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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, October 2019·5 min read

Shock as only shop in village – a ‘hub of the community’ – to close (update 3)

After locals put in lots of work to buy the shop as a Community Asset for the village, the owner has suddenly changed his mind, says the Parish council Chairman, labelling it 'callous'

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26, September 2019·3 min read

Island Indies ‘were not involved in procurement, design or build of floating bridge’, simply securing funding

The leader of the Island Independent group reiterated they were not involved in the procurement, design or build of the floating bridge, but simply secured the funding.

26, September 2019·2 min read

16 Conservative councillors vote to go ahead with major junction reorganisation at St Mary’s

Here's a list of the councillors who voted to go ahead with works at St Mary's roundabout at last night's meeting, during a debate to pause the works until Coppins Bridge is dealt with.

21, September 2019·3 min read

‘Rambling excuses’ make clear IWC leadership has no intention of holding Island Roads to account, says Cllr Brodie

The councillor for Newport East said, "Cllrs Stewart and Ward may be having regular tea and biscuits with the Island Roads management, but they are clearly letting them off the hook"

19, September 2019·2 min read

Council leader says they can’t send the floating bridge back

Council leader, Dave Stewart said, "If people say to me, yes, but it breaks down, I say, so does the Red Jet".

19, September 2019·2 min read

Isle of Wight Council to challenge government’s 10,000 new homes target

The council’s planning team is still working through all the comments received during the initial consultation phase to produce a further version of the plan in the new year.

13, September 2019·1 min read

Isle of Wight council’s offer for Venture Quays accepted by Homes England

Talks with Homes England, which owns Venture Quays, have been ongoing for months to determine the future of the site after plans to transform it into a luxury waterfront development, with townhouses, a hotel and bars, fell through.

12, September 2019·3 min read

‘Send it back’ says Cllr Love following more failures of the Cowes Floating Bridge

Cllr Love is calling for the Isle of Wight council to take out a low-cost loan and order a new floating bridge, adding they should send back No.6 due to the consistent failures.

11, September 2019·1 min read

IW council leader says housing target needs reducing

The Isle of Wight council leader says they have to be careful how they approach it, but asked all councillors to help the authority build its case.

6, September 2019·4 min read

Letter: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

This reader shares his views on the plans for St Mary's roundabout and offers some practical solutions that he believes would save the IWC millions.

1, August 2019·2 min read

Isle of Wight council buildings to be powered on 100 per renewable electricity

Leader of the council said that given a climate emergency has been declared by the IWC, "I think it is important we make changes where and when we can".

30, July 2019·1 min read

12 months leave granted for Councillor due to ill health

Voting against the extended leave, Cllr Brodie said, “We're not doing a job, we're elected to represent people. When you have a significant illness, are you really up to it?"

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