Helping you decide who to vote for: May 2026 elections
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onthewight.comReform UK made major gains in the Isle of Wight local election results in May 2026, but the council remains without overall control—Reform fell one seat short of an outright majority.[3]
What the latest results say
- Reform UK: 19 seats (short of the 20 needed for an overall majority).[3]
- Independents: 11 seats.[3]
- Liberal Democrats: 4 seats.[3]
- Conservatives: 2 seats (the wards still Conservative were Fairlee and Whippingham and Ventnor and St Lawrence).[3]
- Greens: 2 seats.[3]
- Labour: 1 seat.[3]
Control of the council
The island has been run by a coalition of independents and Green councillors (the Alliance Group) since 2021, and with Reform now the biggest party but not in majority control, there may be talks about power-sharing in the following weeks.[3]
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