Isle of Wight Council is the local authority for the Isle of Wight, a unitary authority and non-metropolitan county in England.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Non-metropolitan county: Isle of Wight County Council

Party in controlYears
Independent 1973–1977
Conservative 1977–1981
Liberal 1981–1985
Alliance 1985–1989
Liberal Democrats 1989–1995

Unitary authority: Isle of Wight Council

Party in controlYears
Liberal Democrats 1995–1998
No overall control 1998–2005
Conservative 2005–2013
No overall control 2013–2017
Conservative 2017–2021
No overall control 2021–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:[1]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Andy Sutton ConservativeSep 2007
David Pugh ConservativeSep 20075 May 2013
Ian Stephens Island Independents15 May 201321 Jan 2015
Jonathan Bacon[2] Island Independents21 Jan 201516 Jan 2017
Dave Stewart Conservative18 Jan 20179 May 2021
Lora Peacey-Wilcox Independent26 May 202120 Sep 2023
Phil Jordan Independent20 Sep 2023

Council elections

Non-metropolitan county elections

  • 1973 Isle of Wight County Council election
  • 1977 Isle of Wight County Council election
  • 1981 Isle of Wight County Council election
  • 1985 Isle of Wight County Council election
  • 1989 Isle of Wight County Council election
  • 1993 Isle of Wight County Council election

Unitary authority elections

County result maps

By-election results

References

  1. ↑ "Council minutes". Isle of Wight Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Toogood, Darren (16 January 2017). "Council leader and deputy step down with immediate effect". Island Echo. Retrieved 22 July 2022.


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