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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.

8, September 2017·3 min read

Cllr Ward unable to answer basic questions on Floating Bridge replacement

Cllr Ian Ward, who receives an additional £7k+ a year as the Isle of Wight council Cabinet member and whose responsibilities specifically include the floating bridge, was unable to answer basic questions about the replacement service. Full details of the interview within.

2, September 2017·2 min read

Isle of Wight council have broken promise over Floating Bridge, say town council

East Cowes' Councillors say actions of the Isle of Wight council leadership show "a complete lack of duty of care" and slam them for breaking promises to consult, saying suspension of floating bridge will isolate the two towns.

31, August 2017·1 min read

Floating Bridge: Residents respond

Residents and businesses respond to the Isle of Wight council's announcement that Floating Bridge 6 will be taken out of service until it can "can operate properly in accordance with the council’s specified requirements".

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.

17, August 2017·1 min read

Council’s Isle of Wight Digital Conference gets Government support

The Isle of Wight council say they want to be a 'trailblazing council' and have organised their first ever Digital Conference for later in the year.

26, July 2017·5 min read

Transport Infrastructure Task Force (TITF): Important Isle of Wight transport review published

A year-long study of the the Isle of Wight's transport infrastructure, including the train line, bus service, ferries, the Medina River link and more. OnTheWight has the details of the Task Force recommendations.

20, July 2017·7 min read

Council leader tells Islanders not to expect direct answers to Floating Bridge questions – for 6 months

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.

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.

8, June 2017·4 min read

More Isle of Wight council secrecy over Floating bridge unveiled

After OnTheWight exposed yesterday that Isle of Wight council officers are not answering questions reasonable questions about the Floating Bridge, more secrecy has just come to light. Here's the email that lays it on the line.

18, May 2017·3 min read

Council’s direction on future of Sandown Bay Academy should be known in next 48 hours

The treatment of staff and pupils at Sandown Bay Academy by its sponsor, Academies Enterprise Trust, was described as appalling, atrocious and disappointing by councillors. They voted to have AET removed from all Island schools.

17, May 2017·1 min read

Conservative-majority drops yearly leadership elections at Isle of Wight council

The Conservatives have, as one of their first acts following their landslide victory at the Isle of Wight council elections, dropped yearly Leader elections, choosing to elect one leader for four years instead.

10, May 2017·1 min read

Labour councillor condemns Conservative attack on democracy

A return to the Cabinet system, removal of named votes and the questions to Cabinet members at full council being scrapped are just some of the changes planned by the Conservative administration say the Labour councillor.

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