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More women are standing this time compared to four years ago. OnTheWight takes a look at the spread of women across the various political parties to see who came out on top.
Geoff Brodie
Councillor Geoff Brodie has served as an Isle of Wight councillor for Pan and Barton for many years.
He changed his surname from Lumley to Brodie in May 2017.
Below are some of the articles in which Geoff Brodie is mentioned.
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Even prior to the takeover of the Isle of Wight council in January, Conservative Campaign Head Office have had a member of staff advising the new council Leader. It's believed to be unprecedented.
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Labour councillor, Geoff Lumley says nearly three years of minority control has convinced them that the Executive model does not work fairly and will propose a return to the Committee System of governance from 2018.
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Cllr Lumley says the £200k 'saving' which could result in roads falling apart from day one after the PFI contract expires is short-sighted and "badly letting down the Island who were promised so much by Eddie Giles and his pals”.
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Leaders of all the groups who worked on and submitted budgets have shared their full speeches with OnTheWight.
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As part of their alternative budget, the two Labour and one LibDem councillors propose 1.99% increase as opposed to the 4.99% increase being proposed by the Conservative UKIP Alliance.
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Opposition councillors say the Conservative-UKIP plans for the ASDA money are "an insult to hard working Islanders who are having their Council Tax put up while paying for running machines and new desks".
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Cllr Lumley says "You can only admire MPs who deliver for their constituents when their party is in power. Sadly after the same seven years of Tory gov, our MP can’t seem to master that trick."
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Chaired by former executive member, Cllr Paul Fuller, and including the former Leader Cllr Bacon, the new Scrutiny Committee gathers tonight to scrutinise the proposed budget for 2017/18.
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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.
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Labour councillor Geoff Lumley says the new Conservative council leader's "profound disappointment" that members from other groups have "not come forward" is just crocodile tears.
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Colin Richards was described by colleagues as a man of great integrity who will be sadly missed. Our thoughts are with Colin's family and friends.
