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Dave Stewart

Dave Stewart is Conservative county councillor for Niton and Whitwell.

He is also Group leader of the Isle of Wight Conservative councillors.

On 18th January 2017, Cllr Stewart was elected as Leader of the Isle of Wight council, following the resignation of Jonathan Bacon (Island Independents).

He was leader of the Isle of Wight council from 2017 to 2021, when he lost his seat to Green Party councillor, Claire Critchley.

Below are some articles that feature Dave Stewart.

1, February 2017·1 min read

Find out who will be new Scrutiny Committee Chair: Live Coverage

The extraordinary meeting was called after accusations the decision to not elect a new chair of Scrutiny at the full council meeting last week was "bulldozed through" by Conservative councillors.

10, October 2018·2 min read

Fire Review plans: Council could be at risk of ‘corporate manslaughter’

One member of the Scrutiny Committee said the plans put them 'at risk of corporate manslaughter'. The responsible Cabinet member gave assurances the plans were safe.

12, October 2018·2 min read

Firefighters give their frank responses to the Cabinet vote (updated)

OnTheWight caught up with the firefighters who were at last night's Cabinet meeting, following the vote to make changes to Isle of Wight fire service. Some of them were quite ... direct.

31, August 2017·3 min read

Floating Bridge 6 to be removed from service says council leader

After telling the public that it was all OK because the commissioning period had not finished, the Isle of Wight council finally admit that "it is simply not acceptable that the vessel still cannot operate at all states of the tide" and are taking Floating Bridge 6 out of service.

12, January 2021·1 min read

Floating Bridge 6: Council have submitted a ‘substantial claim’ as part of legal action

The leader of the council gave an update to the Scrutiny Committee at tonight's meeting. Details within

Chains of Floating Bridge 5 laid out on the slipway

24, March 2021·1 min read

Floating Bridge 6: People may pay to use it, but it’s still had massive losses

The Engineers' and Stakeholders' Group say Dave Stewart was stating the obvious when he said the floating bridge had an income. He just forgot to mention the huge losses

7, December 2017·2 min read

Floating Bridge back in service next week

The Cowes floating bridge is scheduled to reopen to the public this coming Monday (11 December) as part of an extended trial period that will take place this month.

30, November 2017·1 min read

Floating Bridge could be in service by December say Harbour Commission

The review into commissioning, design and build of the new floating bridge won't be made public until January, but testing of modifications will take place in December and could mean the bridge is back in service soon.

29, September 2020·2 min read

Floating Bridge delays ‘a totally unacceptable fiasco’ says councillor for East Cowes

Karl Love says the Isle of Wight council will have to 'bear the brunt' for the continued delays to the return of Floating Bridge 6, which will have been out of service for over a quarter of the year

15, September 2020·2 min read

Floating Bridge Engineers’ and Stakeholders’ Group has warned council for three years about failures of FB6

The Floating Bridge Engineers’ and Stakeholders’ Group explain how they have been warning the Isle of Wight council for many years about the ongoing failures of Floating Bridge 6. Details within

4, September 2018·1 min read

Floating Bridge improvements to tackle noise and vibration levels

Matting is to be fitted to the slipway and a 'shoe' will be fitted next week to the end of the ramp in an attempt to reduce noise and vibration levels.

19, July 2017·1 min read

Floating Bridge saga included in Isle of Wight full council meeting

Meetings will now only be held every two months, and although this agenda is fairly light, questions from the public on the subject of the floating bridge are expected.

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