Majority 270 18.2 -1.9
Turnout 1,483 48.3 -3.2
Conservative hold Swing

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