Isle of Wight Council election, 2005

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]

1 Results
2 Ward results
3 See also
4 References

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 lead 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vanessa Churchman	513
	Independent	Leslie Kirkby	495
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Tait	422

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

Bembridge South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winifred McRobert	750
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Kendall	353
	Labour	Alexander Rickard	151

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

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

Brighstone and Calbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin West	810
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Wareham	687
	Labour	Peter Turner	106

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

Carisbrooke West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Barbara Foster	468
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Michael Carr	525

Chale, Niton and Whitwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Arnold	930
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Groves	463
	Independent	Richard Etherington	256

Cowes Castle East
Party		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 Democrat	Stephen Tibble	519

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

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

East Cowes North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Webster	596
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Marc Morgan-Huws	411

Freshwater Afton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Kennett	856
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Hinton	430
	Independent	Collin Lillywhite	261

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

Gurnard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hobart	504
	Independent	Paul Fuller	307
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Wilkinson	182

Lake North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Gardiner	451
	Conservative	Constance Cowley	414
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Harris	390

Lake South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Hunter-Henderson	652
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Stuart	410
	Labour	David Piggott	262

Mount Joy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Swan	565
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Smart	356
	Labour	Stuart Clements	221
	Liberal	Richard Carruthers	30

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

Newport North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jullian Whittaker	393
	Labour	Nicholas Wray	337
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Ross	291

Newport South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cunningham	593
	Labour	Cordula Rayner	355
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Radclyffe	298

Northwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roger Mazillius	1

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

Pan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Lumley	483
	Conservative	Clive Page	337
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Moth	221

Parkhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Price	522
	Conservative	Roger Berrisford	438
	Labour	Steven Falla	248

Ryde North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Adams	552
	Conservative	David Woodward	470
	Labour	Ernest White	204

Ryde North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Taylor	804
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Nobbs	375
	Independent	Anthony Gordon	271

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

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

Sandown South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Ward	600
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Reginald Barry	844

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

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

Shanklin North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Williams	727
	Labour	Alan Hollands	434
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	David Knowles	698
	Conservative	Robert Woodgate	689

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

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

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

Ventnor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Scoccia	688
	Independent	Albert Bartlett	448
	Liberal Democrat	David White	283
	Independent	Paul Hatchwell	229

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

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Local election results: Isle of Wight". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/locals/html/3864.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
^ "Pledge to fulfill election promises". Isle of Wight County Press. http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/pledge-to-fulfil-election-promises-9139.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
^ "Culture and heritage sacrificed to meet pre-election promises". Isle of Wight County Press. http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/culture-and-heritage-sacrificed-to-meet-preelection-promises-10218.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
^ "Pre-election promises not been kept". Isle of Wight County Press. http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/preelection-promise-not-been-kept-10555.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
^ "Isle of Wight Council election 2005". Isle of Wight County Press. http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/isle-of-wight-council-election-2005-9098.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-08.

Preceded by Isle of Wight Council election, 2001	Isle of Wight local elections	Succeeded by Isle of Wight Council election, 2009

Isle of Wight Council election, 2005

Contents

Results

Ward results

See also

References