Isle of Wight Council Members
General Information
The Isle of Wight Council was created in 1995 as a unitary or all-purpose
authority, responsible for virtually all local government activities on the
Island. It replaced the former Isle of Wight County Council and the two borough
councils of Medina and South Wight. In addition to the Isle of Wight Council
there are 33 town and parish councils, which cover the whole Island. These look after a variety of local issues such as some recreation grounds, some amenity grass cutting and many operate other facilities in their areas.
The Isle of Wight Council has 40 elected councillors. The current political make-up is:
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25 Conservative
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9 Independent
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4 Liberal Democrat
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1 Labour
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1 Other
Correct as of: 15:40 20/11/2012
To find out more about each councillor, view our Who's Who guide (pdf) or individual member pages are available
by name or by region .
The full Council normally meets in the months of May, June, July, September, October, November, January, February and April in the Council Chamber at County
Hall, Newport.
There are also a number of other panels, boards, partnerships and groups on
which councillors are represented. In addition councillors serve on numerous
outside bodies, including the Hampshire Police Authority (based in Winchester) which is responsible for the policing of both
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. At the annual meeting of the Council (usually
in May in each year) a number of appointments are made to various offices.