Isle of Wight West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Isle of Wight |
Electorate | 55,406 (2024) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Richard Quigley (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Isle of Wight |
Isle of Wight West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been represented by Richard Quigley for the Labour Party.
The Isle of Wight is granted two Members of Parliament under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011. [2] The constituency has been created alongside Isle of Wight East from the divided former Isle of Wight constituency. [3]
Quigley became the first ever Labour MP to represent the Isle of Wight, defeating Bob Seely, who had been MP for the whole island from 2017 to 2024.
The constituency comprises western and central areas of the Isle of Wight, including the communities of Newport, East Cowes, Cowes and Freshwater. It is composed of the following electoral divisions of the Isle of Wight:
Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Centrist", indicating an electorate with moderate views which could support any of the three main parties. [5]
Isle of Wight prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Richard Quigley | Labour Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Quigley | 13,240 | 38.6 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Bob Seely | 10,063 | 29.3 | −25.7 | |
Reform UK | Ian Pickering | 5,834 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Stuart | 2,726 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Green | Cameron Palin | 2,310 | 6.7 | −9.7 | |
ADF | Rachel Thacker | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,177 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 34,290 | 61.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.8 |
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 20,949 | 55.0 | |
Labour | 9,331 | 24.5 | |
Green | 6,245 | 16.4 | |
Independent Network | 757 | 2.0 | |
Others | 430 | 1.1 | |
Others | 391 | 1.0 | |
Turnout | 38,103 | 69.4 | |
Electorate | 54,911 |
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