Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)

The Isle of Wight
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Location of Isle of Wight within England
CountyIsle of Wight
Electorate113,021 (2019)
Major settlementsBrading, Lake, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin
18322024
SeatsOne
Created from
Replaced byIsle of Wight East
Isle of Wight West

Isle of Wight (/wt/ WYTE)[1] was a constituency[n 1] that was last represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2017 until 2024 by Bob Seely, a Conservative.

Created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, it covered the whole of the Isle of Wight. It had the largest electorate of any constituency at the 2019 general election.[n 2]

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished. The island was divided into two constituencies, Isle of Wight East and Isle of Wight West.[2]

  1. ^ "Wight". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Isle of Wight set for two MPs under boundary review". BBC News. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.


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