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The Isle of Wight UKIP branch committee has been dissolved and now the Regional Branch organiser has refused to allow an AGM to take place. Iain McKie declares it an “affront to democracy”.
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Iain McKie says he gives his "word as a gentleman" that if he's elected as MP he'll "fight tooth and nail for the preservation of the free bus pass for pensioners”.
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The man in charge of keeping an eye on the PFI contract responds to UKIP parliamentary candidate, Iain McKie's calls for the contract to be investigated.
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OnTheWight has been chatting to the Head of Political Odds at Ladbrokes about the election in May - Not only did he call it 'one of the most interesting contests in the country' but he's given us the low down on the odds. Have they got it right?
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An Australian-style immigration system, the re-introduction of grammar schools and the establishment of Island-based community hospitals are some of the other items in Iain McKie's manifesto.
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We're reporting live from the Count in Newport. Stay with us throughout the night for live text and video updates. Keep this page open and you'll be alerted when new updates are added.
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Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Andrew Turner, has dropped out of the first hustings organised on the Isle of Wight by the College.
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Iain McKie says it's too late for “the old parties" to listen to the voice of Euroscepticism and act upon it.
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Reflecting that the Island used to have 11 hospitals, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) Iain McKie pledges that Cottage hospitals will be re-established on the Island - if he's elected.
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The council have already said they will be asking Atkins, a respected design, engineering and project management consultancy, to review the PFI contract.
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Former IW UKIP Chairman, Ewan Smith-Wainwright, who took over from Parliamentary candidate, Iain McKie, at the beginning of the year has told members that he's moving to the Conservative party.
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Here's Iain McKie's letter in full to Andrew Turner that says the MP "misled the electorate by making a false assertion in [the MP's] 'The Big Issues' election leaflet". McKie provides details that he says support his claim, asking the MP for evidence to the contrary.
