2005 Isle of Wight Council election

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The 2005 Isle of Wight Council elections were held on the Isle of Wight, England, on 5 May 2005. The result led to a landslide Conservative victory gaining 22 councillors, leading the Isle of Wight to Conservative control from no overall control previously. [1]

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Results

The party standings following the election: [1]

Party2001 CllrsGain/Loss2005 Cllrs
Conservative Party 13+2235
Independents13−76
Liberal Democrats 19−145
Labour Party 3−12
Total48–48

The outcome of the election led to a significant change in composition of the Isle of Wight Council. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats were the largest group overall but still didn't hold a majority, leading to a coalition known as 'Island First' with independent councillors. The election showed a fall in support for the Liberal Democrats as the Conservatives gained 23 seats and took over as the largest group with a majority of 22. Following the change in control of the Council, Cllr Andy Sutton took over with the promise that every aspect of the Conservative manifesto would be followed as they had indicated before the election. [2] Despite this promise there has been some debate on how well the original manifesto has been followed. [3] [4]

Ward results

The following are results from each electoral ward. [5]

Ashey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vanessa Churchman513
Independent Leslie Kirkby495
Liberal Democrats Richard Tait422
Bembridge North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Pigot689
Liberal Democrats Barbara Clough422
Bembridge South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winifred McRobert750
Liberal Democrats Gordon Kendall353
Labour Alexander Rickard151
Binstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Bulwer1,185
Liberal Democrats Ernest Fox628
Brading and St Helens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Joyce1,256
Liberal Democrats David Cleaver607
Brighstone and Calbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin West810
Liberal Democrats Jill Wareham687
Labour Peter Turner106
Carisbrooke East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Whittaker567
Liberal Democrats Kevin Jacobs402
Labour Michael Nobbs273
Independent Peter Foster181
Carisbrooke West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Barbara Foster468
Liberal Democrats Liam Verstraeten390
Conservative Stephen Gray292
Independent Dennis Lewis177
Labour Doris Frizel139
Central Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Erica Oulton1,016
Liberal Democrats Michael Carr525
Chale, Niton and Whitwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Arnold930
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Groves463
Independent Richard Etherington256
Cowes Castle East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Wells620
Independent Wendy Wardrop345
UKIP Paul Birch79
Cowes Castle West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Effemey797
Liberal Democrats Stephen Tibble519
Cowes Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lora Peacey-Wilcox608
Liberal Democrats David Hill573
Cowes Medina
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Brown342
Labour Kenn Pearson318
Liberal Democrats Peter Lloyd272
UKIP Rosemary Lynden-Bell47
East Cowes North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Webster596
Liberal Democrats Margaret Lloyd390
Labour Jane Turner137
East Cowes South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Muriel Miller863
Conservative Simon Walker463
Fairlee
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eugenie-Dawn Cousins847
Liberal Democrats Marc Morgan-Huws411
Freshwater Afton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gillian Kennett856
Liberal Democrats Brian Hinton430
Independent Collin Lillywhite261
Freshwater Norton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Sutton817
Liberal Democrats Martin Wareham448
Gurnard
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hobart504
Independent Paul Fuller307
Liberal Democrats Robert Wilkinson182
Lake North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deborah Gardiner451
Conservative Constance Cowley414
Liberal Democrats Peter Harris390
Lake South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Hunter-Henderson652
Liberal Democrats Anne Stuart410
Labour David Piggott262
Mount Joy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shelagh Swan565
Liberal Democrats Shirley Smart356
Labour Stuart Clements221
Liberal Richard Carruthers30
Newchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Mosdell701
Independent Robert Richards620
Independent John Rackett187
Newport North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jullian Whittaker393
Labour Nicholas Wray337
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Ross291
Newport South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Cunningham593
Labour Cordula Rayner355
Liberal Democrats Guy Radclyffe298
Northwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Roger Mazillius1
Osborne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Charles Hancock408
Conservative Alan Nightingale398
Labour Laraine Pascoe250
Socialist Labour James Spensley36
Pan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Lumley483
Conservative Clive Page337
Liberal Democrats Ian Moth221
Parkhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Price522
Conservative Roger Berrisford438
Labour Steven Falla248
Ryde North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Adams552
Conservative David Woodward470
Labour Ernest White204
Ryde North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Taylor804
Liberal Democrats Michael Nobbs375
Independent Anthony Gordon271
Ryde South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Chapman866
Conservative Adrian Axford463
Ryde South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ian Stephens669
Conservative Peter Newman358
Labour Christine Wilde338
Sandown South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Ward600
Liberal Democrats Robert Blezzard475
Independent Ronald Teasdale357
Sandown North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Heather Humby986
Conservative Dawn Martin339
Seaview and Nettlestone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Tuson949
Liberal Democrats Reginald Barry844
Shalfleet and Yarmouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Burt933
Liberal Democrats Peter Garlick497
Shanklin Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Pugh 906
Labour Peter Coleman298
Independent John Fleming285
Shanklin North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Williams727
Labour Alan Hollands434
Liberal Democrats Diana Beevers304
Shanklin South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Bishop889
Independent Harold Rees524
Ryde St John's East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Knowles698
Conservative Robert Woodgate689
Ryde St John's West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Bowker719
Conservative Rosalind Whitworth340
Totland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Cameron738
Liberal Democrats John Howe726
Ventnor East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Fitzgerald-Bond554
Independent Brenda Lawson451
Liberal Democrats Peter Doran271
Green Louis Lawrence251
Ventnor West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Scoccia688
Independent Albert Bartlett448
Liberal Democrats David White283
Independent Paul Hatchwell229
Wootton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Abraham1,216
Liberal Democrats Barry Townsend635
Wroxall and Godshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jillian Wood1,136
Liberal Democrats Catherine Wright633

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References

  1. 1 2 "Local election results: Isle of Wight". BBC . Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Pledge to fulfill election promises". Isle of Wight County Press. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Culture and heritage sacrificed to meet pre-election promises". Isle of Wight County Press. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Pre-election promises not been kept". Isle of Wight County Press . Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "Isle of Wight Council election 2005". Isle of Wight County Press. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
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