MOLE VALLEY

Mole Valley District
Mole Valley ''Shown within Surrey''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 171st 258.32 km²
Admin. HQ:	Dorking
ONS code:	43UE
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	97.4% White
Politics
Arms of Mole Valley District Council Mole Valley District Council http://www.molevalley.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:
MPs:	Paul Beresford, Chris Grayling

'Mole Valley' is a local government district in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Dorking.
The district, named after the River Mole, was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead and most of the Dorking and Horley Rural District. The two towns in the district are Dorking and Leatherhead. The largest villages are Ashtead, Fetcham and Great Bookham, all of which are in the northern third of the district.

Contents

Civil parishes

Villages

Towns

Partisan composition of Mole Valley District Council

Party control

Energy policy

Emergency services

Sources

References

External Links

Civil parishes

These are^[1]

★ Abinger

★ Betchworth

★ Brockham

★ Buckland

★ Capel

★ Charlwood

★ Headley

★ Holmwood

★ Leigh

★ Mickleham

★ Newdigate

★ Ockley

★ Wotton

Villages

★ Abinger Common

★ Abinger Hammer

★ Ashtead

★ Beare Green

★ Betchworth

★ Brockham

★ Capel

★ Charlwood

★ Coldharbour

★ Fetcham

★ Forest Green

★ Great Bookham

★ Headley

★ Holmbury St Mary

★ Leigh

★ Little Bookham

★ Mickleham

★ Newdigate

★ Ockley

★ Westcott

★ Westhumble

Towns

★ Dorking

★ Leatherhead

Partisan composition of Mole Valley District Council

Mole Valley District Council is usually elected by thirds: That is, approximately one-third of the members are re-elected at each election, each serving four year terms, with one year out of every four not having Council elections.
The Council was, however, re-elected whole in 2000 after wholesale boundary changes to the Wards.

Year	Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	Independent	Other
1999	17	1	16	7	0
2000	19	1	14	7	0
2002	18	1	15	3	4
2003	19	1	15	6	0
2004	19	0	17	5	0
2006	23	0	15	3	0
2007	22	0	16	3	0[2]

Party control

★ 1974 – 1980: No overall control

★ 1980 – 1982: Independent control

★ 1982 – 2006: No overall control

★ 2006 – Present: Conservative

Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [1] showed that housing in Mole Valley produced the twentieth highest average carbon emissions in the country at 6,928 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.
:''See also: Energy efficiency in British housing''.

Emergency services

Mole Valley is served by these emergency services:

★ 'Surrey Police'. Dorking Police Station is the lead station in Mole Valley Division, Leatherhead Police Station is only used for minor issues now, and is only part time.

★ 'South East Coast Ambulance Service' The district has two Ambulance Stations one in North Holmwood (1 mile south of Dorking)and the other in Leatherhead.

★ 'Surrey Fire & Rescue Service', The district has two Fire Stations one in North Holmwood and the other in Leatherhead.

★ 'Hospital', Each town has a small NHS Hospitals with no A&E. They are used for outpatients and rehabiliation.

Sources

★ Local elections, 1999

★ Local elections, 2000

★ Local elections, 2002

★ Local elections, 2003

★ Local elections, 2004

References

1. Surrey Council
2. BBC news

External Links

★ ReigateandRedhill.co.uk - Reigate and Redhill information