2011 Jersey general election

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2011 Jersey general election

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45 of the 51 seats in the States Assembly

Chief Minister before election

Terry Le Sueur
Independent

Chief Minister after election

Ian Gorst
Independent

General elections were held in Jersey on 19 October 2011 to elect 45 members of the States Assembly. This was the first time Senators, Deputies and Constables were elected on a single day in Jersey.[1] The number of members of the States of Jersey was reduced from 53 to 51. Six Senators who had been elected in 2008 for a period of six years did not face election in 2011.

Nominations

Electoral Assembly, 6 September 2011: nominations for Senator

Nominations for candidates took place on 6 September at the Town Hall,

St Helier, Jersey for the four Senatorial seats and at each parish hall on 7 September for the twelve Constable and twenty nine Deputy seats.[2]

Senatorial elections

Results

The 13 candidates for Senator

Four Senators were elected.[3]

Incumbents

Prior to the October elections, there are six incumbents.

Deputy Elections

St Helier

St Helier returned ten deputies in total to the States of Jersey, three from district one, three from district two and four from districts three and four.

District One

Nominations, 7 September 2011: candidates for Deputy, Saint Helier 1

Three candidates were elected in this district. The voter turnout was 37.9%.[15]

  • James Baker 767 (42%)
  • Deputy Trevor Pitman 763 (42%)
  • Deputy
    Judy Martin
    717 (40%)
  • Deputy Paul Le Claire 700 (39%)
  • Nick Le Cornu 571 (32%)
  • Keith Shaw 482 (26%)
  • Mary O'Keeffe-Burgher 331 (18%)
  • Gino Risoli 178 (10%)

Incumbents

District Two

Nominations, 7 September 2011: candidates for Deputy, Saint Helier 2

Three candidates were elected in the No. 2 district.[16] The voter turnout was 37.25%.

  • Rod Bryans 763 (45%)
  • Deputy Shona Pitman 743 (44%)
  • Deputy Geoff Southern 694 (41%)
  • Senator Terry Le Main 593 (35%)
  • Deputy Debbie De Sousa 579 (34%)
  • Hugh Rammond 430 (25%)
  • Bernard Manning 282 (16%)

Incumbents

District Three & Four

Nominations, 7 September 2011: candidates for Deputy, Saint Helier 3 & 4

Four candidates were elected in district no. 3.[16] The voter turnout was 40.5%.

  • Deputy Jackie Hilton 1,941 (57%)
  • Deputy Andrew Green 1,924 (56%)
  • Richard Rondel 1,870 (55%)
  • Deputy Mike Higgins 1,464 (43%)
  • Suzette Hase 1,158 (34%)
  • Denise Carroll MBE 874 (26%)
  • Ted Vibert 865 (25%)
  • Ray Shead 799 (23%)

Incumbents

St Saviour

District One

Two candidates were elected in this district.[17]

District Two

Two candidates were elected in this district.

District Three

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Roy Le Hérissier
  • Charlie Gouyet

St Brelade

St Brelade returned three deputies to the States of Jersey, two from district two and one from district one.

District One

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Angela Jeune
  • Jeff Hathaway
  • Margaret Holland Prior
  • John Young

Incumbent

  • Deputy Angela Jeune

District Two

Nominated Candidates

Incumbents

  • Deputy Montfort Tadier
  • Deputy Sean Power

St Clement

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Anne Dupré
  • Peter Ward
  • Susan Pinel
  • David Cabeldu
  • Gerard Baudains
  • Simon Brée

St Lawrence

  • Deputy John Le Fondré (Elected unopposed)
  • Deputy Eddie Noel (Elected unopposed)

St Peter

Wayne Le Marquand election transport

Nominated Candidates

St John

One candidate was elected.[18]

  • Patrick Ryan 528 (45%)
  • Andrew Lewis 437 (37%)
  • David Ward 205 (18%)

Trinity

St Martin

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy
    Bob Hill
  • Steve Luce

Grouville

Nominated Candidates

St Ouen

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy James Reed
  • Chris Lamy
  • Alan Le Quesne
  • Cliff Le Clercq

St Mary

Nominated Candidates

  • Ray Cooper
  • John Le Bailly
  • David Johnson

Constable Elections

Each Parish of the island of

Parish Municipality
, the Constable acts at both national and regional political levels. The Constable is often referred to as the Father of the Parish.

St Helier

BBC Jersey
following his re-election unopposed at the Electoral Assembly, 7 September 2011

St Saviour

St Brelade

St Clement

St Lawrence

St Peter

St John

Trinity

St Martin

Grouville

St Ouen

For the first time since 1903 the position of Constable in the Parish of St Ouen will be contested following the decision of incumbent Ken Vibert to stand down.[19]

Candidates

  • Michael Paddock
  • Richard Renouf

St Mary

Municipal elections

Municipal elections took place in November 2011 for the election of Procureur du Bien Public, Roads Inspectors, Rates Assessors, Honorary Police, Roads Committee & Accounts Committee. These elections are generally uncontested.

References

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  3. ^ "Election results 2011". Gov.je. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Ex-Bailiff to Stand for Senator". Jersey Evening Post. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  10. ^ "Deputy Monfort Tadier Blog". Deputy Monfort Tadier. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Candidate asks Islanders to write his manifesto". Jersey Evening Post. 3 September 2011.; and "Darius Pearce election website". Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Jersey politician not seeking re-election". BBC News. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  13. ^ "Senator says he will not seek an island-wide mandate". BBC News. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Senator Jim Perchard to leave the States of Jersey". BBC News. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Jersey election 2011: Candidates and Results". BBC News. 17 October 2011.
  16. ^ a b "BBC News – Jersey election 2011: St Helier". BBC. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  17. ^ "BBC News – Jersey election 2011: St Saviour". BBC. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  18. ^ "BBC News – Jersey election 2011: St John". BBC. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  19. ^ "St Ouen to hold first election for Constable for a century". Jersey Evening Post. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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