# 2005 Isle of Wight Council election

The 2005 Isle of Wight Council elections were held on the Isle of Wight, England, on 5 May 2005. The result led to a landslide Conservative victory gaining 22 councillors, leading the Isle of Wight to Conservative control from no overall control previously.

## Results

The party standings following the election:
| Party | Party | 2001 Cllrs | Gain/Loss | 2005 Cllrs |
| | Conservative Party | 13 | +22 | 35 |
| | Independents | 13 | −7 | 6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 19 | −14 | 5 |
| | Labour Party | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 48 | – | 48 |
The outcome of the election led to a significant change in composition of the Isle of Wight Council. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats were the largest group overall but still didn't hold a majority, leading to a coalition known as 'Island First' with independent councillors. The election showed a fall in support for the Liberal Democrats as the Conservatives gained 23 seats and took over as the largest group with a majority of 22. Following the change in control of the council, Cllr Andy Sutton took over with the promise that every aspect of the Conservative manifesto would be followed as they had indicated before the election. Despite this promise there has been some debate on how well the original manifesto has been followed.

## Ward results

The following are results from each electoral ward.
Ashey :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Vanessa Churchman | 513 |
| Independent | Leslie Kirkby | 495 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Tait | 422 |
Bembridge North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sarah Pigot | 689 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Clough | 422 | | |
Bembridge South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Winifred McRobert | 750 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Kendall | 353 |
| Labour | Alexander Rickard | 151 |
Binstead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ivan Bulwer | 1,185 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ernest Fox | 628 | | |
Brading and St Helens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patrick Joyce | 1,256 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Cleaver | 607 | | |
Brighstone and Calbourne :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Colin West | 810 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Wareham | 687 |
| Labour | Peter Turner | 106 |
Carisbrooke East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | David Whittaker | 567 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Jacobs | 402 |
| Labour | Michael Nobbs | 273 |
| Independent | Peter Foster | 181 |
Carisbrooke West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Barbara Foster | 468 |
| Liberal Democrats | Liam Verstraeten | 390 |
| Conservative | Stephen Gray | 292 |
| Independent | Dennis Lewis | 177 |
| Labour | Doris Frizel | 139 |
Central Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Erica Oulton | 1,016 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Carr | 525 | | |
Chale, Niton and Whitwell :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Wendy Arnold | 930 |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Groves | 463 |
| Independent | Richard Etherington | 256 |
Cowes Castle East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Alan Wells | 620 |
| Independent | Wendy Wardrop | 345 |
| UKIP | Paul Birch | 79 |
Cowes Castle West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Effemey | 797 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Tibble | 519 | | |
Cowes Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lora Peacey-Wilcox | 608 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hill | 573 | | |
Cowes Medina :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | George Brown | 342 |
| Labour | Kenn Pearson | 318 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lloyd | 272 |
| UKIP | Rosemary Lynden-Bell | 47 |
East Cowes North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Margaret Webster | 596 |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Lloyd | 390 |
| Labour | Jane Turner | 137 |
East Cowes South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Muriel Miller | 863 | | |
| | Conservative | Simon Walker | 463 | | |
Fairlee :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eugenie-Dawn Cousins | 847 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marc Morgan-Huws | 411 | | |
Freshwater Afton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Gillian Kennett | 856 |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Hinton | 430 |
| Independent | Collin Lillywhite | 261 |
Freshwater Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Sutton | 817 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Wareham | 448 | | |
Gurnard :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | John Hobart | 504 |
| Independent | Paul Fuller | 307 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Wilkinson | 182 |
Lake North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Deborah Gardiner | 451 |
| Conservative | Constance Cowley | 414 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Harris | 390 |
Lake South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Timothy Hunter-Henderson | 652 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Stuart | 410 |
| Labour | David Piggott | 262 |
Mount Joy :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Shelagh Swan | 565 |
| Liberal Democrats | Shirley Smart | 356 |
| Labour | Stuart Clements | 221 |
| Liberal | Richard Carruthers | 30 |
Newchurch :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Brian Mosdell | 701 |
| Independent | Robert Richards | 620 |
| Independent | John Rackett | 187 |
Newport North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Jullian Whittaker | 393 |
| Labour | Nicholas Wray | 337 |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Ross | 291 |
Newport South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Michael Cunningham | 593 |
| Labour | Cordula Rayner | 355 |
| Liberal Democrats | Guy Radclyffe | 298 |
Northwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Roger Mazillius | 1 | | |
Osborne :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Charles Hancock | 408 |
| Conservative | Alan Nightingale | 398 |
| Labour | Laraine Pascoe | 250 |
| Socialist Labour | James Spensley | 36 |
Pan :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Geoffrey Lumley | 483 |
| Conservative | Clive Page | 337 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Moth | 221 |
Parkhurst :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Price | 522 |
| Conservative | Roger Berrisford | 438 |
| Labour | Steven Falla | 248 |
Ryde North East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | John Adams | 552 |
| Conservative | David Woodward | 470 |
| Labour | Ernest White | 204 |
Ryde North West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Albert Taylor | 804 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Nobbs | 375 |
| Independent | Anthony Gordon | 271 |
Ryde South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Chapman | 866 | | |
| | Conservative | Adrian Axford | 463 | | |
Ryde South West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Ian Stephens | 669 |
| Conservative | Peter Newman | 358 |
| Labour | Christine Wilde | 338 |
Sandown South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Ian Ward | 600 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Blezzard | 475 |
| Independent | Ronald Teasdale | 357 |
Sandown North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Heather Humby | 986 | | |
| | Conservative | Dawn Martin | 339 | | |
Seaview and Nettlestone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Diana Tuson | 949 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Reginald Barry | 844 | | |
Shalfleet and Yarmouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Burt | 933 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Garlick | 497 | | |
Shanklin Central :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | David Pugh | 906 |
| Labour | Peter Coleman | 298 |
| Independent | John Fleming | 285 |
Shanklin North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | David Williams | 727 |
| Labour | Alan Hollands | 434 |
| Liberal Democrats | Diana Beevers | 304 |
Shanklin South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Bishop | 889 | | |
| | Independent | Harold Rees | 524 | | |
Ryde St John's East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Knowles | 698 | | |
| | Conservative | Robert Woodgate | 689 | | |
Ryde St John's West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bowker | 719 | | |
| | Conservative | Rosalind Whitworth | 340 | | |
Totland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Cameron | 738 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Howe | 726 | | |
Ventnor East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Jonathan Fitzgerald-Bond | 554 |
| Independent | Brenda Lawson | 451 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Doran | 271 |
| Green | Louis Lawrence | 251 |
Ventnor West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | Susan Scoccia | 688 |
| Independent | Albert Bartlett | 448 |
| Liberal Democrats | David White | 283 |
| Independent | Paul Hatchwell | 229 |
Wootton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Abraham | 1,216 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Townsend | 635 | | |
Wroxall and Godshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jillian Wood | 1,136 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Wright | 633 | | |