Robert Francis | |
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Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly | |
Assumed office 8 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Independent |
Occupation | Hotelier, politician |
Robert Francis is a British politician and businessman who has served as Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly since 2018. [1] [2] He, along with his wife Teresa, have owned the Star Castle hotel since 2003 and the Holy Vale vineyard since 2009. [3] [4] [5] Previous to this, he built a hotel on St Martin's which opened in 1989, and ran the Polurrian Hotel in Mullion, on the Lizard Peninsular. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Robert D Francis | 576 | |||
Independent | Frances M Grottick | 538 | |||
Independent | Adrian J G Davis | 520 | |||
Independent | Joel Williams | 514 | |||
Independent | Avril W Mumford | 493 | |||
Independent | Edward W Moulson | 481 | |||
Independent | Stephen J Watt | 436 | |||
Independent | A Euan Rodger | 430 | |||
Independent | Daniel M Marcus | 428 | |||
Independent | Andrew S Guy | 420 | |||
Independent | Michael A Nelhams | 408 | |||
Independent | Stephen M Sims | 376 | |||
Independent | Amanda J Martin | 321 | |||
Independent | J Nicola Guthrie | 319 | |||
Independent | Bethany J Hilton | 311 | |||
Independent | Fraser V Hicks | 297 | |||
Independent | Andrew J Combes | 250 | |||
Independent | Thomas Mitchell | 25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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no description | Avril Mumford | 518 | |||
no description | Robert Francis | 492 | |||
Independent | Tim Dean | 491 | |||
no description | Joel Williams | 490 | |||
no description | Anita Bedford | 470 | |||
Independent | Fran Grottick | 458 | |||
no description | Alexander Rodger | 419 | |||
no description | Steve Sims | 419 | |||
no description | Daniel Marcus | 406 | |||
Independent | Steve Watt | 378 | |||
Independent | Andy Guy | 371 | |||
no description | Michael Nelhams | 367 | |||
Independent | Tim Jones | 272 | |||
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