UK general elections › 2010 › Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight — 2010
Andrew Turner (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,810 votes— 46.7% 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
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Turner | Conservative Party | 32,810 | −3.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jill Wareham | Liberal Democrats | 22,283 | — | ||
| 3 | Mark Chiverton | Labour Party | 8,169 | — | ||
| 4 | Mike Tarrant | UK Independence Party | 2,435 | — | ||
| 5 | Geoff Clynch | British National Party | 1,457 | — | ||
| 6 | Ian Dunsire | English Democrats | 1,233 | — | ||
| 7 | Bob Keats | Green Party | 931 | — | ||
| 8 | Paul Martin | Middle England Party | 616 | — | ||
| 9 | Peter Harris | Independent | 175 | — | ||
| 10 | Paul Randle-Jolliffe | Independent | 89 | — | ||
| 11 | Edward Corby | Independent | 66 | — |
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.