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2015 Election

The 2015 General Election has attracted great interest on the Isle of Wight with six candidates currently in the running to take the largest constituency seat in the country, with 110,000 Islanders of voting age.

Below are the articles published in the run up to the 2015 General Election.

2015 election results

We also have our detailed break down of the Isle of Wight election results and our live, as-it-happened coverage of the count.

5, January 2015·1 min read

MP loses campaign manager and agent before re-election launch

Despite a diminishing campaign team, Andrew Turner will apparently continue with the launch of his election campaign next Monday.

21, April 2015·1 min read

Labour candidate, Stewart Blackmore, publishes his Personal Manifesto

Find out what Labour candidate, Stewart Blackmore, plans to do for the Isle of Wight if he is elected in the 2015 election.

27, September 2013·1 min read

Abolish business rates says UKIP Parliamentary candidate

This week sees UKIP’s IW Parliamentary Candidate, Iain McKie, launch his campaign to abolish Business Rates.

29, April 2015·1 min read

Former Agent on BBC: ‘I’ve come to the conclusion that really Andrew is not the man for the Isle of Wight’

In a revealing feature on BBC South Today last night, Andrew Turner's until-recently Agent says the former MP is "not the man for the Isle of Wight".

5, January 2015·1 min read

MP to launch re-election campaign

Andrew Turner will set out his political priorities for the coming General Election at a restricted capacity press conference next week.

13, March 2015·1 min read

Free music event to celebrate Green candidate’s election campaign

Cream of the Isle of Wight music crop, Paul Butler, Paul Armfield and Jon Thorne join The Fellowship of Groove for an evening in celebration of Vix Lowthion's election campaign.

Andrew Turner being interviewed by Yoppul - looking quizical

30, April 2015·1 min read

Enoch Powell an ‘inspiration’ to Andrew Turner

When recently asked who his greatest inspiration was, Isle of Wight MP hopeful Andrew Turner listed Enoch Powell, a man widely perceived as a racist.

29, January 2015·1 min read

Stewart Blackmore: Labour Party election launch video and audio

Labour candidate Stewart Blackmore says he has already spent nine months talking to tens of thousands of Islanders and intends to try his very best to remove what he calls "one of the most right wing MPs from Westminster".

20, January 2015·1 min read

Isle of Wight Labour candidate announces election campaign launch

Another week and another pre-election announcement. Very apt for today as it's the 750th anniversary of what is widely recognised as England’s first Parliament (which is being celebrated by the BBC with their Democracy Day campaign).

6, January 2015·1 min read

Further changes in Andrew Turner’s re-election campaign team

A new chairman of the MP's Campaign Committee has been announced after Keith Hooke's departure.

8, April 2015·1 min read

Find out what Independent candidate Ian Stephens has to say in his manifesto

Fracking, a rise in ferry fares and means-testing the elderly are some of the issues Ian Stephens says he opposes in his 2015 election manifesto. Read on to find out more.

7, January 2015·1 min read

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