Isle of Wight boundary changes explained

People living on the Isle of Wight will have two MPs on 5 July after the creation of two constituencies on the island.

It is currently the UK's most populous single constituency, but has been split into Isle of Wight West, with 59,000 voters, and Isle of Wight East, with 57,000 voters.

The island is one of two "protected" constituencies in England that are permitted less than 69,724 electors.

The changes were part of the Boundary Commission's work aiming to make Parliament fairer by giving each constituency a roughly similar number of voters.

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