Joe Robertson is the Conservative MP for Isle of Wight East, and was elected in July 2024.
Small, independent businesses are the backbone of our economy. In my constituency of Isle of Wight East, a coastal community of 67,000 residents, the hospitality and tourism sector provides employment to a large proportion of the local population, second only to health
Britain is a nation of islands. Roughly three quarters of a million people live on dozens of islands outside of the UK mainland. The Isle of Wight – my home – hosts the largest chunk of that population with about 140,000 residents
