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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.

30, November 2017·1 min read

Floating Bridge could be in service by December say Harbour Commission

The review into commissioning, design and build of the new floating bridge won't be made public until January, but testing of modifications will take place in December and could mean the bridge is back in service soon.

7, December 2017·2 min read

Floating Bridge back in service next week

The Cowes floating bridge is scheduled to reopen to the public this coming Monday (11 December) as part of an extended trial period that will take place this month.

8, December 2017·3 min read

Bob Seely changes plans and steps down from Isle of Wight council (update 2)

One month after his election, Bob said he'd be standing down as an IWC councillor "in a year or two". The surprise news today - he'll be gone before Christmas. Here's what we know.

8, December 2017·1 min read

Letter: What’s the Plan B for floating bridge service if it fails again?

This Cowes town councillor asks the Leader of the council what his Plan B is if the floating bridge fails again after being brought back into service next week.

12, December 2017·3 min read

Christ the King College £2.7m in debt after ‘ill judged’ agreement say council (Updated)

Isle of Wight council say they've tried to work with the Christ the King College, but still no plan exists. "This is an enormous debt for one school to accrue", said the council leader.

12, December 2017·3 min read

Christ the King College refute Council’s view on school’s ‘ill-judgement’

Following the Isle of Wight council's statement this morning claiming Christ the King College was £2.7m in debt, the school has responded, refuting IWC's claim that the decision to lease the building was ill-judged, claiming audits have shown "there is absolutely no evidence of any financial mismanagement".

13, December 2017·7 min read

Christ the King accuse Isle of Wight council of lying in latest round of public ding dong

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.

15, December 2017·1 min read

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