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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.

20, July 2021·1 min read

Alliance group propose ‘Reintroducing democracy to the council’s constitution’ at County Hall

The 15 new proposed changes, including getting the Youth Council more involved, will be debated and voted on at Wednesday's full council meeting

21, October 2019·1 min read

Isle of Wight councillors claimed £475,000 in allowances and expenses

The total amount claimed increased by over £13,000 in the last year. OnTheWight has the details

24, February 2021·1 min read

No bids to run Brown’s Family Golf Course and Cafe

More than 50 people expressed an interest in taking on Brown's Family Golf Course and Cafe

7, January 2021·2 min read

Extra drive-through Covid-19 testing centre set up on the Isle of Wight

Due to the demand for testing on the isle of Wight a pop-up drive-through testing centre will be in operation from Friday and the Newclose testing centre will open for longer

30, March 2021·4 min read

Isle of Wight Conservatives introduce some of their youngest candidates

The Island Conservatives have three Isle of Wight council election candidates in their teens and others in their 20s and 30s

9, July 2020·4 min read

Isle of Wight council reveal how they will cope with £10m funding gap

The Cabinet member for resources says the Isle of Wight council faces a serious challenge for the next financial year and will start working on that in the next couple of months

Trees outside County Hall and Geoff Brodie

19, November 2020·2 min read

Conservative administration accused of bullying councillor for ‘raising points of democracy’

Cllr Brodie said it was a sad day "when a member cannot make amendments without being bullied by the administration”

27, February 2019·1 min read

Isle of Wight Conservative councillors join others at national conference

Members of the Isle of Wight council Conservative administration recently joined others from around the country to meet with government ministers and discuss issues such as funding, homelessness and housing.

28, March 2017·6 min read

Council leader calls Indies’ ferry purchase plan a ‘red herring’ (update 2)

The council leader sets out his concerns over the Island Independent announcement that they would invest council money in a slice of Red Funnel should they get back into power in May.

19, September 2019·2 min read

Council leader says they can’t send the floating bridge back

Council leader, Dave Stewart said, "If people say to me, yes, but it breaks down, I say, so does the Red Jet".

Chains of Floating Bridge 5 laid out on the slipway

24, March 2021·1 min read

Floating Bridge 6: People may pay to use it, but it’s still had massive losses

The Engineers' and Stakeholders' Group say Dave Stewart was stating the obvious when he said the floating bridge had an income. He just forgot to mention the huge losses

10, January 2020·1 min read

Isle of Wight council submit Undercliff Drive funding bid to Government

When Dave Stewart became Isle of Wight council leader in 2017 he vowed to reopen Undercliff Drive

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