This is part of a series of eighteen questions from The Democracy Club asked of the Isle of Wight candidates in the 2010 General Election (background).
Local Question One: As the Isle of Wight is by far the country’s largest constituency it should be divided into two constituencies.
| Candidate | Position | Comment | |
| Ian Dunsire (English Democrats Party) | neutral | “Until trust in MP’s is restored, let’s not have any more!” | |
| Bob Keats (Green Party) | agrees | “It will be difficult, locally, to agree on boundary but additional representation, in advance of Proportional Representation will help promote the Island | |
| Pete Harris (Independent) | neutral | “On the plus side double the representation at Westminster. Negative side, danger of conflict within.” | |
| Paul Martin (Middle England Party) | disagrees | “As we need to reduce the number overall it seems to me unreal to increase the number on the Island. In my view it would become detrimental to decision making.” | |
| Paul David Randle-Jolliffe (Independent) | strongly disagrees | “No we have unique identity as an island but I would if elected form a volunteer cabinate to enable the MP to widen the working scope of dealing with such a large population and enbable democratic forums on the Island.” | |
| Mark Chiverton (Labour Party) | strongly disagrees | “The IW is one community and needs one clear voice in Westminster. The current arrangement is also cost effective.” | |
| Michael Tarrant (UK Independence Party – UKIP) | neutral | “There may be an argument for having two members serving the Island but only one constituency” | |
| Jill Wareham (Liberal Democrats) | agrees |
Those who didn’t provide responses: Andrew Turner – Conservative, Geof Clynch – BNP and Edward Corby – Independent
The idea for this whole idea came from the excellent The Democracy Club and answers are hosted by the splendid
Election issue of TheyWorkForYou.
Image: Marco Bellucci under CC BY 2.0
