Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Horsley, Effingham, Lovelace, Send, and Tillingbourne. The constituency is larger than the Mole Valley district in Surrey as it includes five wards in the east of the Borough of Guildford, three of which are nearer to Woking than to Dorking. The largest town in the constituency is Dorking, second largest is Leatherhead and there are many rural and semi-rural villages, generally within one hour's reach of London so properly classed as part of the London Commuter Belt. The constituency was created in 1983; much of the same area was covered by the Dorking constituency which preceded it. It is a
River Mole fast swimming mayflies and riffle beetles. The beautiful demoiselle ("Calopteryx virgo") disappeared from the River Mole during the 1960s owing to deteriorating water quality, but has since recolonised. The white-legged damselfly ("Platycnemis pennipes") is also found along the river and the downy emerald ("Cordulia aenea") is found between Box Hill and Leatherhead. The Mole is one of only three locations in England where the river shingle beetle ("Meotica anglica") is found. A nationally scarce species which is locally common on the River Mole is the greater dodder ("Cuscuta europaea"). The Mole catchment area includes twelve Sites of Special Scientific Interest