The voting figures for the Isle of Wight in the 2014 European election have been given to OnTheWight (See the Candidate list).
The result saw a huge swing to UKIP, with Conservatives only mustering two thirds of UKIP’s vote. UKIP gained getting on for half of the Island’s vote, at 40.1%.
The Green party came in third with just under half of the Conservatives, with Labour just pushed into fourth place.
The Lib Dems gained about half of the Labour vote, coming in at fifth.
UKIP: “We are very pleased. It feels very good”
OnTheWight spoke to Rose Lynden-Bell, Chairman at UKIP Isle of Wight, who said, “We are very pleased. It feels very good.”
Back in the last Euro elections, 2009, the Conservative party got 14,122 votes and UKIP 9,563, so it’s close to an exact swap with this year’s results.
Full voting details
Chart
(Idea brought to mind by Steve Collins)
European representative for the South East
Total votes for the South East
(via Eastleigh News)
