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The Isle of Wight has spoken. The new Isle of Wight MP has been announced and Labour saw its highest vote since 1959, almost doubling the 2015 results.
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The Island is not just the 31st most ‘UKIP-friendly Conservative seat’ in the UK, but 4th in the South East claims IW UKIP Chair.
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Nigel Farage has said by the end of next week 650 Brexit Party prospective parliamentary candidates will be announced. Here's one prominent Eurosceptic who says he won't be, and why.
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A crucial by-election in Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight, commences this Thursday
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News OnTheWight asks local politicians for their response to the latest poll that predicts Labour taking the Island in the General Election
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Invitation to explore joining Isle of Wight's new Compass group to champion democratic reforms
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Tweets telling female MPs that they are "vile women" have now been deleted by the candidate in the upcoming Isle of Wight council election, but only, it seems, after being challenged by Islanders
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Councillor Joe Robertson resigns as Isle of Wight Conservative leader, focusing on his East Wight election campaign
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Andrew Turner has congratulated supporters of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) for a ‘remarkable’ result in the European Parliament elections held last week.
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Isle of Wight Conservative’s lose a councillor as one switches to become an Independent. Intriguingly, as the party gets their councillors ready for upcoming local elections, there could be current serving Cllrs that won’t be on the ballot papers too.
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It will be of little surprise to hear that Bob Seely (Capt and Cllr) has been selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight Conservatives in the general election.
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The Isle of Wight Conservative team, lead by Cllr Dave Stewart, met with 25 business leaders ten days ago to explore ideas for creating jobs and building on what the Island has to offer.
