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Isle of Wight parliamentary election results

image of declarationThe results of the parliamentary election have been declared. The results of the Isle of Wight Council elections and the Mayoral referendum will be declared later today (May 6th).

The Island’s count went smoothly, with more than 120 counting agents processing around 180,000 different pieces of paper in three different ballots in the largest parliamentary constituency in the UK. The first ballot boxes arrived shortly after 10 pm, and by 11.40 pm, they had all been gathered in.

Then the verification process began: each box had to be checked to ensure that the amount of ballots inside matched the number recorded at the polling station. At the same time, each box was checked to identify whether ballots had been put in the wrong boxes and to reallocate them. The verification process ended at 02.45 am on Friday morning and the council election ballots and mayoral referendum ballots were secured for counting later that day.

The count to decide who would be the Island’s MP began in earnest at 3.12 am and an expectant hush descended on the count room. The count concluded at 4.30 am, and returning office Danny Fisher, the High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight announced the result, declaring Andrew Turner elected for a second term as MP for the Island.

Candidate Party Votes % change where appropriate
Candidate Mark Chiverton Labour 11,484 +2.0
candidate Edward Corby
 Independent 551 na
candidate Anthony Rowlands
 Liberal Democrat 19,739 -5.8
candidate Michael Tarrant
 UKIP 2,352 +0.2
candidate Andrew Turner
 Conservative 32,717 +9.2
Turnout       62.4 %

Above candidate images courtesy of the County Press.

Rejected ballot papers

Rejected ballot papers Number
Want of an official mark 0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to
54
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified 3
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 213
Rejected in part 0
Total 270

Results of the 2001 parliamentary election

Name Party Votes Per cent
Peter Brand Liberal Democrat 22,397 35.3
Deborah Gardiner
 Labour 9,676 15.2
David Holmes Independent 1,423 2.2
David Lott UKIP 2,106 3.3
Philip Murray IOW Party 1,164 1.8
Paul Scivier Green Party 1,279 2.0
James Spensley SLP 214 0.3
Andrew Turner
 Conservative 25,223 39.7
Turnout     61.19 %