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Jon Gilbey

Jon Gilbey was elected in the 2013 Isle of Wight council elections to represent the people of Shanklin.

He held a role as an Executive member for Highways PFI, but decided to stand down when Richard Priest was sacked from the Executive.

Jon Gilbey runs a cafe in Shanklin called Paramount Cafe.

He became Executive member for Major contracts management (PFI and Waste) in January 2017 under the leadership of Conservative, Dave Stewart.

He stood at the May 2017 council elections, but failed to keep his seat, so also lost his Executive member position too, enabling him to focus on running his cafe.

29, March 2023·3 min read

David Pugh talks to News OnTheWight about why he’s stepping away from Isle of Wight politics

It was an interesting chat

23, February 2021·3 min read

Brand spanking new loos now open in Newport, at 40p a go

The new loos in Post Office Lane, Newport will cost you 40p to use, but they are a massive improvement on what was there before and should last 40-50 years

2, May 2019·1 min read

Anti-social behaviour blighting town, say Shanklin councillors

The Police and Crime Commissioner has been invited to visit the Bay area to meet with local people and discuss the crime and anti-social behaviour problems blighting the town.

27, April 2017·3 min read

Cllrs Priest and Gilbey: Police investigation into electoral law breach

The election material of the Shanklin councillors has been investigated and reviewed by senior police within Gold Command. It's been found there "certainly has been a breach" of electoral law.

6, March 2017·2 min read

‘Short sighted’ PFI budget saving means no ‘gold standard’ for roads

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”.

3, February 2017·1 min read

January a ‘testing time’ for highway maintenance teams says councillor

Island Roads say their winter maintenance crews have just dealt with their busiest month ever in terms of winter maintenance activity.

20, January 2017·1 min read

Isle of Wight Council’s new Executive revealed in full

It looks like the rumours we published were right. Here's the full list of the now-expanded Executive of the Isle of Wight council, following Conservative Dave Stewart being voted in as Leader this week.

3, March 2016·3 min read

Council agree £800,000 for new Shanklin cliff lift

The initial scope of the works was to refurbish the Cliff lift motor room and original, 1957, machinery. The programme now incorporates a complete overhaul of the lift cars, pulleys, winches and motor machinery, costing around £800,000.

22, January 2016·3 min read

Letter: How can your councillor represent you if they leave meetings early?

During Wednesday's full council meeting, several councillors upped and left before the end of the meeting, missing an important vote on how the council handles applications for fracking on the Isle of Wight. One reader was disgusted enough at their actions that she's shared the letter she sent them the next day.

Many photos of Jon Gilbey parking on Yellow lines - x

1, April 2015·3 min read

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