In the 2024 General Election, Bob Seely’s 23,772 majority evaporated, instead he lost by 3,177 votes in the new IW West seat to Labour, a party that had never held a seat on the Isle of Wight previously
It’s now become clear that this week wasn't the first time MP Bob Seely has hugely exaggerated the rate of growth of the IW population - here are the ones we know about (so far)
MP Bob Seely wrongly claimed during a BBC Radio 4’s main lunchtime news discussion about housing, that the Isle of Wight's population has doubled in the last 60 years. It hasn't. Read his excuse in full