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Chris Jarman

Chris Jarman was elected as an independent councillor in May 2021 for the Totland and Colwell ward.

He joined the Alliance Group at County Hall, and became Cabinet member responsible for finances.

Two years later left the Alliance Group and set up the Empowering Islanders Group of councillors with three other councillors.

Below are articles featuring Chris Jarman.

25, January 2022·6 min read

Isle of Wight Council Planning Committee deliberate variations to development at former holiday camp

The recommendatiom was for members to agree to conditional permission for the many variations submitted by the developer

19, January 2022·3 min read

Councillors approve council tax scheme to help those in need and ensure reversal of previous cuts

Cllr Jarman said, “The Isle of Wight council should never be the vehicle that pushes Island families into homelessness or unsustainable debt and that must be major consideration in everything that we do"

19, January 2022·3 min read

Isle of Wight councillors vote through independent panel’s suggestion on rise in allowance

The vote was quite close with 15 members voting against the rise in their allowance, but it passed with 19 in favour

6, January 2022·2 min read

Local Council tax support scheme to remain in place, say Alliance

The Alliance say they are ‘trying to reverse the previous trends’ but were criticised for not reversing the changes made by the Conservatives

17, December 2021·2 min read

Closer eye to be kept on Isle of Wight Council’s ‘enormous beast’ of a Website

Cllr Jarman said the project had many points of complexity and that independent evaluation would help find the right direction, before more taxpayers’ money is spent

8, December 2021·5 min read

Plea to wear masks on ferries – to protect the vulnerable people travelling to medical appointments (updated)

Two Isle of Wight councillors have joined forces to make a plea to passengers to consider the safety of vulnerable passengers crossing the Solent for medical appointments

Chris Jarman - election candidate for Freshwater

17, November 2021·1 min read

‘No point acting like dinosaurs chained to the past’ says councillor who broke with Planning Committee convention (updated)

Cllr Brodie said, in all his time on the committee, no councillor had ever broken the convention

Map with wastewater discharge within last 24 hours

26, October 2021·2 min read

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