England · Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Covers Cowes · East Cowes · Newport · Yarmouth and more
Photograph shows Newport, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Isle of Wight West.
Your member of parliament
Richard Quigley
LabourLabour won Isle of Wight West at the 2024 general election with a majority of 3,177 votes, or 9.3 points. A swing of 4.7 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 202 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 448.
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How safe is this seat?
Competitive
A majority of 9.3 points, which is larger than 202 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 3,177 votes.
Majority
3,177
9.3% of votes cast.
Turnout
61.9%
+2.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
6
34,290 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard QuigleyElected | Labour | 13,240 | 38.6% | +4.9 |
| Bob Seely | Conservative | 10,063 | 29.3% | +5.6 |
| Ian Pickering | Reform UK | 5,834 | 17.0% | +2.7 |
| Nick Stuart | Liberal Democrat | 2,726 | 7.9% | -4.3 |
| Cameron Palin | Green Party | 2,310 | 6.7% | +0.3 |
| Rachel Thacker | Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 117 | 0.3% | +0.3 |
Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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