Isle of Wight records lowest General Election turnout since 2005

The Isle of Wight has recorded its lowest turnout in a General Election in 19 years.

The total turnout of this election, when comparing both constituencies, is 61.58 per cent.

That is the lowest turnout in a General Election on the Island since 2005, which was 61.3 per cent.

This time round a total of 34,149 votes were cast in the East - a turnout of 61.14 per cent.

In the West, 34,368 votes were cast and verified. That is a turn out of 62.03 per cent.

In total, 68,517 votes were cast across both constituencies.

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