UK general elections2010 › Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight — 2010

Andrew Turner (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,810 votes46.7% of 70,264 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 46.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 70,264

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Andrew Turner Conservative Party 32,810−3.3 ptsElected
2Jill Wareham Liberal Democrats 22,283
3Mark Chiverton Labour Party 8,169
4Mike Tarrant UK Independence Party 2,435
5Geoff Clynch British National Party 1,457
6Ian Dunsire English Democrats 1,233
7Bob Keats Green Party 931
8Paul Martin Middle England Party 616
9Peter Harris Independent 175
10Paul Randle-Jolliffe Independent 89
11Edward Corby Independent 66

Electorate 109,922 · Turnout 63.9% · Majority 10,527 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.