Isle of Wight East

Isle of Wight East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Boundary within South East England
County	Isle of Wight
Electorate	55,855 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Joe Robertson (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been represented by Joe Robertson for the Conservative Party.

The Isle of Wight is granted two Members of Parliament under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011. ^[1] The constituency has been created alongside Isle of Wight West from the divided former Isle of Wight constituency. ^[2]

Boundaries

The constituency comprises eastern areas of the Isle of Wight, including the communities of Ryde, Bembridge, Brading, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor. It is composed of the following electoral divisions of the Isle of Wight:

• Bembridge, Binstead & Fishbourne, Brading & St Helens, Haylands & Swanmore, Lake North, Lake South, Nettlestone & Seaview, Newchurch, Havenstreet & Ashey, Ryde Appley & Elmfield, Ryde Monktonmead, Ryde North West, Ryde South East, Ryde West, Sandown North, Sandown South, Shanklin Central, Shanklin South, Ventnor & St Lawrence, Wootton Bridge, and Wroxall, Lowtherville & Bonchurch. ^[3]

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Centrist" indicating an electorate with moderate views which could support any of the three main parties. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Isle of Wight prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Joe Robertson	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

See also: 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies § Notional 2019 general election results

General election 2024: Isle of Wight East ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Robertson	10,427	30.6	−26.8
	Reform	Sarah Morris	7,104	20.8	N/A
	Green	Vix Lowthion	6,313	18.5	+4.5
	Labour	Emily Brothers	6,264	18.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lilley	3,550	10.4	N/A
	Independent	David Groocock	420	1.2	N/A
Majority			3,323	9.8
Turnout			34,078	61.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019 notional result [7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	20,866	57.4
	Labour	8,747	24.1
	Green	5,093	14.0
	Independent Network	785	2.2
	Others	444	1.2
	Others	404	1.1
Turnout		38,103	69.4
Electorate		54,911

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England | Page 5". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
2. "Two Isle of Wight constituencies set out in boundary review". BBC News. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
4. "Isle of Wight East: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation". Electoral Calculus.
5. "General Election Results IW East Constituency". Isle of Wight Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
6. "Isle of Wight East results". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
7. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Isle of Wight East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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