Robert Francis (politician)

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Robert Francis
Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly
Assumed office
8 May 2018
Personal details
Political partyIndependent
OccupationHotelier, 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]

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Electoral record

2017 Council of the Isles of Scilly election

St Mary's (12 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert D Francis 576
Independent Frances M Grottick538
Independent Adrian J G Davis520
Independent Joel Williams514
Independent Avril W Mumford493
Independent Edward W Moulson481
Independent Stephen J Watt436
Independent A Euan Rodger430
Independent Daniel M Marcus428
Independent Andrew S Guy420
Independent Michael A Nelhams408
Independent Stephen M Sims376
Independent Amanda J Martin321
Independent J Nicola Guthrie319
Independent Bethany J Hilton311
Independent Fraser V Hicks297
Independent Andrew J Combes250
Independent Thomas Mitchell25

2021 Council of the Isles of Scilly election

St. Mary’s [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
no descriptionAvril Mumford 518
no descriptionRobert Francis 492
Independent Tim Dean 491
no descriptionJoel Williams 490
no descriptionAnita Bedford 470
Independent Fran Grottick 458
no descriptionAlexander Rodger 419
no descriptionSteve Sims 419
no descriptionDaniel Marcus 406
Independent Steve Watt 378
Independent Andy Guy 371
no descriptionMichael Nelhams 367
Independent Tim Jones272
Turnout

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References

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  6. Green, David (22 April 1989). Mumford, Clive (ed.). "Hotelier Makes A Dream A Reality". The Scillonian. p. 21.
  7. Pritchard, Susan (2017-04-04). "Statement as to the Persons Nominated for election as Councillor for ST MARY'S, ISLES OF SCILLY" (PDF). Council of the Isles of Scilly . Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  8. "COUNCIL OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 6 MAY 2021" (PDF). Council of the Isles of Scilly . Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Council of the Isles of Scilly . Retrieved 30 May 2021.