Isle of Wight West
South East · County constituency · Isle of Wight borough
About the Isle of Wight West constituency
Isle of Wight West is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Richard Quigley (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 38.6% to 29.4% for the Conservatives, a majority of 3,177 votes on a 61.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 34.2% and Labour on 27.4%, a margin of 6.8 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.
Who lives in Isle of Wight West? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Isle of Wight West vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Isle of Wight West
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Isle of Wight West within Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight West sits entirely within Isle of Wight Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight | 100% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet | Labour 41.0%vs Conservative 32.3% | May 2026 Lib Dem 54.5%vs Reform 32.1% | Labour→Lib Dem +43.4pp | 55.7% |
| Carisbrooke & Gunville | Labour 40.1%vs Conservative 27.1% | May 2026 Green 46.5%vs Reform 32.8% | Labour→Green +38.9pp | 42.6% |
| Central Rural | Conservative 37.7%vs Labour 30.8% | May 2026 Reform 42.3%vs Conservative 25.7% | Conservative→Reform +19.1pp | 48.4% |
| Chale, Niton & Shorwell | Labour 46.4%vs Conservative 27.7% | May 2026 Green 51.7%vs Reform 31.8% | Labour→Green +45.9pp | 54.8% |
| Cowes Medina | Labour 40.7%vs Conservative 21.0% | May 2026 Others 46.5%vs Reform 28.5% | Labour→Others +43.6pp | 37.0% |
| Cowes North | Labour 47.6%vs Conservative 25.2% | May 2026 Labour 35.6%vs Others 29.6% | Labour share -11.9pp | 44.3% |
| Cowes South & Northwood | Labour 38.6%vs Conservative 33.7% | May 2026 Reform 30.8%vs Conservative 28.5% | Labour→Reform +22.9pp | 44.9% |
| Cowes West & Gurnard | Labour 33.9%vs Conservative 27.9% | May 2026 Others 75.5%vs Reform 17.7% | Labour→Others +54.7pp | 52.5% |
| East Cowes | Labour 33.0%vs Conservative 31.6% | May 2026 Others 57.3%vs Reform 23.6% | Labour→Others +45.1pp | 49.0% |
| Fairlee & Whippingham | Labour 40.3%vs Conservative 34.1% | May 2026 Conservative 49.0%vs Reform 30.9% | Labour→Conservative +27.6pp | 42.8% |
| Freshwater North & Yarmouth | Labour 41.5%vs Conservative 31.5% | May 2026 Reform 33.9%vs Others 32.5% | Labour→Reform +28.3pp | 47.9% |
| Freshwater South | Labour 37.8%vs Conservative 31.3% | May 2026 Others 63.9%vs Reform 27.6% | Labour→Others +49.7pp | 48.0% |
| Mountjoy & Shide | Labour 35.1%vs Conservative 29.6% | May 2026 Reform 36.0%vs Conservative 24.2% | Labour→Reform +21.3pp | 38.0% |
| Newport Central | Labour 39.9%vs Reform 22.5% | May 2026 Others 48.3%vs Reform 26.6% | Labour→Others +44.1pp | 33.6% |
| Newport West | Labour 41.0%vs Conservative 29.5% | May 2026 Reform 39.6%vs Green 33.6% | Labour→Reform +32.4pp | 40.0% |
| Osborne | Labour 34.5%vs Conservative 27.3% | May 2026 Reform 34.2%vs Others 31.6% | Labour→Reform +24.2pp | 35.4% |
| Pan & Barton | Labour 45.2%vs Conservative 20.9% | May 2026 Reform 46.2%vs Labour 42.6% | Labour→Reform +14.4pp | 26.9% |
| Parkhurst & Hunnyhill | Labour 31.4%vs Conservative 26.7% | May 2026 Lib Dem 61.2%vs Reform 38.8% | Labour→Lib Dem +38.0pp | 33.5% |
| Totland & Colwell | Conservative 37.5%vs Labour 32.9% | May 2026 Others 51.5%vs Reform 27.3% | Conservative→Others +40.8pp | 48.8% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Isle of Wight West at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Isle of Wight West at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | No data | |||||||||
| 2015 | No data | |||||||||
| 2017 | No data | |||||||||
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Bob Seely Isleof Wight MP, pre-review boundary | 24.5% | 55.0% | 0.0% | 11,618 | 69.4% | |||
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Richard Quigley | 38.6% | 29.3% | 7.9% | 3,177 | 61.9%-7.5 | |||
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Isle of Wight West
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Isle of Wight West. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Age 65+31.9 / 31.8vs 22.7
- ↓Under 3523.5 / 22.7vs 30.2
- ↑Leave62.0 / 59.5vs 53.2
- ↑Leave62.0 / 62.0vs 53.2
- ↑Age 65+31.9 / 29.9vs 22.7
- ↓Under 3523.5 / 23.3vs 30.2
- ↑Age 65+31.9 / 31.1vs 22.7
- ↑Leave62.0 / 60.2vs 53.2
- ↓Under 3523.5 / 22.4vs 30.2
- ↑Age 65+31.9 / 31.9vs 22.7
- ↑Leave62.0 / 64.8vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied67.9 / 67.4vs 61.9
- ↑Age 65+31.9 / 30.6vs 22.7
- ↓Under 3523.5 / 23.6vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied67.9 / 67.3vs 61.9
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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