There will be a Leaders hustings on 20th April in Newport and a Youth hustings on 11th April at the Ventnor Exchange. All are welcome to attend to hear from candidates in the 2017 Isle of Wight council election.
The Island Independents acknowledge their leadership changes were taken advantage of by the Conservative-UKIP alliance, but say they've never been stronger and are ready to lead the Island to success.
The Electoral Commission say their research shows that nearly a third of people think that if you are old enough to vote then you are automatically registered. This is not the case, everyone must register themselves and have just a week left to do it.
Well done to 17 year old Joe Davies, who polled over 88 per cent of the votes out of the total of five candidates and has been elected as the Isle of Wight Member of the UK Youth Parliament.
The letter that Ian Ward sent out from the Isle of Wight Conservative Association encouraging second home owners to register to vote on the Island. It's causing quite a stir.
Cllrs Ian Ward and Dave Stewart give their views on the reaction to them writing to postal voters and asking Second Home owners to register to vote on the Isle of Wight.
If the local election wasn't exciting enough for you, how about an early general election? It's looks highly likely one will take place on 8th June - just one month after the local election.
The Isle of Wight Green Party Parliamentary Candidate has written to local progressive party leaders (Labour, Liberal Democrat, Independents), asking them to embrace a new way forward for politics on the Island.
Julia Baker-Smith has called upon the Island’s progressive parties to stand a single, democratically selected candidate against Andrew Turner at the General Election.
The wording of the current Isle of Wight MP's statement on whether he would run again at the June General election was a little inconclusive when issued yesterday, so OnTheWight sought clarity.