Election Name: | 2017 Isle of Wight Council election |
Country: | Isle of Wight |
Flag Image: | Flag of the Isle of Wight.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Previous Election: | 2013 Isle of Wight Council election |
Previous Year: | 2013 |
Next Election: | 2021 Isle of Wight Council election |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Seats For Election: | All 40 seats to the Isle of Wight Council |
Majority Seats: | 21 |
Turnout: | 40.92% |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 15 seats, 34.7% |
Seats1: | 25 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 18,377 |
Percentage1: | 41.3% |
Swing1: | 6.6% |
Party2: | Independent (politician) |
Last Election2: | 20 seats, 35.7% |
Seats2: | 11 |
Seat Change2: | 9 |
Popular Vote2: | 12,508 |
Percentage2: | 28.2% |
Swing2: | 7.5% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 1 seat, 4.5% |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 2,775 |
Percentage3: | 6.2% |
Swing3: | 1.8% |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election4: | 0 seats, 0.7% |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 5,597 |
Percentage4: | 12.6% |
Swing4: | 11.9% |
Party5: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election5: | 2 seats, 6.4% |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 4,308 |
Percentage5: | 9.7% |
Swing5: | 3.3% |
Before Party: | No overall control |
Posttitle: | Council governing party |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2017 Isle of Wight Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 40 Councillors were elected from 39 electoral divisions, which each returned either one or two Councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
The result of the election saw the Isle of Wight Conservatives re-take majority control of the Isle of Wight Council after electing 25 Councillors. The Island Independents, who after the previous election had formed the ruling group dropped to nine. Elsewhere, the Liberal Democrats had a net gain of one, whilst Labour had a net loss of one. The results also saw the Green Party gain its first Isle of Wight Councillor, whilst UKIP lost both of its two Councillors.[2]
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All wards elect one Councillor (unless otherwise stated) to the Isle of Wight Council by the First past the post system of voting. The total number of votes and turnout in each ward includes spoilt ballot papers.[3] [4]