Isle of Wight Council elections
Isle of Wight Council is the local authority for the Isle of Wight, a unitary authority and non-metropolitan county in England.
Political control[edit]
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 control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973–1977 | |
Conservative | 1977–1981 | |
Liberal | 1981–1985 | |
Alliance | 1985–1989 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1989–1995 |
Unitary authority: Isle of Wight Council
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
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[edit]
The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:[1]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Sutton | Conservative | Sep 2007 | ||
David Pugh | Conservative | Sep 2007 | 5 May 2013 | |
Ian Stephens | Island Independents | 15 May 2013 | 21 Jan 2015 | |
Jonathan Bacon[2] | Island Independents | 21 Jan 2015 | 16 Jan 2017 | |
Dave Stewart | Conservative | 18 Jan 2017 | 9 May 2021 | |
Lora Peacey-Wilcox | Independent | 26 May 2021 | 20 Sep 2023 | |
Phil Jordan | Independent | 20 Sep 2023 |
Council elections[edit]
Non-metropolitan county elections[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 1995 Isle of Wight Council election
- 1998 Isle of Wight Council election
- 2001 Isle of Wight Council election
- 2005 Isle of Wight Council election
- 2009 Isle of Wight Council election
- 2013 Isle of Wight Council election
- 2017 Isle of Wight Council election
- 2021 Isle of Wight Council election
County result maps[edit]
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2013 results map
By-election results[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Council minutes". Isle of Wight Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Toogood, Darren (16 January 2017). "Council leader and deputy step down with immediate effect". Island Echo. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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