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Stuart Hutchinson

Cllr Stuart Hutchinson was elected as Isle of Wight councillor for West Wight in a by-election in November 2011 and retained his seat in the May 2013 elections.

He’s a member of the Conservative Group of Councillors.

In January 2017, he was appointed as deputy leader to Cllr Dave Stewart.

He did not sit in the 2021 elections.

Below are articles featuring Cllr Hutchinson.

15, January 2021·1 min read

Health chief warns Islanders not to rely on nasal sprays to fight off Covid-19

The warning comes as people are turning to different ways to protect themselves against the latest strain of Covid-19 which is 70 per cent more transmissible

15, January 2021·3 min read

£10m budget gap slashed in half, but price hike in council tax still on the cards

Although the financial outlook for the Isle of Wight council is pretty bleak, the CEO said measures were in place to stop them reaching bankruptcy

Looking down a spiral staircase by Robin Schreiner

22, January 2021·4 min read

Isle of Wight councillors vote to reduce the council tax support subsidy

Opposition councillor, Paul Fuller, said it was unfair and mean that IWC was focusing on trying to raise a few savings from people who can ill afford it

Black and white close up shot of an abacus

3, February 2021·6 min read

Isle of Wight Conservatives put forward their budget plans, including maximum council tax rise

The annual budget meeting takes place later this month, in the meantime, the ruling Conservative Group have put forward their proposals for next year's budget. Full details within, including the maximum council tax rise allowable

3, February 2021·4 min read

Here’s why the Isle of Wight is unlikely to get an extra £6.4m as part of the promised Island Deal

Many promises were made, but the council's finance officer says that even if the council were to put forward a cast iron case, it doesn't translate that it would get the full amount of extra costs its incurs. He explains why

10, February 2021·2 min read

How are Isle of Wight Council’s £35m of Mainland property investments doing? Cabinet member explains

Cllr Stuart Hutchinson explains why the council have invested in property off the Island and how it has been doing over the last year

robin red breast on a headstone in a cemetery

1, March 2021·2 min read

Rise in crematorium and cemetery charges branded ‘scandalous’

One councillor called the rise in charges a “Tory plan to rip off the bereaved” which was “morally indefensible", whilst another said, "It is scandalous to think we would put up the charges at this time"

Dinosaur Isle on a summer day with two people walking in front of it

11, March 2021·3 min read

Sandown’s New Dinosaur Isle: When it could open and hints at who might run it

At an Isle of Wight council meeting this evening, it emerged when Sandown’s New Dinosaur Isle could open, clues to who might run it and it sounds like tens of millions extra could be invested

Shot from outside County Hall of the entrance and flowerbeds

27, May 2021·2 min read

New Alliance Group take over Isle of Wight council’s Cabinet in post-election shake-up (Updated)

The new leader of Isle of Wight council, Lora Peacey Wilcox, has named her dream team for the council's executive

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