Reform have won another Isle of Wight Council seat following Caroline Gladwin’s victory in the Central Rural by-election today (Friday).
Caroline claimed a landslide victory ahead of Simon Richard (Conservative) and Green Party’s Julia Laursen, who finished 3rd with 219 votes.
A total of 1,036 people in the ward turned out to vote. A total of 693 people went to one of the 4 ward polling stations( Arreton Community Centre, Chillerton Community Centre, Godshill Scout Hut and Rookley Village Hall) to cast their vote. A total of 343 postal votes were returned with an overall turnout of 35.23%.
Speaking to Island Echo in the minutes after her win, Caroline said:
“I’m absolutely delighted with the result, although I’m very surprised.
“I’ll be doing my absolute best for my ward and will work to make their lives better.”
Central Rural – 2025 By-Election Results
- Caroline Anne Gladwin (Reform UK) – 420
- Simon Richards (Conservative) – 220
- Julia Ann Laursen (Green Party) – 219
- Bob Blezzard (Liberal Democrat) – 146
- Simon Haytack (Labour) – 34
Good news at last, and starmers labour liar in last place. Even better.
All parties are controlled by the same Elite
bosses.
Nothing will change whoever gets in power.
Blair will still be pulling their strings, he is
up the pecking order.
It’s good to see that even islanders can see the light at long last.
Lol, the light to what.
Reform will not change a thing,
keep dreaming.
The tide is turning!
So is my steering wheel turning.
Reform will not change a thing, they were
created to distract.
I hope that, if Reform should ever gain power in central government, those who have voted for them will not moan when they can only have the health provision they can personally afford to directly pay for and if they can afford none, will have the grace to suffer in silence.
Reform will never be any good, bunch of
thugs.