Governance
Surrey County Council elected every four years, has three representatives, with only a few close but outlying farms falling under the latter two wards :
| First Elected | Member |
Ward |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Steven Cooksey | Dorking and the Holmwoods - includes the town Dorking | |
| 2001 | Helen Clack | Dorking Rural - comprises farms and villages east of Dorking | |
| 1993 | Hazel Watson | Dorking Hills - comprises farms and villages south & west of Dorking | |
Five councillors sit on Mole Valley borough council, who are:
| Election | Member |
Ward |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Paul Elderton | Dorking North | |
| 2012 | Derrick Stanley John Burt | Dorking North | |
| 2011 | Stephen Cooksey | Dorking South | |
| 2010 | Margaret Cooksey | Dorking South | |
| 2012 | Tim Loretto | Dorking South | |
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