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Balance of power at County Hall will be decided on Wednesday It will be almost three weeks since Islanders went to the polls before who will hold the balance of power at County Hall is decided On Wednesday the future of the Isle of Wight Council will be decided. Since the results of the election, announced on May 7th, who is in charge of the Isle of Wight Council has been hanging in the balance. A group need to have 20 seats to control the 39-seat council but the Conservatives fell two seats short and have been trying to work out a way forward since then, including an open letter to all opposition councillors from the new leader, Cllr Steve Hastings, with an invitation to come forward if they had any ideas. ....
With the Isle of Wight council still in a state of 'no overall control', these three scenarios give an idea of what could happen by the end of the month ....
Our Island say there was strong positive feedback voiced about the principles of localism and the importance of encouraging and representing the grass roots community voice ....
Former Sandown teacher discovers two of his students are running in the election too As a teacher, Gary says he is always perturbed by comments that young people are apathetic or not interested in politics Following news earlier in the week of a former teacher standing in the 2021 Isle of Wight council elections and discovering during a Zoom call that two of his students were standing alongside him, we have news of more teacher and students candidates. Gary Clarke taught at Sandown High School (which became Sandown Bay Academy and now The Bay CE School) from 2001 to 2017 and was staff governor and head of sixth form for most of that time. ....
How do I choose who to vote for in the Isle of Wight council election? News OnTheWight’s searchable table includes links for many of the candidates to more information to help you choose who to vote for on Thursday Last month all the candidates were announced and News OnTheWight created a table which readers could search through to find out who is standing in your ward. Links to more info As far as we can, we have now included links to Websites, articles or social media accounts where you can find more information about each of the candidates. There are some gaps (some people don’t have anywhere you can get more info from) but if you see a link that’s missing, drop us an email and we’ll add it. ....