Isle of Wight West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. 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 Richard Quigley for the Labour 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. The constituency has been created alongside Isle of Wight East from the divided former Isle of Wight constituency.
Quigley became the first ever Labour MP to represent the Isle of Wight, defeating Bob Seely, who had been MP for the whole island from 2017 to 2024.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises western and central areas of the Isle of Wight, including the communities of Newport, East Cowes, Cowes and Freshwater. It is composed of the following electoral divisions of the Isle of Wight:
- Brighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet, Carisbrooke & Gunville, Central Rural, Chale, Niton & Shorwell, Cowes Medina, Cowes North, Cowes South & Northwood, Cowes West & Gurnard, East Cowes, Fairlee & Whippingham, Freshwater North & Yarmouth, Freshwater South, Mountjoy & Shide, Newport Central, Newport West, Osborne, Pan & Barton, Parkhurst & Hunnyhill, and Totland & Colwell.
Constituency profile
Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Centrist", indicating an electorate with moderate views which could support any of the three main parties.
Members of Parliament
Isle of Wight prior to 2024
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
References
External links
- Isle of Wight West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
