2008 Jersey general election
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44 of the 53 seats in the States Assembly
Chief Minister before election

Frank Walker
Independent

Chief Minister after election

Terry Le Sueur
Independent

General elections were held in Jersey in two stages in October and November 2008.

Constable elections

For the first time since 1948 the elections of constables for the twelve parishes of Jersey have been synchronised so that polling, where necessary, will take place on the same day as the senatorial election on 15 October 2008, in accordance with the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008 (registered 28 March 2008).

At Assemblies of Electors held in nine parishes on 17 September 2008, constables in five parishes were returned unopposed: St Brelade, St Martin, St Ouen, Trinity and St Saviour.[1] The constables of the other parishes declined to stand down to recontest their seats, preferring to serve out their full term so that the provisions of the law will apply to the next mandate from 2011.[2]

St Clement

Sitting Constable Derek Gray did not seek re-election. Senator Leonard Norman beat Deputy Gerard Baudains and Centenier Edgar Wallis.

St Clement constable election, 2008[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Leonard Norman 1,593 60.92
Independent Gerard Baudains 740 28.30
Independent Edgar Wallis 254 9.71
Invalid or blank votes 28 1.07
Total votes 2,615 100.00
Turnout   48.26

St Helier

Following his 2008 re-election, Simon Crowcroft declared that he would not stand down to fight a second election in ten months, despite speculation that he would fight a senatorial campaign with a view to becoming Chief Minister.[5]

St Lawrence

Deputy Deidre Mezbourian beat Chef de Police Tim Tindall.

St Lawrence constable election, 2008[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Deidre Mezbourain 1,300 76.61
Independent Tim Tindall 382 22.51
Invalid or blank votes 15 0.88
Total votes 1,697 100.00
Turnout   49.87

St Mary

Sitting Constable Ken Le Brun is standing down.[6] Deputy Juliette Gallichan beat former Chef de Police Terry Renouf.

St Mary constable election, 2008[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Juliette Gallichan 404 66.45
Independent Terry Renouf 204 33.55
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00
Total votes 608 100.00
Turnout   54.63

St Peter

Procureur du Bien Public John Refault beat Deputy Collin Egré.

St Peter constable election, 2008[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent John Refault 975 57.35
Independent Collin Egré 725 42.65
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00
Total votes 1,700 100.00
Turnout   52.39

Senatorial election

The senatorial election took place on 15 October 2008. The election was island-wide and there were six seats available. At the Assembly of Electors held in Saint Helier on 16 September 2008, 21 candidates were nominated.[7]

Final results are as follows:

Rosette worn by a Le Marquand supporter
Jersey senatorial election, 2008[4][8]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent Ian Le Marquand 14,238 12.35%
Independent Alan Breckon 10,273 8.91%
Independent Alan Maclean 9,094 7.89%
Independent Paul Routier (incumbent) 8,775 7.61%
Independent Philip Ozouf (incumbent) 8,712 7.55%
Independent Sarah Ferguson 8,576 7.45%
Jersey Democratic Alliance Geoff Southern 7,194 6.24%
Independent Mike Higgins 6,979 6.05%
Independent Mike Vibert (incumbent) 6,098 5.29%
Time4Change/Reform Montfort Tadier 5,011 4.34%
Jersey Democratic Alliance Trevor Pitman 4,931 4.28%
Independent Peter Troy 3,927 3.40%
Independent Cliff Le Clercq 3,597 3.12%
Jersey 2020 Daniel Wimberley 3,458 3.00%
Independent Jeremy Maçon 3,130 2.71%
Time4Change/Reform Nick Le Cornu 3,074 2.67%
Independent Chris Perkins 2,768 2.40%
Jersey 2020 Mark Forskitt 1,922 1.67%
Jersey 2020 Nick Palmer 1,538 1.33%
Independent Adrian Walsh 1,210 1.05%
Independent Mick Pashley 682 0.59%
Invalid or blank votes 144 0.12%
Voter turnout 44.13%

Candidates

Three sitting senators did not seek re-election:

The following candidates were sitting senators seeking re-election:

The following candidates were sitting deputies seeking who ran in the senatorial election:

Candidates declared the following political affiliations:

Deputy elections

The election for deputies took place on 26 November 2008. Twelve new deputies were elected, five sitting deputies lost their seats and four were reelected without opposition.[12]

St Brelade

St Brelade No. 1

St Brelade deputy No. 1 election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Angela Jeune 370 56.75
Independent Mark Sutton 192 29.44
Independent Alan Beadle 86 13.19
Invalid or blank votes 4 0.61
Total votes 652 100.00
Turnout   27.5

St Brelade No. 2

St Brelade deputy No. 2 election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Sean Power 1,068 29.12
Time4Change Montfort Tadier 758 20.67
Independent Mervyn Le Masurier 462 12.60
Independent Jeff Hathaway 420 11.45
Independent Graham Truscott 411 11.21
Independent Martha Bernstein 326 8.89
Independent Richard de la Haye 179 4.88
Independent John Le Galle 29 0.79
Invalid or blank votes 15 0.41
Total votes 3,668 100.00
Turnout   40.52

St Clement

St Clement deputy election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ian Gorst (incumbent) 1,112 36.30
Independent Anne Dupré 868 28.34
Independent Gerard Baudains (incumbent) 731 23.87
Independent Jeremy Strickland 303 9.89
Independent Philip Maguire 46 1.50
Invalid or blank votes 3 0.10
Total votes 3,063 100.00
Turnout   30.9

Grouville

Carolyn Labey won unopposed.

St Helier

St Helier No. 1

Incumbents Le Claire and Martin were joined by JDA candidate Trevor Pitman, husband of Shona Pitman re-elected in neighbouring St Helier No. 2

  1. Paul Le Claire 634
  2. Judy Martin 601
  3. Trevor Pitman 487

St Helier No. 2

All three seats taken by JDA candidates; Southern and Pitman as incumbents joined by de Sousa.

  1. Geoff Southern 665
  2. Shona Pitman 598
  3. Debbie de Sousa 444

On 20 February 2009 Geoff Southern and Shona Pitman pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to charges of contravening the Public Elections Law with respect to irregularities in postal voting procedure, and were referred to the Royal Court for sentencing.[13] They have also faced calls to annul the result of the election.[14]

St Helier No.3/4

A recount to decide fourth place meant that incumbent Fox retained his seat by one vote. Incumbent Hilton topped the poll, but incumbent Huet lost her seat and incumbent de Faye, outgoing Minister for Transport and Technical services, was heavily defeated.

  1. Jackie Hilton 1259
  2. Mike Higgins 1193
  3. Andrew Green 1057
  4. Ben Fox 698

St John

Ryan, an incumbent in St Helier No. 1, stood in his parish of residence but was defeated by Rondel who had been Deputy for St John before standing down in 2005

  1. Phil Rondel 678

St Lawrence

Incumbent Le Fondré topped the poll.

  1. John Le Fondré 918
  2. Edward Noel 518

St Martin

Incumbent Hill returned.

  1. Bob Hill 832

St Mary

  1. Daniel Wimberley 261

St Ouen

  1. James Reed (Unopposed)

St Peter

Incumbent Egré returned.

  1. Colin Egré 731

St Saviour

St Saviour No. 1

Incumbent Duhamel topped the poll, but incumbent Scott Warren was defeated. 21-year-old Maçon became the youngest States Member ever elected.

  1. Rob Duhamel 569
  2. Jeremy Maçon 448

St Saviour No. 2

Incumbent Lewis re-elected.

  1. Kevin Lewis 509
  2. Tracey Vallois 277

St Saviour No. 3

  1. Roy Le Herissier (Unopposed)

Trinity

  1. Deputy Anne Pryke (Unopposed)

CET referendum

A referendum on the question "Do you think that Jersey should adopt Central European Time?" was put to voters on 15 October.[15][16]

Referendum results
Choice Votes %
Referendum failed No 17,230 72.42
Yes 6,564 27.58
Invalid or blank votes 544 0.47
Total votes 23,907 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 55,142 44.14
Source: Direct Democracy

Voting age reduced

The 2008 general election is the first in which 16- and 17-year-old voters will take part, following a law to reduce voting age to 16. The law was brought into force on 12 March 2008 and became effective on 1 April 2008.[17]

References

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  2. ^ "Parish constables are nominated". BBC News. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d "Jersey Elections 2008: Constables". Jerseyelections.info. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
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  5. ^ Quérée, Ben (15 August 2008). "'I won't be Chief Minister'". Jersey Evening Post. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2008.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Quérée, Ben (24 July 2008). "Gallichan looks for St Mary promotion". Jersey Evening Post. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2008.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Morrison, Ryan (3 October 2008). "21 stand for Senator". BBC News. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  8. ^ "Jersey Elections 2008: Senators". Jerseyelections.info. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  9. ^ "First constable candidate named". BBC News. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  10. ^ Quérée, Ben (15 September 2008). "Senatorial candidates to stand under JDA banner". Jersey Evening Post. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2008.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ a b "Election Night Live". BBC News. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  12. ^ "Twelve new Deputies". Jersey Evening Post. 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2008.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Deputies admit election charges". BBC News. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  14. ^ "Poll result 'can no longer count'". thisisjersey.com. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ James, Perchard (21 April 2008). "Central European Time: Referendum". States of Jersey. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  16. ^ Morrison, Ryan (18 June 2008). "A referendum on time". BBC News. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  17. ^ "16-year-olds able to vote this year". Jersey Evening Post. 13 March 2008.

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