Isle of Wight Council

Isle of Wight Council
Isle of Wight Council
	Coat of arms
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1890
Leadership
Chair	Karl Love, ; Independent ; since 15 May 2024
Leader	Phil Jordan, ; Independent ; since 20 September 2023
Chief Executive	Wendy Perera ; since April 2022
Structure
Seats	39 councillors
Political groups	Administration (13) Independent (10) Green (2) Our Island (1) Other parties (26) Conservative (16) Independent (5) Liberal Democrats (4) Labour (1)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
	County Hall, High Street, Newport, PO30 1UD
Website
	www.iow.gov.uk

Isle of Wight Council, known between 1890 and 1995 as Isle of Wight County Council, is the local authority for the Isle of Wight in England. Since 1995 it has been a unitary authority, being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council. It is based at County Hall in Newport. The council has been under no overall control since 2021, being led by a coalition of independent, Green, and Our Island councillors called the Alliance Group.

^ Dyer, Oliver (15 May 2024). "Isle of Wight Council elects new chair and vice chair". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
^ Morgan, Lucy (20 September 2023). "Isle of Wight Council has a new leader at County Hall". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "New chief executive appointed". Isle of Wight Council. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[1] Dyer, Oliver (15 May 2024). "Isle of Wight Council elects new chair and vice chair". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[2] Morgan, Lucy (20 September 2023). "Isle of Wight Council has a new leader at County Hall". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[3] "New chief executive appointed". Isle of Wight Council. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

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