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The Isle of Wight Council say they are looking to team up with local business associations, alongside town and parish councils, to develop pilot schemes in Newport and Ryde
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.
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The council leader said that "if our whole community was following the government's guidelines, then the number of cases would not be increasing at such a rate". He reminds residents to stay at home and avoid contact where possible
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When challenged on if he'd drop the Jon Platt school case, Cllr Whitehouse stated a legal agreement had been entered into by Cllr Bacon with the DfE limiting what Cllr Whitehouse can say. This morning Cllr Bacon says, "there is no such ‘legal agreement’," presenting what he claims as evidence.
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With the Isle of Wight council elections less than a year away, OnTheWight asked leaders of all the political groups for their “view on how things have been since the last election and your hopes for the next 11 months”. Here’s what Conservative's Dave Stewart had to say.
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An update on several aspects of the Cowes Floating Bridge was given at the Corporate Scrutiny Committee, including news about possible side thrusters
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The leader of the Isle of Wight Conservative councillors, Dave Stewart, says that he's happy to do what was yesterday described by the outgoing leadership as 'the government's dirty work' by becoming a 'caretaker leader' following the resignations.
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This - and other surprises - came out at Full Council. OnTheWight has got exact wording of replies that the Leader and Cllr Ian Ward gave in response to questions asked by the public.
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Leader Dave Stewart says they are doing their utmost to help speed up payments as best they can
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In a detailed response starting with 'categorically untrue' and laden with 'refutes', Christ the King College lay out their stall, including disclosing that after they couldn't raise the £4m to buy the building, CtK signed up for a £10m hire purchase agreement instead.
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The Leader of council accuses the Indie group Leader of levelling "disingenuous and unfounded criticisms" over the election of a new Chair of the Scrutiny Committee, saying the Committee would have been more than able to elect its own Chair.
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Institute of Coding to set up Isle of Wight branch providing great opportunities for young Islanders
This is very good news for young people on the Isle of Wight. OnTheWight has long been rallying the Island as the perfect environment for tech development.
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This reader explains why he believes it's time for Cllr Stewart and Cllr Ward to admit they were wrong on the Floating Bridge issue and engage with people who actually know something about it.
