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Jersey general election, 2011

General elections for the States of Jersey were held in Jersey on 19 October 2011, and for the first time Senators, Deputies and Constables were elected on a single day in Jersey. 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.

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Nominations

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.

Results

Four Senators were elected.

  • Sir Philip Bailhache 17,538
  • Deputy Ian Gorst 15,614
  • Senator Francis Le Gresley 14,981
  • Lyndon Farnham 11,095
  • Advocate Rose Colley 8,253
  • Senator Freddie Cohen 7,922
  • Stuart Syvret 6,402
  • Mark Forskitt 2,813
  • Linda Corby 2,489
  • David Richardson 1,570
  • Darius Pearce 1,562
  • Sylvia Lagadu 1,332
  • Chris Whitworth 1,296

    • Incumbents

    Prior to the October elections, there are six incumbents.

  • Senator Ben Shenton did not seek re-election
  • Senator Francis Le Gresley
  • Senator Terry Le Main: did not seek re-election as senator but stood for deputy in St Helier No. 2 district
  • Senator Freddie Cohen
  • Senator Jim Perchard did not seek re-election
  • Senator Terry Le Sueur, a former Chief Minister, did not seek re-election

    • 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

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

  • 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

  • Deputy Paul Le Claire
  • Deputy Judy Martin
  • Deputy Trevor Pitman

    • District Two

    Three candidates were elected in the No. 2 district. 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

  • Deputy Geoff Southern
  • Deputy Shona Pitman
  • Deputy Debbie de Sousa

    • District Three & Four

    Four candidates were elected in district no. 3. 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

  • Deputy Jackie Hilton
  • Deputy Andrew Green
  • Deputy Mike Higgins
  • Deputy Ben Fox

    • District One

    Two candidates were elected in this district.

  • Deputy Rob Duhamel 773 (34%)
  • Deputy Jeremy Maçon 621 (28%)
  • Hedi Green 462 (20%)
  • Isabella Lewis 400 (18%)

    • District Two

    Two candidates were elected in this district.

  • Deputy Tracey Vallois
  • Deputy Kevin Lewis
  • Shelley Rose

    • 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

  • Mervyn Le Masurier
  • Deputy Montfort Tadier
  • Deputy Sean Power

    • 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

    Nominated Candidates

  • Kristina Moore
  • Wayne Le Marquand

    • St John

    One candidate was elected.

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

    • Trinity

  • Deputy Anne Pryke (Elected unopposed)

    • St Martin

    Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Bob Hill
  • Steve Luce

    • Grouville

    Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Carolyn Labey
  • Dominic Jones

    • 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 Jersey elects one Constable who is both a member of the States of Jersey and head of the 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 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.

    Candidates

  • Michael Paddock
  • Richard Renouf

    • 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

    Jersey general election, 2011 Wikipedia
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