Unitary Authority · England
Isle of Wight Council
ONS code E06000046
Isle of Wight Council, known between 1890 and 1995 as Isle of Wight County Council, is the local authority for the Isle of Wight in England. Since 1995 it has been a unitary authority, being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council. It is based at County Hall in Newport. The council has been under no overall control since 2021, being led by a coalition of independent, Green, and Our Island councillors called the Alliance Group.…
Political Control & Leadership
- Political control
- No overall controlNOC (largest: Reform UK 19/39)
- Leader
- Ian Dore
- Last election
- 2026
Finance
- Annual revenue budget
- £322m
- Council tax (Band D)
- £2,104
Overview
- Population
- 140,459
- Website
- www.iwight.com
