In the 2024 General Election, Bob Seely’s 23,772 majority evaporated, instead he lost by 3,177 votes in the new IW West seat to Labour, a party that had never held a seat on the Isle of Wight previously
Speaking on the revised Blanchard's Field application, Cllr Seely says the development is "just too large in a village which has arguably already seen too much speculative house-building in the past few decades".
Developers have submitted an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate against the Isle of Wight council's decision to refuse an application to build 95 units of holiday accommodation.
We've yet to hear from the Group Leader the reasoning behind the 'boycott', but Independent councillor Steve Stubbings says that several Conservative members wanting to sit on advisory committees are being prevented from doing so.
The councillor says he's sorry Island contractors were not in the mix and that he'd welcome plans to help Island companies get Island contracts in the future.
Cllr Phil Jordan disputes claims in Cllr Seely's CP letter, commenting that they 'entirely misrepresented' his views on the importance of rural broadband.