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Andrew Turner

Andrew Turner was MP for the Isle of Wight between 2001 and 2017.

Andrew Turner First elected in 2001 after coming second in the 1997 election, he gained re-election in the follow three elections, 2005, 2010 and 2015.

Anti-gay comments led to resignation
At the end of April 2017, on the eve of the 2017 General election, he was reported as telling pupils at Christ The King that believed homosexuality was “wrong” and “dangerous to society”. Finding himself at the centre of a media storm, within hours, he stood down as MP.

Below are some of the articles which OnTheWight has published that mention Andrew Turner.

Bob Seely and Parliament

19, October 2016·1 min read

Bob Seely ‘interested in standing’ as Isle of Wight MP

Isle of Wight councillor, Bob Seely, reveals through OnTheWight that he would be interested in standing for the MP role – with caveats. He's run before, in Nottinghamshire and got close.

jonathan bacon

19, October 2016·2 min read

Council leader hits back at MP in Solent Devolution row

Promises of help for the Isle of Wight after the Island's MP voted for the cuts in funding earlier this year have come to nothing says Jonathan Bacon, who believes staying at the Devolution table where they know there is the chance of money is the best thing to do.

Andrew Turner at House of Commons - 11 Jan 2016

19, October 2016·3 min read

Council should not ‘Marry in Haste – Repent at Leisure’ says Isle of Wight MP

The Isle of Wight MP, Andrew Turner, says he's convinced that he can "negotiate a better deal than the one currently on the table - whether that be with the current Solent partners or perhaps with Hampshire".

british-army soldier

4, October 2016·1 min read

In ‘heat of the battle’ Human Rights law to be scrapped

Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Andrew Turner, welcomes a change to that will not longer see troops subject to The European Convention on Human Rights on the battlefield.

andrew turner

3, October 2016·1 min read

Isle of Wight MP welcomes announcement of PM’s Brexit intention

Although Brexit won't happen for at least two and a half years, the MP said "Those who tried to keep us in the EU by saying the sky would fall in if we voted Leave have been proved wrong."

iow andrew turner mp and dairy farmer richard fisk

20, September 2016·1 min read

MP challenged by farmers to back British farming during Brexit talks

Farmers and growers challenged the MP to back British farming when a new agriculture policy.

andrew turner budget talk 3

13, September 2016·1 min read

MP responds to boundary changes announcement

Find out what Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner thinks of the boundary commission proposals to split the Island into two constituencies from 2020.

microbeads

2, September 2016·1 min read

MP calls for legislation on controversial Microbeads

Microbeads used in a range of products not only cause damage to the digestive systems of marine life, but also enter the human food chain, with unknown long-term consequences.

Vix Lowthion - green scarf

8, August 2016·1 min read

Isle of Wight MP questioned over support for Grammar Schools

Vix Lowthion believes a Grammar school on the Island would increase the divide between the academic results of our schools and asks the Isle of Wight MP where he stands on the issue.

iw from space

5, August 2016·9 min read

Ofsted chairman says Isle of Wight: inbred, poor, white ghetto (Update 8)

The Chairman of Ofsted, David Hoare, tells a conference audience that during dinner party chatter he describes Isle of Wight as "a ghetto" with "inbreeding" and a "mass of crime, drug problems, huge unemployment".

Theresa May

12, July 2016·1 min read

Isle of Wight MP now behind Theresa May as Prime Minister

After last backing Andrea Leadsom as Tory leader, the Isle of Wight MP now says "there is no denying that Theresa has the greater amount of experience in Government" and that the parliamentary party must now unite behind.

Collapsed car deck

12, July 2016·1 min read

MP raises ferry safety concerns with MCA Chief

Isle of Wight MP, Andrew Turner, has followed up an apparent lack of enforcement action by the MCA following the serious incident on a Wightlink ferry in 2014, when the mezzanine deck collapsed.

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