Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)

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The Isle of Wight
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Location of Isle of Wight within England
CountyIsle of Wight
Electorate113,021 (2019)
Major settlementsBrading, Lake, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin
Current constituency
Created1832
Member of ParliamentBob Seely (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from

Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE)[1] is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Bob Seely, a Conservative.

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[edit]

Map
Map of current 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[edit]

The reviews of the Boundary Commission for England since 1954 have consulted locally on splitting the island into two seats (and included occasional proposals for a seat crossing the Solent onto the mainland) but met an overall distaste by the independent commissioners and most consultees and consultation respondents. The consensus of varying panels of Boundary Commissioners, party-interested and neutral commentators is that the island would be best represented by one MP. The Commissioners did make mention perfunctorily of their duty by law to avoid such an extent of malapportionment (termed by most commissioners "leaving the island somewhat oversized"). One problem the independent body cited in 2008 was a difficulty of dividing the island in two in a way that would be acceptable to all major interests. The arbitrary division line problem is routinely encountered in those council areas which have no rural elements or natural divides.[5]

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.

Proposed boundary changes[edit]

Main article: 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
The Isle of Wight has elected one MP since 1832 but will elect two MPs for the first time at the next general election

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[6] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.[7]

The commission has proposed splitting the island into Isle of Wight East (electorate 56,805) and Isle of Wight West (electorate 54,911).[8][9][10]

History[edit]

Before the Reform Act 1832 (apart from the First Protectorate Parliament (1654–1655), when a whole island constituency existed) the island was usually represented by three Parliamentary boroughs: Newport, Newtown, and Yarmouth, each electing two MPs. The county electorate of the island, which included freeholders qualified by property, was represented by the two MPs for Hampshire.[11] The Reform Act abolished the Newtown and Yarmouth parliamentary boroughs, and a single-member county division of Hampshire was created for the island. The separate and overlapping Newport representation was reduced to one MP in 1868[12] and finally abolished in 1885.[13] Since then, the whole of the Isle of Wight has been represented by one constituency.

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[edit]

Pre 1832[edit]

Since 1832[edit]

Andrew Turner (pictured in 2010) served as the MP from 2001 to 2017.
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[edit]

Isle of Wight historical election results

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General election 2019: Isle of Wight[30]
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
General election 2017: Isle of Wight[31][32]
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
General election 2015: Isle of Wight[33]
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
General election 2010: Isle of Wight[38][39]
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[edit]

General election 2005: Isle of Wight[40]
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
General election 2001: Isle of Wight[17]
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[edit]

General election 1997: Isle of Wight[17][41]
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
General election 1992: Isle of Wight[16]
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[edit]

General election 1987: Isle of Wight[16]
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
General election 1983: Isle of Wight[16]
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[edit]

General election 1979: Isle of Wight[15]
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
General election October 1974: Isle of Wight[14]
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
General election February 1974: Isle of Wight[42]
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
General election 1970: Isle of Wight[43]
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[edit]

General election 1966: Isle of Wight[44]
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
General election 1964: Isle of Wight[45]
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[edit]

General election 1959: Isle of Wight[46]
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
General election 1955: Isle of Wight[47]
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
General election 1951: Isle of Wight[48]
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
General election 1950: Isle of Wight[49]
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[edit]

General election 1945: Isle of Wight[50]
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;

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

General election 1935: Isle of Wight[51]
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
General election 1931: Isle of Wight
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[edit]

General election 1929: Isle of Wight[52]
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
General election 1924: Isle of Wight
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
General election 1923: Isle of Wight
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
General election 1922: Isle of Wight
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
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +11.5

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

General election 1918: Isle of Wight
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;

Scaramanga-Ralli
General election December 1910: Isle of Wight [53]
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
General election January 1910: Isle of Wight [54]
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[edit]

Baring
General election 1906: Isle of Wight[54]
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
Seely

1904 Isle of Wight by-election[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Conservative John Seely Unopposed
Registered electors
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative
General election 1900: Isle of Wight[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Seely Unopposed
Registered electors 14,494
Conservative hold
1900 Isle of Wight by-election[55][54]
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[edit]

General election 1895: Isle of Wight[54]
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
General election 1892: Isle of Wight[54]
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[edit]

1886 Isle of Wight by-election[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Webster Unopposed
Registered electors 11,943
Conservative hold
General election 1886: Isle of Wight[56]
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
General election 1885: Isle of Wight[56]
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
General election 1880: Isle of Wight[58]
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[edit]

General election 1874: Isle of Wight[58]
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
1870 Isle of Wight by-election[58]
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[edit]

General election 1868: Isle of Wight[58]
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
General election 1865: Isle of Wight[58]
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[edit]

General election 1859: Isle of Wight[58]
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
General election 1857: Isle of Wight[58]
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
General election 1852: Isle of Wight[58]
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

By-election, 29 May 1851: Isle of Wight[58]
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

Elections in the 1840s[edit]

General election 1847: Isle of Wight[58]
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
General election 1841: Isle of Wight[58][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William à Court-Holmes Unopposed
Registered electors 1,167
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s[edit]

General election 1837: Isle of Wight[58][21]
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
General election 1835: Isle of Wight[58][21]
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
General election 1832: Isle of Wight[58][21]
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[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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