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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.

iow andrew turner mp and dairy farmer richard fisk

28, November 2016·2 min read

Isle of Wight Conservatives discuss agenda for jobs and prosperity

The Isle of Wight Conservative team, lead by Cllr Dave Stewart, met with 25 business leaders ten days ago to explore ideas for creating jobs and building on what the Island has to offer.

An empty Floating Bridge 6 during sunset

22, November 2020·1 min read

‘Floaty McFloat Farce’ aka Floating Bridge 6 makes it onto BBC’s Politics South show

The Floating Bridge fiasco reached the dizzy heights of the BBC’s Politics South show this morning. Link to watch again within

5, February 2020·2 min read

Isle of Wight council set out £6.6m investment in Island projects

The council set out how they plan to invest £6.6m on new projects in the coming year

23, December 2020·4 min read

Tier 3! Isle of Wight jumps up from Tier 1

After having been one of the three places in the UK in Tier 1, it’s just been announced that the Isle of Wight has now been placed in Tier 3 from Boxing Day. Here are the details of what it means

25, January 2018·1 min read

£150k boost for Isle of Wight primary schools for specialist mathematics training

The council has been awarded £155,319 from Strategic School Improvement Fund to improve maths provision in primaries.

10, June 2020·1 min read

Increase to number of people who can attend funerals from next week

The number of mourners attending funerals at the Isle of Wight Crematorium will be increased from Monday 15th June

2, April 2020·2 min read

Isle of Wight council to make Government grant payments for qualifying business ratepayers

The council is preparing to make payments to those eligible businesses as swiftly as it is able

18, October 2019·3 min read

Angry residents confront Isle of Wight council leader over St Mary’s roundabout

Isle of Wight council leader, Dave Stewart, told one resident she was not obliged to stay and listen to the answers at last night's public meeting

climate emergency banner by chris jones of chemical garden

23, July 2019·1 min read

Isle of Wight council called on to declare a Climate Emergency this week

Will the IWC Conservative administration switch their previous refusal to acceptance now UK Government has declared a climate emergency?

14, September 2020·2 min read

‘No new floating bridge’ says Isle of Wight council leader

Isle of Wight council leader said the need to remove the floating bridge from service at the same time as St Mary's roundabout works led to a 'perfect storm of destruction'

28, November 2018·1 min read

Decision made to hike Isle of Wight beach hut fees

Unless another councillor gets the backing to call in the decision made by Cllr Hutchinson, Isle of Wight council will be hiking the cost of beach huts rentals – by over 4x for some.

27, February 2020·2 min read

Where is the £6.4m deal promised by Boris Johnson, ask Isle of Wight councillors

Throughout last night's budget meeting, opposition councillors asked where the Island Deal that Boris Johnson had promised was

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