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Former councillors Margaret Webster and George Brown remembered for their dedication
David Pugh
David Pugh became Leader of the Isle of Wight council in 2007, but lost his seat in the county election of 2013.
March 2018 David Pugh became Chairman of the Isle of Wight Conservative Association.
Below you’ll find the articles that we’ve published about him.
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David Pugh didn’t hold back in his views about Ian Ward, with many choice lines
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It was an interesting chat
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The Prime Minister's resignation as Conservative Leader is expected any moment. Here's what some of the Island's political leaders think
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Listen to News OnTheWight’s interview with David Pugh about KILF’s battle; the new trains; promised half-hour service and improving connections between FastCat and Portsmouth trains
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News OnTheWight rode the first Island Line train out of Shanklin this morning (6:15am!) as the service returns after ten months (seven of those being delays)
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35 candidates, including independents, LibDems and Green Party members, have called on David Pugh to answer questions about claims made in Conservative election literature
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This 'independent' candidate in the local elections says he's a member of both the Labour and the Conservative parties, but also had his leaflet printed at the IW Conservative Association
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Green Party candidate accused of ‘illegal practice’ by Chair of IW Conservatives: Accusation refuted
Things can get heated during elections. They certainly got spikey in this email exchange today
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The Conservative candidate who tweeted ‘Vile women’ to female MPs has stepped down. Last night News OnTheWight reported on the accusations of misogyny. Mr Brown says he will now "look to devote my time to helping my community in other ways”
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Isle of Wight Conservative’s lose a councillor as one switches to become an Independent. Intriguingly, as the party gets their councillors ready for upcoming local elections, there could be current serving Cllrs that won’t be on the ballot papers too.
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Breach of his own government’s own guidance, Bob Seely attended a BBQ in Seaview - that we now know. Here we’ve gathered some of the public reaction, since the news broke - tl;dr: They’re not happy
