Politics of the Isle of Wight

As a geographical entity distinct from the mainland, the Isle of Wight has always fought to have this identity recognised. The Isle of Wight is a Ceremonial and Administrative county and as it has no district councils (only the county council) it is effectively a Unitary county, though not officially. It is unique in England in this way - all other Unitary areas are single districts with no county council, while the Isle of Wight is the other way round. The island is also the highest populated Westminster constituency in the country.

European Parliamentary Representation

The Isle of Wight is a part of the South East England region for the purposes of European Parliamentary Elections.

Related Topics:
South East England - European Parliamentary Elections

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2004 European Parliamentary Elections

The results of the European Parliament election, 2004 on the Isle of Wight were as follows.

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Please note: the following results are exclusively for the Isle of Wight; results are collated regionally prior to MEPs being assigned under the closed list proportional representation system.

Related Topics:
MEP - Closed list - Proportional representation

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Regionally, turnout was 36.5% on an electorate of 6,087,103.

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