2005 Isle of Wight Council election

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]

Results

The party standings following the election:^[1]

Party		2001 Cllrs	Gain/Loss	2005 Cllrs
	Conservative Party	13	+22	35
	Independents	13	−7	6
	Liberal Democrats	19	−14	5
	Labour Party	3	−1	2
Total		48	–	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
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Vanessa Churchman	513
Independent	Leslie Kirkby	495
Liberal Democrats	Richard Tait	422

Bembridge North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Pigot	689
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Clough	422

Bembridge South
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Winifred McRobert	750
Liberal Democrats	Gordon Kendall	353
Labour	Alexander Rickard	151

Binstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Bulwer	1,185
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Fox	628

Brading and St Helens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Joyce	1,256
	Liberal Democrats	David Cleaver	607

Brighstone and Calbourne
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Colin West	810
Liberal Democrats	Jill Wareham	687
Labour	Peter Turner	106

Carisbrooke East
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	David Whittaker	567
Liberal Democrats	Kevin Jacobs	402
Labour	Michael Nobbs	273
Independent	Peter Foster	181

Carisbrooke West
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Barbara Foster	468
Liberal Democrats	Liam Verstraeten	390
Conservative	Stephen Gray	292
Independent	Dennis Lewis	177
Labour	Doris Frizel	139

Central Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Erica Oulton	1,016
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Carr	525

Chale, Niton and Whitwell
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Wendy Arnold	930
Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Groves	463
Independent	Richard Etherington	256

Cowes Castle East
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Alan Wells	620
Independent	Wendy Wardrop	345
UKIP	Paul Birch	79

Cowes Castle West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Effemey	797
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Tibble	519

Cowes Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lora Peacey-Wilcox	608
	Liberal Democrats	David Hill	573

Cowes Medina
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	George Brown	342
Labour	Kenn Pearson	318
Liberal Democrats	Peter Lloyd	272
UKIP	Rosemary Lynden-Bell	47

East Cowes North
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Margaret Webster	596
Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lloyd	390
Labour	Jane Turner	137

East Cowes South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muriel Miller	863
	Conservative	Simon Walker	463

Fairlee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eugenie-Dawn Cousins	847
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Morgan-Huws	411

Freshwater Afton
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Gillian Kennett	856
Liberal Democrats	Brian Hinton	430
Independent	Collin Lillywhite	261

Freshwater Norton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Sutton	817
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wareham	448

Gurnard
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Hobart	504
Independent	Paul Fuller	307
Liberal Democrats	Robert Wilkinson	182

Lake North
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Deborah Gardiner	451
Conservative	Constance Cowley	414
Liberal Democrats	Peter Harris	390

Lake South
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Timothy Hunter-Henderson	652
Liberal Democrats	Anne Stuart	410
Labour	David Piggott	262

Mount Joy
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Shelagh Swan	565
Liberal Democrats	Shirley Smart	356
Labour	Stuart Clements	221
Liberal	Richard Carruthers	30

Newchurch
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Brian Mosdell	701
Independent	Robert Richards	620
Independent	John Rackett	187

Newport North
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Jullian Whittaker	393
Labour	Nicholas Wray	337
Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Ross	291

Newport South
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Michael Cunningham	593
Labour	Cordula Rayner	355
Liberal Democrats	Guy Radclyffe	298

Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roger Mazillius	1

Osborne
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Charles Hancock	408
Conservative	Alan Nightingale	398
Labour	Laraine Pascoe	250
Socialist Labour	James Spensley	36

Pan
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Geoffrey Lumley	483
Conservative	Clive Page	337
Liberal Democrats	Ian Moth	221

Parkhurst
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Gary Price	522
Conservative	Roger Berrisford	438
Labour	Steven Falla	248

Ryde North East
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	John Adams	552
Conservative	David Woodward	470
Labour	Ernest White	204

Ryde North West
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Albert Taylor	804
Liberal Democrats	Michael Nobbs	375
Independent	Anthony Gordon	271

Ryde South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Chapman	866
	Conservative	Adrian Axford	463

Ryde South West
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Ian Stephens	669
Conservative	Peter Newman	358
Labour	Christine Wilde	338

Sandown South
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Ian Ward	600
Liberal Democrats	Robert Blezzard	475
Independent	Ronald Teasdale	357

Sandown North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Heather Humby	986
	Conservative	Dawn Martin	339

Seaview and Nettlestone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Tuson	949
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Barry	844

Shalfleet and Yarmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Burt	933
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Garlick	497

Shanklin Central
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	David Pugh	906
Labour	Peter Coleman	298
Independent	John Fleming	285

Shanklin North
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	David Williams	727
Labour	Alan Hollands	434
Liberal Democrats	Diana Beevers	304

Shanklin South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Bishop	889
	Independent	Harold Rees	524

Ryde St John's East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Knowles	698
	Conservative	Robert Woodgate	689

Ryde St John's West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Bowker	719
	Conservative	Rosalind Whitworth	340

Totland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cameron	738
	Liberal Democrats	John Howe	726

Ventnor East
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Jonathan Fitzgerald-Bond	554
Independent	Brenda Lawson	451
Liberal Democrats	Peter Doran	271
Green	Louis Lawrence	251

Ventnor West
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Susan Scoccia	688
Independent	Albert Bartlett	448
Liberal Democrats	David White	283
Independent	Paul Hatchwell	229

Wootton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Abraham	1,216
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Townsend	635

Wroxall and Godshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Wood	1,136
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Wright	633

References

^ ^a ^b "Local election results: Isle of Wight". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
^ "Pledge to fulfill election promises". Isle of Wight County Press. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
^ "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.
^ "Pre-election promises not been kept". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
^ "Isle of Wight Council election 2005". Isle of Wight County Press. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2009.

[BBC_election_results-1] "Local election results: Isle of Wight". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

[Conservative_manifesto_05-2] "Pledge to fulfill election promises". Isle of Wight County Press. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2009.

[IWCP_Letter_manifesto_not_kept_1-3] "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.

[IWCP_Letter_manifesto_not_kept_2-4] "Pre-election promises not been kept". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 10 December 2009.

[05_ward_results-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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