The Conservatives scored a double election victory on Thursday night. In addition to Ann McIntosh's win in Thirsk & Malton the Tories gained a seat on the Isle of Wight Council in a by-election. The vote in the Ryde South ward was trigged because the Liberal Democrat incumbent was forced to resign after being convicted of assaulting a police officer. Adrian Whittaker has been given a three month jail sentence for spitting on a Police Officer and then saying he had aids.
The newly elected Councillor Gary Taylor won by a margin of 73 votes from the Labour candidate Deborah Gardiner. In the 2009 Council election the Conservatives came third in Ryde South so they should be pretty pleased with this win. They now hold 25 of the 40 seats on the Council, which isn't due for a full election until 2013. The Lib Dems will be disappointed with the fact they dropped to third here, but I imagine this is mostly to do with Whittaker's actions. They performed well in the two other elections held this week and so this should probably be put down to extreme circumstances.
Congratulations to Cllr Gary Taylor on his victory.
Isle of Wight Council | |||||||
CON | LD | LAB | IND | ||||
25 | +1 | 4 | -1 | 1 | - | 10 | - |
Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
Gary Taylor (E) | 274 | 37.2% |
Deborah Gardiner | 201 | 27.3% |
Tony Zeid | 164 | 22.3% |
Ian Jenkins | 97 | 13.2% |
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