Isle of Wight parliamentary election results

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

Above candidate images courtesy of the County Press.

Rejected ballot papers

Results of the 2001 parliamentary election