ISLE of Wight MP Andrew Turner is launching a campaign to stop the Government slicing his constituency in two and giving half to another MP.

The Conservative MP, pictured, said he would “vigorously oppose” any attempt to carve up the constituency after Prime Minister David Cameron told the Commons it was “not fair” that Mr Turner had to look after 110,000 constituents when the average constituency contained about 76,000 voters.

The Isle of Wight is currently the largest constituency in the UK, in population terms, and if boundaries were redrawn so that each MP represented the same number of people then the Island could end up being split into two, or parts of the Island joined politically with different parts of the mainland.

Mr Turner, who is leading a Westminster Hall debate on the matter today, said: “The Isle of Wight has a unique identity and needs special consideration. I will vigorously oppose any proposals to merge part of the Island with a mainland constituency.”

Mr Cameron, speaking during Prime Minister's Questions, said: “It is important that we have reform so that we have equal-sized constituencies across our country.”