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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]

Electoral record

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St Mary's (12 seats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
St. Mary’s[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Turnout

References

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  1. ^ "Councillors and Committees | Council of the ISLES OF SCILLY". committees.scilly.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  2. ^ scillynowandthen (2019-05-14). "Robert Francis remains Chair of Scilly's Council". thisisscillynews. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  3. ^ Villa-Clarke, Angelina. "Star Castle Hotel: It's A Feast Of The Senses In The Scillies". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  4. ^ Bond, Amanda (2022-06-28). "The amazing entrepreneurs of Scilly". Great British Life. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  5. ^ "Star Castle". The Telegraph. 2017-10-03. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  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.