title: Robert Francis (politician)
text: # Robert Francis (politician)
  
  Robert Francis is a British politician and businessman who has served as Chairman of the Council of the Isles of Scilly since 2018. He, along with his wife Teresa, have owned the Star Castle hotel since 2003 and the Holy Vale vineyard since 2009. 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.
  
  ## Electoral record
  
  ### 2017 Council of the Isles of Scilly election
  
  St Mary's (12 seats) :
  
  | 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 |
  
  ### 2021 Council of the Isles of Scilly election
  
  St. Mary’s :
  
  | Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | |
  