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Isle of Wight Council election 2013

Good morning Isle of Wight!

Live from the count at Medina Leisure centre, OnTheWight delivered a fully-comprehensive results service to the Isle of Wight on election count day.

For just the results, we produced two levels of detail – just the election results summary, or the full details, including analysis.

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Below are the latest Election-related stories.

16, May 2013·1 min read

A special ‘Thank you!’ to those who helped us during election count

It's great when the Island comes together to help each other out. This was true for OnTheWight at the election count and we have a few people to thank.

18, April 2013·3 min read

Alan Wells accuses Nigel Farage of launching ‘knee-jerk political attack’. He responds (Updated)

Read how Alan Wells responded to Nigel Farage's email of yesterday.

1, May 2013·1 min read

BBC’s take on Isle of Wight elections

Amongst the quotes is David Pugh showing confidence, saying "If we don't get a majority there is no other grouping that will".

26, April 2013·1 min read

Claims of five more faked signatures on UKIP candidate papers

In this week's last-before-the-election edition, the CP claim they've found five more people who say their signatures have been faked on the nomination papers of Newport North UKIP candidate, Richard Wilkins.

15, April 2013·1 min read

Conservative party chairman objects to Independent using photo of MP on election leaflet

Independent candidate Vanessa Churchman is confused as to why Conservative party chairman Alan Wells is trying to dictate what photos she can use on her campaign leaflet.

16, April 2013·1 min read

Conservatives accuse UKIP candidate of falsifying official paperwork

If the Conservative allegations are correct, this is a serious offence.

1, May 2013·1 min read

Council refute candidate flyer included with postal vote ballot papers

Concerns were raised when it was claimed that the election flyer for a Conservative candidate was included with postal vote ballot papers.

23, August 2013·4 min read

Daily Telegraph apologises for attributing false statements to UKIP candidate, Richard Wilkins

Someone impersonating Richard Wilkins spoke to a Daily Telegraph journalist prior the election. The journalist failed to check the identity of the caller and ran an article attributing outlandish 'quotes' to him. OnTheWight has all of the detail ...

3, May 2013·1 min read