By Lucy Morgan Audience and Content Editor
Former Isle of Wight Council Leader and Our Island leader Jonathan Bacon is back in County Hall. Former Isle of Wight Council Leader Jonathan Bacon is back in County Hall, after winning Brading and St Helens. Despite opposition from Labour’s Alexander Buggie, Liberal Democrat John Graney and the incumbent Conservative Brian Tyndall, he has secured a seat for Our Island. Yesterday, voters cast their ballots in town and parish councils and for the Police and Crime Commissioner and the results of those will be known on Saturday and Monday, respectively. Overall for the Isle of Wight Council election, turnout was slightly down on 2017, at just over 36 per cent.
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Island Labour Reveals Candidates For Isle Of Wight s Local Elections
By Iona Stewart-Richardson
Island Labour has revealed its candidates ahead of May’s local elections.
Islanders will go to the polls on 6 May, to vote for their local councillor.
Now, a full list of candidates has been revealed.
Island Labour Chair, Richard Quigley told Isle of Wight Radio: Very few people are happy with the way the current Conservative administration have managed the council over the last 4 years. A constant reduction in services coupled with increased council tax bills isn’t helping anyone, but its not good enough to say “vote for us because we aren’t the Tories”. We need to give people a reason to vote Labour.