Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)

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Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat covering the entire Isle of Wight, known for having one of the largest electorates of any constituency in the country.

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Label Occurrences
Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) canonical 7

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
boundaryType coterminous with Isle of Wight ceremonial county ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
covers entire Isle of Wight ⓘ
created 1832 ⓘ
createdFrom Hampshire constituencies ⓘ
electoralRegisterIncludes eligible voters resident on the Isle of Wight ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateCharacteristic includes both urban and rural voters ⓘ
electorateIncludes Cowes ⓘ
Newport ⓘ
Ryde ⓘ
Sandown ⓘ
Shanklin ⓘ
Ventnor ⓘ
rural areas of the Isle of Wight ⓘ
electorateSizeCharacteristic one of the largest electorates in the United Kingdom ⓘ
electorateSizeRelative larger than average UK constituency electorate ⓘ
geographicalFeature entirely on an island ⓘ
governingLaw UK electoral law ⓘ
hasBoundaryType sea boundaries on all sides ⓘ
hasCharacteristic high voter-to-MP ratio ⓘ
island constituency ⓘ
large geographic area relative to single MP ⓘ
house House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
isPartOf UK Westminster constituencies ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
locatedIn England ⓘ
Isle of Wight ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
mapsToLocalAuthority Isle of Wight Council area ⓘ
numberOfMPsReturned 1 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermType Westminster constituency ⓘ
previousRepresentation represented as part of Hampshire before 1832 ⓘ
regionClassification county constituency ⓘ
representationBegins Reform Act 1832 period ⓘ
representationScope national legislature of the United Kingdom ⓘ
representationUnit parliamentary constituency ⓘ
represents Isle of Wight ⓘ
reviewedBy Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
status active constituency ⓘ
subjectOfDebate proposals to split into two constituencies ⓘ
votingMethod single-member plurality ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cowes → inParliamentaryConstituency → Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Newport, Isle of Wight → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: Newport
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England → electoralConstituency → Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Whippingham → electoralConstituency → Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Newport, Isle of Wight → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: NEWPORT
ceremonial county of Isle of Wight → hasUKParliamentConstituency → Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
John Seely → represented → Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: Brigadier-General John Seely