General Election 2024: Turnout for Isle of Wight West revealed

Oliver Dyer

4 July 2024 at 7:37 pm·1-min read

General Election 2024: Turnout for Isle of Wight West revealed <i>(Image: IWCP)</i> — General Election 2024: Turnout for Isle of Wight West revealed *(Image: IWCP)*

The number of Islanders who voted in the Isle of Wight West constituency at General Election 2024 has been revealed.

A total of 34,368 votes have been verified, the Isle of Wight Council has confirmed.

That is a turnout of 62.03 per cent.

The turn out for Isle of Wight East has yet to be revealed.

The Isle of Wight Council has confirmed 55,855 registered to vote in Isle of Wight East, while 55,406 registered in the West.

In 2019, when the Island was a single constituency, there were 74,442 votes cast — a turnout of 65.9 per cent.

According to the Isle of Wight Council, a total of 10,159 postal votes have been issued in the East.

Meanwhile, in the West, 10,012 postal votes have been issued.

Catch up with all the action as it unfolds at countypress.co.uk.

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