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 people Margaret Morton made the photo book "The Tunnel". Film maker Marc Singer made the documentary "Dark Days" in the 1990s, and a similar documentary, "Voices in the Tunnels", was released in 2008. In 2010, anthropologist Teun Voeten published "Tunnel People". Media accounts have reported "mole people" living underneath other cities as well. In the Las Vegas Valley, it is estimated about 1,000 homeless people find shelter in the storm drains underneath the city for protection from extreme temperatures that exceed while dropping below in winter. According to media reports, the "mole people" living in the tunnels underneath Las Vegas have