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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, 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.

Bob Seely with the Island coastline in the background

8, May 2021·2 min read

MP Seely asked for comment after IW Conservatives lose their majority at council

Seely thanked now-deposed Dave Stewart for leadership and said he’ll be writing to the new councillors to ‘outline a common agenda’ he believes elected leaders of the Island should be working towards

coastal path sign with sea in the background

11, February 2021·2 min read

Need to think ‘really cautiously and carefully’ as we come out of Lockdown says health chief

Simon Bryant says we must manage the rate of infection carefully if we are to get to a point where we can have some kind of summer this year

2, July 2020·3 min read

New Covid-19 testing data comes to light, explaining previous small rise in confirmed cases during App rollout

If you were wondering why the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases did not increase much during the roll out of the Contact Tracing App - despite 1,765 people being notified via it - this is why.

18, November 2020·1 min read

New funding for community groups delivering supporting vulnerable Islanders during lockdown

If you are a community group delivering services to support the wellbeing and practical needs of vulnerable Islanders, you could be eligible for funding of up to £1,000

1, February 2017·4 min read

New Isle of Wight Conservative-Alliance council issue their 2017-18 budget proposals

Just two weeks after taking power at County Hall the new Conservative Alliance council reveal their budget proposals for 2017-18.

6, February 2017·2 min read

New Isle of Wight council Leader scraps cross-party meetings leading to criticism (Updated)

It’s currently unclear why the new council Leader has cancelled all future meetings of the Group Leaders, but opposition councillors say it's at odds with Conservative's 'cross-party' claims.

8, March 2017·2 min read

New opening times for waste sites could mean statutory duties are not met, say Indies (updated)

The Indies say that according to the legislation, the waste facilities should be reasonably accessible and open for the deposit of waste at all reasonable times.

1, November 2018·3 min read

New parking charges, shorter tip hours, rise in social care charges and more, if budget proposals approved

If you haven't had a chance to look through yesterday's release of the draft budget proposals for next year, we share further details here, including shorter opening hours at the tip, rise in parking charges and care costs and another increase in council tax.

24, March 2017·1 min read

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