Mole Valley 14 Liberal Democrats, and 7 Independents (6 Ashtead Independents and 1 Beare Green Independent). There are no Labour, UKIP or Green Party councillors. Surrey County Council, elected every four years, obtains six representatives from this area: The district, named after the River Mole, was formed on 1 April 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. A Legatum Prosperity Index published by the Legatum Institute in October 2016 showed Mole Valley as the second most prosperous council area in the United
Mole Valley Farmers is a great source of reference for the goods Mole Valley Farmers stocks. However, the firm still has a focus on supplying farmers with direct-to-farm bulk agricultural products. In 2016-17 the company had a turnover of had a turnover of £464m. The company's closest competitors include ForFarmers, NWF Agriculture, and the Wynnstay Group. Mole Valley Farmers has nine branches throughout South West England. These are: In 2002, Mole Valley Farmers acquired "SCATS Countrystores", which has 19 stores across the south of England. and bought the Buckinghamshire-based rural supplier, "Cox & Robinson Farm and Country" in 2011. On 27 October it