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Whippingham and Osborne elect their next Isle of Wight councillor

Residents in the Whippingham and Osborne ward hit the polling stations on Thursday to cast their votes in the latest by-election.

From an electorate of 3,586 a total of 906 votes were cast, with a 25.26% turnout.

Conservative candidate Stephen Hendry was elected with 318 votes and replaces former Labour councillor, Julia Baker-Smith.

The results were as follows:

Julie Ann Burridge (Liberal Democrats) 179
Stephen Hendry (Conservatives) 318
Luisa Hillard (Labour) 141
Karen Lucioni (Independent)60
Rose Lynden-Bell (UKIP) 41
Michael Paler (Independent) 167