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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.

24, March 2020·1 min read

Call to Isle of Wight businesses to support frontline charities

The chairman of WightAid says, "As we enter a period of considerable difficulty, it is even more important than ever for us to stay together and support those most in need"

wooden house sitting on window sill with message stay home next to it

9, February 2021·2 min read

Holidaymakers asked to avoid coming to the Isle of Wight this half term

The Isle of Wight council leader, the Director of Public Health and the head of Visit Isle of Wight all ask visitors to avoid travelling to the Island this February half term

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.

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, 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

IWC's C19 response infographic for August

22, September 2020·2 min read

Find out what the Isle of Wight council has been up to in last year, as Annual Report published

Read the Isle of Wight council's Annual Report in full to see details of highpoints and progress of the corporate plan

23, April 2019·2 min read

‘Climate extinction, emergency everything’ is ‘un-evidenced’ says Isle of Wight council leader, Dave Stewart

Leader of the Isle of Wight council, Dave Stewart, says he's "done some research" on the IPCC special climate emergency report but believes the ‘climate extinction, emergency everything’ position is "un-evidenced".

25, July 2014·4 min read

Executive asked by Scrutiny Committee to re-examine changes to parking charges

Whether the Executive will change their minds over the proposed changes to parking charges won't be known until 5th August.

17, January 2019·1 min read

Leader of council’s confused response to question on carbon neutrality commitment

Onlookers were left wondering whether the leader of the Isle of Wight council had even read the letter from the 'climate emergency' march last week, when he was asked a question about it at last night's meeting and replied by talking about a different subject.

30, November 2017·1 min read

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