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  UK Parliament - Mole Valley
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Parents > United Kingdom > England > South East > South East > Mole Valley
OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 06:00am Central
Polls Open May 06, 2010 - 01:00am Central
Polls Close May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm Central
Term Start May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm
Term End May 17, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedImperator May 14, 2010 07:20pm
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Description
BBC Profile:
Founded in its present form in 1983, the area has returned Conservative MPs since the Second World War. The seat provided incumbent Kenneth Baker a platform to make his way up the ministerial ladder and become Home Secretary in 1990.

He became Lord Baker in 1997 and the new candidate was Sir Paul Beresford, a New Zealand born dentist. After losing the selection contest for his expanded old seat, Croydon Central, he moved to Surrey and held Mole Valley with a majority of 10,221. In 2001 little changed and Sir Pauls vote lead dropped only slightly to 10,153 and four years later his majority increased to 11,997.

At the election, the seat gains the part-ward of Leatherhead South from Epsom and Ewell, in exchange for the part-wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park and Ashtead Village. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

This is a prosperous, middle-class corner of the Home Counties, incorporating the market town of Dorking and the surrounding Surrey Hills area of outstanding natural beauty, Leatherhead and a number of wealthy commuter villages.

Charlwood, in the extreme south of the constituency, borders Gatwick airport.

There are beauty spots like Box Hill and Leith Hill, and a considerable amount of mixed farming. Dorking attracts visitors to its famous antique shops.

Traditionally, there has been little industry in the constituency itself, b

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyConservative Won05/05/2005
NamePaul Beresford Votes27,060 (54.76%)
Term05/17/2005 - 05/17/2010 Margin11,997 (+24.28%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyConservative Won05/07/2015
NamePaul Beresford Votes33,434 (60.63%)
Term05/08/2015 - 06/08/2017 Margin25,453 (+46.16%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
03/18/2010 05/06/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Paul Beresford ------2
Leaning Call: Paul Beresford (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Paul Beresford (100.00%)

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) MP Paul Beresford Alice Humphreys James Dove Leigh Jones Rob Sedgwick  
PartyConservative Liberal Democrats Labour UK Independence Green  
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Certified Votes 31,263 (57.55%) 15,610 (28.74%) 3,804 (7.00%) 2,752 (5.07%) 895 (1.65%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -15,653 (-28.81%) -27,459 (-50.55%) -28,511 (-52.48%) -30,368 (-55.90%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website]  
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