County Hall - Newport. The home of the Isle of Wight Council. THE future of the Isle of Wight Council will be decided next week. Since the results of the election, announced on May 7, who is in charge of the Isle of Wight Council has been hanging in the balance. No party received enough seats to gain the majority, with the Conservatives losing their hold on the council as well as their party leader. A group need to have 20 seats to control the 39-seat council but the Conservatives fell two seats short and have been trying to work out a way forward since then, including an open letter to all opposition councillors from the new leader, Cllr Steve Hastings, with an invitation to come forward if they had any ideas.