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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.

17, March 2015·4 min read

Green candidate meets and compares the ferry companies

Isle of Wight Green Party prospective parliamentary candidatefor the 2015 elections Vix Lowthion has now met with the two major ferry companies, Red Funnel and Wightlink and shares her impression with readers.

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.

12, March 2015·1 min read

IW Labour welcomes ‘no second jobs for Labour MPs after general election’

The Isle of Wight Labour Party welcomes their leader Ed Miliband's stance over second jobs for MPs.

10, March 2015·1 min read

Green candidate Vix Lowthion meets Caroline Lucas at party conference

Energised by feedback from other party conference-goers, Vix says she's looking forward to the last two months of the election campaign.

5, March 2015·1 min read

Sandown Independent, Bob Blezzard, confirmed as LibDem election agent (updated)

The former LibDem councillor, now an Independent, will be acting as the election agent for IW LibDem candidate, David Goodall.

3, March 2015·1 min read

Warning from IW Labour candidate over ‘Commissioning Council’

The Isle of Wight is on course to lose its County status with more public services delivered by private companies or run by a mainland council, Labour prospective parliamentary candidate Stewart Blackmore has warned.

24, February 2015·1 min read

UKIP attack on former council leader over £500k blunder

Following a council officer error, when over half a million pounds was paid to a bankrupt company, the Isle of Wight council are in the process of recovering the money through the courts. The latest hearing has been adjourned until 16th March. Prospective parliamentary candidate Iain McKie shares his views on the situation.

23, February 2015·1 min read

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