Parliamentary representation from Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

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, an island off the south coast of England

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, was part of the historic county

Historic counties of England

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of Hampshire

Hampshire

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(originally Southamptonshire), and was linked with it for parliamentary purposes until 1832, when it became a county constituency in its own right as it had also been during the Protectorate (1654–1659). Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight), located in the 21st century region of South East England

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, was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Isle of Wight.

In 1890 the Isle of Wight became an administrative county. In 1974 it became a new non-metropolitan county and in 1995 a ceremonial county and unitary authority (with unchanged boundaries).

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly within the area of the Isle of Wight. The second part refers to the constituency of Hampshire, which included some territory from the Isle of Wight 1290-1654 and 1659-1832. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

List of constituencies

Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England

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Key to abbrieviations:-

(Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency.
(County in Notes) H historic county of Hampshire (to 1832), IW1 parliamentary county of the Isle of Wight (1832–1890), IW2 administrative/non-metropolitan/ceremonial and unitary county of the Isle of Wight (from 1890).

Constituencies wholly in the Isle of Wight

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Isle of Wight Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) Isle of Wight is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, it covers the whole of the Isle of Wight and elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system.-...	CC	1654	1659	2	H, IW1, IW2
	CC	1832	*	1	H, IW1, IW2
Newport Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport , which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina....	BC	1295	1298	2	H, IW1: Unrepresented 1654-1659
		1584	1885	2 (1584–1868)
		1584	1885	1 (1868–1885)
Newtown Newtown (UK Parliament constituency) Newtown was a parliamentary borough located in Newtown on the Isle of Wight, which was represented in the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...	BC	1584	1832	2	H: Unrepresented 1654-1659
Yarmouth Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...	BC	1584	1832	2	H: Unrepresented 1654-1659

Mostly mainland constituency including the Isle of Wight

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
Hampshire Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency) Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...	CC	1290	1654	2	H: Did not include Isle of Wight 1654-1659.
	CC	1659	1832	2	H: Did not include Isle of Wight 1654-1659.

Periods constituencies represented

	1290–1295	1295–1298	1584–1654	1654–1659	1659–1832	1832–1868
Hampshire Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency) Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...	1290–1654				1659–1832
Isle of Wight Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) Isle of Wight is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, it covers the whole of the Isle of Wight and elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system.-...				1654–1659		1832–*
Newport Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport , which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina....		1295–1298	1584–1654		1659–1885
Newtown Newtown (UK Parliament constituency) Newtown was a parliamentary borough located in Newtown on the Isle of Wight, which was represented in the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...			1584–1654		1659–1832
Yarmouth Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...			1584–1654		1659–1832

Summary of Constituencies by Type and Period

Type	1290	1295	1298	1584	1654	1659	1832	1868	1885
Borough	-	1	-	3	-	3	1	1	-
County	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1
Total	-	1	-	3	1	3	2	2	1

Summary of Members of Parliament by Type and Period