Local Elections

An independent Isle of Wight councillor of many years will need to defeat candidates from Reform UK and the Conservatives for another term at County Hall. Cllr Paul Andrew Fuller, who represents Cowes West and Gurnard as part of the...

A total of 4 major political parties and an independent candidate are on the ballot paper for Isle of Wight voters in Cowes South and Northwood. Conservative councillor John Ulysses Anthony Nicholson is competing with Reform UK’s Gordon Adam, Wayne...

Planning committee member Claire Critichison is facing opposition in her Isle of Wight Council ward of Chale, Niton and Shorwell. The Green Party incumbent councillor is in a contest to represent the area with Local Conservative candidate Anne Bishop and...

The race to replace Richard Quigley MP as the councillor for Cowes North is being fought between Reform UK, the Conservatives, an Independent and the Labour Party. Confirmed candidates include Ian Arnold (Reform UK), Siobhan Michelle Barney (Local Conservatives), Richard...

A trio of candidates are vying to represent Bembridge at the Isle of Wight Council after the May 7 local elections. Residents can vote for Rowena Katharine Crichton-Stuart (Reform UK), Warren Adam Drew (Local Conservatives) or Mark Rochell (Liberal Democrat)....

The Greens, Reform UK and the Conservatives are seeking to unseat a former chair of the Isle of Wight Council in the upcoming local elections. Local Conservative Peter Ronald Ball, Reform UK’s Mark Andrew Stone and Christopher Byron Warleigh-Lack of...

4 County Hall hopefuls are facing off in the rural Isle of Wight Council ward of Brighstone, Calbourne and Shalfleet. Kim Frances Jeffreys (Local Conservatives), Vincent Hamilton Speed (Reform UK), Nick Stuart (Liberal Democrat) and Ed Surridge (Independent) are on...

Ex-Reform UK Isle of Wight councillor Caroline Gladwin is fighting to hold onto her Central Rural seat in a battle with the Greens, Reform and the Tories. She is up against Julia Ann Laursen (The Green Party), Simon James Richards...

The chair of the Isle of Wight Council faces a challenge from Reform UK, the Green Party and a Conservative at the upcoming local elections. Voters in Binstead and Fishbourne have a choice of Ramesh Babu (Local Conservatives), Ian William...

Voters in Sandown North and Sandown South have the chance to quiz their Isle of Wight Council election candidates later this week (Friday).