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Daryll Pitcher

Daryll Pitcher was elected as Isle of Wight councillor for Wootton in the May 2013 elections.

He was elected under the banner of the UK Independence Party, one of two UKIP councillors. Daryll is also a parish councillor at Wootton.

He stood in Suffolk Coastal for UKIP in the May 2015 General Election. He came third after the Conservative and Labour candidates, achieving 8,655 votes, a 15.6% share of the total vote, gaining 9.8% on the previous UKIP result.

He became Executive member for Planning, housing and homelessness in January 2017.

In April 2023 he was sentenced for historic rape charges, committed against a girl under the age of 13, when he was a teenager in the 1990s.

He resigned as councillor on 12th July 2023.

Below are some articles in which Cllr Pitcher is mentioned.

12, December 2014·1 min read

Island councillor named as UKIP candidate for Suffolk Coastal seat

The Isle of Wight county councillor says his first priority if elected to the Suffolk Coastal seat would be to be a 'local MP'.

empty chairs in a room

14, July 2023·2 min read

Isle of Wight councillors respond as Daryll Pitcher resigns, paving way for by-election

The change in legislation that would have removed Daryll Pitcher as a councillor has been delayed by government, says Councillor Quigley

Daryll Pitcher outside County Hall

21, February 2023·1 min read

Daryll Pitcher remains in office as a serving councillor, says Isle of Wight council

The councillor from Wootton was found guilty of two counts of rape of a girl under the age of 14, when he would have been aged between 13 and 15-years-old

County Hall chamber

22, February 2023·1 min read

Calls for convicted rapist to step down from council committees and meetings

Cllr Robertson said for Cllr Pitcher to remain as chair of the Licensing Committee or to attend meetings would be "an atrocious message to women and girls across the Island"

Daryll Pitcher

21, July 2016·3 min read

UKIP councillor votes against motion condemning racism, xenophobia and hate crimes

At last night's full council meeting, the UKIP councillor for Wootton, Daryll Pitcher, voted against a motion condemning racism, xenophobia and hate crimes. His words were denounced by other councillors, who distanced themselves from his views.

Gravel quarry extraction with digger in foreground and trees in background

27, April 2022·2 min read

Wootton quarry plans: Objections and anger grow as the public voice their opposition

Campaigners say a 2010 survey commissioned by the Isle of Wight Council concluded that Palmers Farm would be among the least favourable sites for gravel extraction on the Island

the six isle of wight general election candidates 2019 - montage

15, November 2019·1 min read

Isle of Wight General Election: List of all candidates now confirmed

Find out who the candidates are and what the deadlines for registering to vote, be that in person or via proxy or postal voting

Magistrates and Coroners court f

16, February 2023·2 min read

Defendant claims no knowledge of incidents in historic child sex abuse case

Isle of Wight councillor denies historic child sex abuse charges in court testimony against alleged victim's claims

Lorry route for new gravel extraction plant in Wootton

6, May 2022·2 min read

Parish council join objectors against Wootton gravel extraction plant

More than 100 people attended the parish council meeting on Tuesday night as the plans were voted upon

13, April 2023·1 min read

Vectis Party scrambles to reorganise: New leadership decision looms after Pitcher’s conviction

Vectis Party leader Daryll Pitcher faces prison after historic rape conviction; Vectis Party plans leadership restructure

WAGE protester and local councillor Daryll Pitcher

28, February 2022·1 min read

Isle of Wight residents oppose plans for new quarry, citing potential environmental impact on wildlife among objections

The campaign group aims to send a clear message to the Isle of Wight Council ahead of expected planning application

Nigel Farage

8, September 2014·2 min read

Isle of Wight 31st most UKIP-friendly Conservative seat in country says Uni research

The Island is not just the 31st most ‘UKIP-friendly Conservative seat’ in the UK, but 4th in the South East claims IW UKIP Chair.

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