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If the local election wasn't exciting enough for you, how about an early general election? It's looks highly likely one will take place on 8th June - just one month after the local election.
2017 General Election
The 2017 general election was called by Theresa May for 8th June 2017.
The Isle of Wight saw six people stand as prospective parliamentary candidates:
Nicholas Belfitt – Liberal Democrat
Julian Critchley – Labour
Julie Jones-Evans – Independent
Vix Lowthion – Green
Daryll Pitcher – UKIP
Bob Seely – Conservative
Below are articles relating to the 2017 General Election.
Image: bagelmouse under CC BY 2.0
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The Isle of Wight Green Party Parliamentary Candidate has written to local progressive party leaders (Labour, Liberal Democrat, Independents), asking them to embrace a new way forward for politics on the Island.
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Julia Baker-Smith has called upon the Island’s progressive parties to stand a single, democratically selected candidate against Andrew Turner at the General Election.
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The wording of the current Isle of Wight MP's statement on whether he would run again at the June General election was a little inconclusive when issued yesterday, so OnTheWight sought clarity.
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An Isle of Wight councillor has thrown their hat into the wing for the 2017 general election saying they didn’t hesitate as soon as the election was announced.
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The Isle of Wight Conservative Association say they are united in supporting current MP, Andrew Turner, to carry the Conservative flag for them on 8th June.
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The Isle of Wight Liberal Democrats have announced their prospective parliamentary candidate - who is one of the youngest LibDem candidates in the country.
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Jonathan Dodd returns with his Sunday column and this week talks politics ... well, not so much the actual politics, but rather the process for choosing who to elect. Thought provoking as always.
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Iain McKie had support of a prominent local party member to stand under the UKIP banner, but he's totally opposed to the national party's plans for a ban on Burqas. This isn't the last we'll hear from him though.
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It won't be the members of the Isle of Wight Conservative Association making the decision of who will be selected as prospective parliamentary candidate in the general election, just the Executive, but even that decision is now delayed.
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Die-hard Labour supporters and MPs called on the Labour leader to not stand a Labour candidate on the Isle of Wight, as it was felt the Greens could defeat the Conservatives here. IW Labour reject this.
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Isle of Wight Green Party leader, Vix Lowthion, is one of twelve general election candidates from across the country that will receive financial support from the crowdfunded campaign set up following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox by a right-wing fanatic.
