Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Isle of Wight |
Electorate | 113,021 (2019) |
Major settlements | Brading, Lake, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin |
1832–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | |
Replaced by | Isle of Wight East Isle of Wight West |
Isle of Wight (
Created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, it covers the whole of the Isle of Wight. It had the largest electorate of any constituency at the 2019 general election.[n 2]
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be abolished with the island being divided into Isle of Wight East and Isle of Wight West.[2]
Boundaries
The Isle of Wight has been a single seat of the House of Commons since 1832. It covers the same land as the ceremonial county of the Isle of Wight and the area administered by the unitary authority, Isle of Wight Council: a diamond-shaped island with rounded oblique corners, measuring 22.5 miles (36.2 km) by 13 miles (21 km), the Needles and similar small uninhabitable rocks of very small square surface area. The island is linked by ferry crossings from four points (five points if counting Cowes and East Cowes separately) to three points in Hampshire: Lymington, Southampton and Portsmouth.
Its electorate of 113,021 at the 2019 general election[3] is the largest in the UK, more than 50% above the UK average: 73,181,[3] and five times the size of the smallest seat: Na h-Eileanan an Iar, formerly known as the Western Isles.[4]
One or two seats problem
The reviews of the
Eventually, under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, which proposed that the total number of constituencies in the UK Parliament should be reduced from 650 to 600, it was specified that the Isle of Wight should comprise two "protected" seats, meaning that their electorates did not have to be within the statutory range of ±5%. The 2011 Act was amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 which reversed the decrease in the total number of seats but retained the two protected seats for the Isle of Wight.
2024 boundary changes
Following the abandonment of the
The commission proposed splitting the island into Isle of Wight East (electorate 56,805) and Isle of Wight West (electorate 54,911).[8][9][10]
- Isle of Wight East will include the communities of Ryde, Bembridge, Brading, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor;
- Isle of Wight West will include the communities of Newport, East Cowes, Cowes and Freshwater.
History
Before the
The constituency has traditionally been a battleground between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and their predecessors. The seat was held by a Liberal from 1974 until 1987,[14][15][16] a Conservative until 1997, a Liberal Democrat until 2001,[16][17] and a Conservative since then.[17]
At the 2015 election, the incumbent Conservative scored one of his party's largest swings against the Liberal Democrats whose candidate finished in fifth place.
In the 2017 general election, the Labour candidate gained second place with the party's best result since 1966. Nick Belfitt, the Liberal Democrat candidate, became the youngest ever candidate to stand for the seat at the age of 23.[18]
At the December 2019 general election, Labour came second, marginally increasing the party's vote total and share of the poll compared to 2017. The Liberal Democrats agreed to stand aside and support the Green Party candidate as part the Unite to Remain agreement between the two parties and Plaid Cymru involving 60 constituencies in England and Wales, with the purpose of increasing the chances of candidates who supported remaining in the European Union.[19]
Members of Parliament
Pre 1832
- 1654: Lord Lisle; William Sydenham
- 1830–1831: Horrace Twiss
Since 1832
Election | Member[20] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | Sir Richard Simeon, Bt
|
Whig[21][22] | |
1837 | William Holmes à Court | Conservative[21] | |
1847 | John Simeon | Whig[23][24][25] | |
1851 by-election | Edward Dawes | Radical[26][27][28] | |
1852 | Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt | Conservative | |
1857 | Charles Clifford | Whig[29] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1865 | John Simeon | ||
1870 by-election | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane
|
Conservative | |
1880 | Evelyn Ashley | Liberal | |
1885 | Richard Webster | Conservative | |
1900 | John Seely | ||
1904 by-election | Ind. Conservative
| ||
1906 | Godfrey Baring | Liberal | |
1910 | Douglas Hall
|
Conservative | |
1922 | Sir Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke | Liberal | |
1923 | John Seely
| ||
1924 | Peter Macdonald | Conservative | |
1959 | Mark Woodnutt | ||
February 1974 | Stephen Ross | Liberal | |
1987 | Barry Field | Conservative | |
1997 | Peter Brand | Liberal Democrats | |
2001 | Andrew Turner | Conservative | |
2017 | Bob Seely |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Seely | 41,815 | 56.2 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Richard Quigley | 18,078 | 24.3 | +1.3 | |
Green | Vix Lowthion | 11,338 | 15.2 | –2.1 | |
Ind. Network | Carl Feeney | 1,542 | 2.1 | New | |
Independent | Karl Love | 874 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent | Daryll Pitcher | 795 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 23,737 | 31.9 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 74,442 | 65.9 | –1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 113,021 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Seely | 38,190 | 51.3 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Julian Critchley | 17,121 | 23.0 | +10.2 | |
Green | Vix Lowthion | 12,915 | 17.3 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Belfitt | 2,740 | 3.7 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | Daryll Pitcher | 1,921 | 2.6 | −18.6 | |
Independent
|
Julie Jones-Evans | 1,592 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 21,069 | 28.3 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 74,479 | 67.3 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 110,683 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner[34] | 28,591 | 40.7 | -6.0 | |
UKIP | Iain McKie | 14,888 | 21.2 | +17.7 | |
Green | Vix Lowthion[35] | 9,404 | 13.4 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Stewart Blackmore[34] | 8,984 | 12.8 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Goodall[36] | 5,235 | 7.5 | -24.2 | |
Independent
|
Ian Stephens[37] | 3,198 | 4.5 | New | |
Majority | 13,703 | 19.5 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 70,300 | 65.0 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 108,804 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 32,810 | 46.7 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jill Wareham | 22,283 | 31.7 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Mark Chiverton | 8,169 | 11.6 | −5.6 | |
UKIP | Michael Tarrant | 2,435 | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
BNP | Geoff Clynch | 1,457 | 2.1 | New | |
English Democrat | Ian Dunsire | 1,233 | 1.8 | New | |
Green | Bob Keats | 931 | 1.3 | New | |
Middle England Party | Paul Martin | 616 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent
|
Pete Harris | 175 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent
|
Paul Randle-Jolliffe | 89 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent
|
Edward Corby | 66 | 0.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 10,527 | 15.0 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 70,264 | 63.9 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 109,922 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 32,717 | 48.9 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Rowlands | 19,739 | 29.5 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Mark Chiverton | 11,484 | 17.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Michael Tarrant | 2,352 | 3.5 | +0.2 | |
Independent
|
Edward Corby | 551 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 12,978 | 19.4 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 66,843 | 61.3 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 107,737 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 25,223 | 39.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Brand | 22,397 | 35.3 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Deborah Gardiner | 9,676 | 15.2 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | David Lott | 2,106 | 3.3 | +1.8 | |
Independent
|
David Holmes | 1,423 | 2.2 | New | |
Green | Paul Scivier | 1,279 | 2.0 | +1.3 | |
Isle of Wight Party | Philip Murray | 1,164 | 1.8 | New | |
Socialist Labour | James Spensley | 214 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,826 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63,482 | 60.8 | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 104,431 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -6.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Brand | 31,274 | 42.7 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Turner | 24,868 | 34.0 | −13.9 | |
Labour | Deborah Gardiner | 9,646 | 13.2 | +7.2 | |
Referendum | Tim Bristow | 4,734 | 6.5 | New | |
UKIP | Malcom Turner | 1,072 | 1.5 | New | |
Independent
|
Harry Rees | 848 | 1.2 | New | |
Green | Paul Scivier | 544 | 0.7 | New | |
Natural Law | Clive Daly | 87 | 0.1 | −0.3 | |
Rainbow Warriors | Jonathan Eveleigh | 86 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,406 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 74,193 | 72.0 | −7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 101,680 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Field | 38,163 | 47.9 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Brand | 36,336 | 45.6 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Ken Pearson | 4,784 | 6.0 | +0.1 | |
Natural Law | Clive Daly | 350 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,827 | 2.3 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 79,633 | 79.8 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 99,839 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Field | 40,175 | 51.2 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Michael Young | 33,733 | 42.9 | −8.1 | |
Labour | Kenn Pearson | 4,626 | 5.9 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 6,442 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 78,560 | 79.6 | -0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 98,694 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 38,407 | 51.0 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Virginia Bottomley | 34,904 | 46.3 | -1.4 | |
Labour | Catherine Wilson | 1,828 | 2.4 | -1.6 | |
Isle of Wight Residents Party | Thomas McDermott | 208 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,503 | 4.7 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 75,347 | 80.0 | -1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 94,226 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 35,889 | 48.2 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Dudley Fishburn | 35,537 | 47.7 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Catherine Wilson | 3,014 | 4.0 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 352 | 0.5 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 74,440 | 81.8 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 90,961 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 29,697 | 45.1 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | Dudley Fishburn | 27,657 | 42.0 | +3.0 | |
Labour | L.D. Brooke | 8,562 | 13.0 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 2,040 | 3.1 | -8.1 | ||
Turnout | 65,916 | 76.7 | -4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 85,897 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 34,808 | 50.2 | +28.0 | |
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 27,042 | 39.0 | -13.4 | |
Labour | TC Bisson | 7,495 | 10.8 | -11.8 | |
Majority | 7,766 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 69,345 | 81.4 | +9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 85,208 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 30,437 | 52.4 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Kent Boulton | 13,111 | 22.6 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 12,883 | 22.2 | -0.2 | |
Vectis National Party | Ronald W.J Cowdell | 1,607 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 17,326 | 29.8 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 58,038 | 72.0 | -3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 80,537 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 25,862 | 48.6 | -4.9 | |
Labour | Peter Stephenson | 15,411 | 29.0 | -2.6 | |
Liberal | Stephen Ross | 11,915 | 22.4 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 10,451 | 19.6 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 53,188 | 75.0 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 70,877 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 27,497 | 53.5 | -9.4 | |
Labour | William Mann | 16,244 | 31.6 | -5.5 | |
Liberal | Barbara Bliss | 7,666 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,253 | 21.9 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 51,407 | 74.3 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 69,215 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Woodnutt | 31,228 | 62.9 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Edward Cecil Amey | 18,396 | 37.1 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 12,832 | 25.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,624 | 74.1 | -0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 66,939 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 31,335 | 62.6 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Sydney Conbeer | 18,698 | 37.4 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 12,637 | 25.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,033 | 74.4 | -5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 67,297 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 33,501 | 61.8 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Sydney Conbeer | 20,712 | 38.2 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 12,789 | 23.6 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,213 | 80.3 | -0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 67,501 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 32,984 | 60.5 | +13.9 | |
Labour | Sydney Conbeer | 21,496 | 39.5 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 11,488 | 21.0 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,480 | 80.6 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 67,581 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 22,036 | 46.6 | -16.58 | |
Labour | William Miller | 19,252 | 40.7 | +3.87 | |
Liberal | May O'Conor | 5,967 | 12.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,784 | 5.9 | -20.47 | ||
Turnout | 47,255 | 76.0 | +6.56 | ||
Registered electors | 62,364 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Peter Macdonald
- Labour: Robert Arthur Lyster
- Liberal: Helen de Guerry Browne
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 26,748 | 63.18 | -14.07 | |
Labour | William Miller | 15,586 | 36.83 | +14.07 | |
Majority | 11,162 | 26.35 | -28.15 | ||
Turnout | 42,334 | 69.44 | -1.68 | ||
Registered electors | 60,965 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Macdonald | 32,728 | 77.25 | +29.05 | |
Labour | James Drummond | 9,639 | 22.75 | +9.05 | |
Majority | 23,089 | 54.50 | +44.50 | ||
Turnout | 42,367 | 71.12 | -7.88 | ||
Registered electors | 59,574 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Peter Macdonald | 21,949 | 48.2 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | St John Hutchinson | 17,383 | 38.1 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 6,256 | 13.7 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 4,566 | 10.1 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,588 | 79.0 | -1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 57,693 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | -2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Peter Macdonald | 19,346 | 52.4 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | John Seely | 13,944 | 37.8 | -8.8 | |
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 3,620 | 9.8 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 5,402 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,910 | 80.1 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 46,052 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal
|
Swing | +7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Seely | 16,249 | 46.6 | +10.4 | |
Unionist
|
Peter Macdonald | 16,159 | 46.3 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Emily Palmer | 2,475 | 7.1 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 90 | 0.3 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,883 | 76.6 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 45,530 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke | 12,202 | 36.2 | -4.6 | |
Unionist
|
John Perowne
|
10,620 | 31.6 | -27.6 | |
Ind. Unionist | Arthur Veasey | 7,061 | 21.0 | New | |
Labour | Harold Shearman | 3,756 | 11.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,582 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,639 | 75.4 | +9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 44,637 | ||||
Unionist
|
Swing | +11.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist
|
Douglas Hall | 16,274 | 59.2 | +8.4 |
Liberal | Godfrey Baring
|
11,235 | 40.8 | -8.4 | |
Majority | 5,039 | 18.4 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 27,509 | 65.5 | -23.2 | ||
Registered electors | 42,013 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | +8.4 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Douglas Hall
- Liberal: Godfrey Baring
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hall | 7,192 | 50.8 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Constantine Scaramanga-Ralli | 6,969 | 49.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 223 | 1.6 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,161 | 88.7 | -2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 15,969 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Hall | 7,414 | 51.0 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 7,123 | 49.0 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 291 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,537 | 91.0 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 15,969 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 7,453 | 55.8 | New | |
Conservative | Anthony Hickman Morgan | 5,892 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,561 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,345 | 87.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,193 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative
|
John Seely | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Seely | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 14,494 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Seely | 6,432 | 54.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 5,370 | 45.5 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 1,062 | 9.0 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,802 | 81.4 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 14,494 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,809 | 52.0 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Armine Wodehouse | 5,363 | 48.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 446 | 4.0 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,172 | 80.9 | -3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,816 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,699 | 52.1 | -4.7 | |
Liberal | Sigismund Mendl | 5,238 | 47.9 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 461 | 4.2 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,937 | 84.4 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,957 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,943 | ||||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Webster's appointment as Attorney General of England and Wales.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,271 | 56.8 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | John Stuart[57] | 4,013 | 43.2 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 1,258 | 13.6 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,284 | 77.7 | -10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,943 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Webster | 5,495 | 52.1 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Evelyn Ashley | 5,059 | 47.9 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 436 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,554 | 88.4 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,943 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Evelyn Ashley | 1,986 | 50.2 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Temple Cotton[59] | 1,973 | 49.8 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,959 | 79.9 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,954 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.3 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,614 | 50.1 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Evelyn Ashley | 1,605 | 49.9 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,219 | 78.8 | +13.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,084 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,317 | 50.7 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | George Moffatt[60] | 1,282 | 49.3 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,599 | 68.3 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,807 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.5 |
- Caused by Simeon's death.
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simeon | 1,353 | 54.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,118 | 45.2 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 235 | 9.6 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,471 | 64.9 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,807 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simeon | 786 | 52.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Locock | 710 | 47.5 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 76 | 5.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,496 | 64.6 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,315 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Clifford | 756 | 52.1 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt | 694 | 47.9 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 62 | 4.2 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,450 | 71.1 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,038 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Clifford | 730 | 54.5 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Willis Fleming | 610 | 45.5 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 120 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,340 | 68.8 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,949 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Venables-Vernon-Harcourt | 681 | 53.5 | +9.6 | |
Radical | Edward Dawes | 593 | 46.5 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 88 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,274 | 77.2 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,650 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Edward Dawes | 565 | 52.1 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Snape Hamond[61] | 519 | 47.9 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 46 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,084 | 65.7 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,650 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | −4.0 |
- Caused by Simeon's Catholicism.[62]
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Simeon | 476 | 56.1 | New | |
Conservative | Thomas Willis Fleming | 373 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 103 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 849 | 72.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,167 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William à Court-Holmes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,167 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William à Court-Holmes | 628 | 52.9 | +11.8 | |
Whig | Dudley Pelham[63] | 560 | 47.1 | −11.8 | |
Majority | 68 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,188 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Simeon | 483 | 58.9 | −27.5 | |
Conservative | George Henry Ward | 337 | 41.1 | +27.5 | |
Majority | 146 | 17.8 | −55.0 | ||
Turnout | 820 | c. 70.3 | c. −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,167 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −27.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Simeon | 712 | 86.4 | ||
Tory | Alexander Glynn Campbell | 112 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 600 | 72.8 | |||
Turnout | 824 | 70.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,167 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
See also
- Politics of the Isle of Wight
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
Notes
- county constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- first past the postsystem of election at least every five years.
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External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
- Isle of Wight UK Parliament constituency (boundaries 1885 – May 2024) at MapIt UK