2009 Isle of Wight Council election
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The 2009 Isle of Wight Council elections were held on Thursday 4 June 2009.
After a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, the number of seats on the council was reduced from 48 single-member wards, to a 40-member council, consisting of 38 single member wards, and one double-member ward.[1]
Overview
[edit]The result of the election was 'no change', with the Conservatives retaining an overall majority by winning twenty-four of the forty seats available. Of the sixteen remaining seats, ten went to independents, five to the Liberal Democrats and just one to the Labour Party.[2] Although the Conservatives managed to retain control, the Isle of Wight was still the only council in England in which they lost seats.[3] Among the factors which could have led to this relatively poor performance are the recent education reforms on the Isle of Wight, which led to protests over the closure of island primary schools. The "Standards not Tiers" independent candidate Chris Welsford beat the sitting Conservative councillor Jonny Fitzgerald-Bond by 141 votes in the Ventnor East ward. In the Cowes West and Gurnard ward, which was at the heart of education reforms, sitting Tory councillor Alan Wells was beaten by independent candidate Paul Fuller.[2] The large numbers of independent candidates standing at this election and the increased level of support for them could also be attributed to the ongoing United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, pushing voters away from the mainstream political parties represented in the House of Commons.
Results
[edit]The party standings following the election:
Party | 2005 Cllrs | 2005 Cllrs, restated[4] | Gain/Loss | 2009 Cllrs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative Party | 35 | 29 | −5 | 24 | |
Independents | 5 | 4 | +3 | 7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
Labour Party | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
Others[5] | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
Total | 48 | 40 | – | 40 |
Ward results
[edit]The following are results from each electoral ward.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Colin Richards | 691 | 51.68 | ||
Conservative | Erica Oulton | 646 | 48.31 | ||
Turnout | 1337 | 44.62 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan Bulwe | 519 | 42.47 | ||
Independent | Ivor Warlow | 515 | 42.14 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Zeid | 188 | 15.38 | ||
Turnout | 1222 | 45.17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Patrick Joyce | 1444 | |||
Independent | Jonathan Bacon | 1289 | |||
Conservative | Sally Pigot | 1117 | |||
Conservative | Joe Robertson | 1097 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anouska Blake | 406 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Cleaver | 338 | |||
Turnout | 4391 | 48.49 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hobart | 583 | |||
Independent | Barbara Foster | 475 | |||
Turnout | 1058 | 41.27 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Bingham | 894 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jill Wareham | 732 | |||
Turnout | 1626 | 57.98 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Wyatt-Millington | 641 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Groves | 404 | |||
Turnout | 1045 | 45.27 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lora Peacy-Wilcox | 617 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Reid | 148 | |||
Labour | Steve Cooper | 121 | |||
Turnout | 886 | 30.74 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Brown | 542 | |||
Independent | Wendy Wardrop | 276 | |||
Labour | Peter Laugharne | 98 | |||
Turnout | 916 | 35.27 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Mazillius | 987 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Witheridge | 230 | |||
Labour | Nicholas Wray | 85 | |||
Turnout | 1302 | 45.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Fuller | 819 | |||
Conservative | Alan Wells | 649 | |||
Turnout | 1468 | 47.99 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Webster | 642 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Lloyd | 543 | |||
Labour | Jane McKean | 68 | |||
Turnout | 1253 | 42.07 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andy Sutton | 541 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Wareham | 226 | |||
Labour | Clive Burland | 134 | |||
Turnout | 901 | 39.20 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Cameron | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Medland | 389 | |||
Independent | David Baggott | 245 | |||
Turnout | 1069 | 44.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rodney Downer | 570 | |||
Conservative | Alison Child | 509 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dave Hardy | 112 | |||
Turnout | 1191 | 45.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Vanessa Churchman | 420 | |||
Conservative | Conrad Gauntlett | 395 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Fraser-Tait | 210 | |||
Turnout | 1025 | 37.27 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jerry White | 401 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Harris | 356 | |||
Labour | Deborah Gardiner | 333 | |||
Turnout | 1090 | 39.11 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Hunter-Henderson | 591 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Fleming | 301 | |||
Labour | Alan Hollands | 128 | |||
BNP | Dot Clynch | 89 | |||
Turnout | 1109 | 42.46 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Reg Barry | 855 | |||
Conservative | Diana Tuson | 607 | |||
Turnout | 1462 | 54.57 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Jones-Evans | 291 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Garratt | 186 | |||
Independent | Jackie Hawkins | 157 | |||
Independent | Julian Whittaker | 103 | |||
Labour | Andy Woodhouse | 70 | |||
Turnout | 807 | 28.46 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoff Lumley | 449 | |||
Conservative | Peter Humber | 191 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Cathy Wright | 73 | |||
Turnout | 713 | 30.31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dawn Cousins | 508 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Whiteman | 342 | |||
Turnout | 850 | 34.07 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Dixcey | 395 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Smart | 315 | |||
Labour | David Stott | 135 | |||
Turnout | 845 | 32.29 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Whittaker | 501 | |||
Independent | Brian Rushton | 182 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Carr | 165 | |||
Turnout | 848 | 37.32 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hollis | 312 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Garry Price | 185 | |||
Independent | Clive Page | 145 | |||
Labour | Steve Falla | 63 | |||
Turnout | 705 | 29.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dave Knowles | 626 | |||
Conservative | Peter Tuson | 479 | |||
Turnout | 1105 | 38.67 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wayne Whittle | 364 | |||
Conservative | Adrian Axford | 318 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Henry Adams | 285 | |||
Turnout | 967 | 33.56 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Taylor | 531 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Wakeley | 441 | |||
Turnout | 972 | 33.53 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Whittaker | 275 | |||
Independent | Charles Chapman | 263 | |||
Conservative | Gary Axford | 217 | |||
Labour | Ernest 'Jim' White | 67 | |||
Turnout | 822 | 28.61 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ian Stephens | 652 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Doran | 249 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Timmons | 209 | |||
Turnout | 1110 | 39.20 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Heather Humby | 747 | |||
Conservative | Rajesh Patel | 179 | |||
Turnout | 926 | 39.46 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Ward | 547 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Blezzard | 283 | |||
Independent | Richard Davis | 177 | |||
Labour | Eric Goacher | 43 | |||
Turnout | 1050 | 35.19 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams | 634 | |||
Independent | Lincoln Wyatt | 231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sara Sheath | 191 | |||
Labour | Doreen Armstrong | 61 | |||
Turnout | 1117 | 35.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Pugh | 804 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Fleming | 161 | |||
Independent | Anne Bishop | 156 | |||
Labour | Peter Coleman | 58 | |||
Turnout | 1179 | 40.46 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Howe | 442 | |||
Conservative | David Eccles | 396 | |||
Independent | Carol Bryan | 304 | |||
Turnout | 1142 | 46.17 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Chris Welsford | 503 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Fitzgerald-Bond | 362 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Harry Rees | 150 | |||
Turnout | 1015 | 40.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Scoccia | 562 | |||
Independent | Stephen Stubbings | 555 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Ford | 86 | |||
Turnout | 1203 | 47.18 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stuart Dyer | 719 | |||
Conservative | Bill Burt | 624 | |||
Turnout | 1343 | 46.04 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Giles | 414 | |||
Independent | Charles Hancock | 398 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lloyd | 235 | |||
Labour | Laraine Pascoe | 60 | |||
Turnout | 1107 | 37.63 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Abraham | 866 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ernest Smith | 290 | |||
Turnout | 1156 | 41.22 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Future electoral arrangements for the Isle of Wight" (PDF). Boundary Committee for England. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ^ a b "Tories surge back in island polls". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ "Letters – Sickened voters stayed at home". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ The number of councillors received in 2005 multiplied by 0.833 to reflect the reduced number of councillors. No attempt has been made to account for altered boundaries and geographic distribution of support.
- ^ Those individuals who chose not to state a political affiliation, or be named as 'independents' on the ballot.
- ^ "Isle of Wight Council election results". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
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