2022 Jersey general election

General elections were held in Jersey on 22 June 2022 to elect the 49 members of the States Assembly.

2022 Jersey general election
22 June 2022 (2022-06-22)
All 49 seats in the States Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader N/A Sam Mézec Philip Bailhache
Party Independents Reform Jersey Liberal Conservatives
Leader's seat St Helier South St Clement
Last election 44 seats 5 seats –
Seats won 35 10 2
Seat change Decrease9 Increase5 New
Popular vote 69,066 12,720 4,259
Percentage 66.8% 12.4% 4.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mark Boleat Steve Pallett
Party Jersey Alliance Progress Party
Leader's seat St Clement (defeated) St Brelade (defeated)
Last election – –
Seats won 1 1 seat
Seat change New New
Popular vote 9,035 4,376
Percentage 8.8% 4.3%
Chief Minister before election

John Le Fondré
Jersey Alliance

 Chief Minister after election

Kristina Moore
Better Way

Timeline

In March 2021, it was announced the election could be held in June, rather than as regular in May, to minimise the impact of the four bank holidays which would fall during the election campaign period otherwise.[1]

The election purdah period began on 10 May 2022, limiting the activities of the Council of Ministers to business as usual activities.[2]

Electoral system
See also: States Assembly § Composition

The 2022 elections are the first to have been held under a new electoral system. Under the system, the role of Senators is abolished and replaced with 37 Deputies elected across 9 districts via plurality block voting. The election of one Connétable from each of the twelve parishes is maintained.[3][4]

This election has seen the debut of many new political parties to a political landscape that has been traditional dominated by independent candidates. Before the election the newly formed centre-right Jersey Alliance, which included the previous Chief Minister John Le Fondré, had led the previous Government of Jersey. The centre-right Liberal Conservatives and the centrist Progress Party entered into a political pact with one other for the election.[5] The existing social-democratic Reform Jersey party will also contest the election, and a group of independent candidates will stand with a shared platform and agreed principles under the name of ‘Better Way’, including Chief Scrutineer and Senator Kristina Moore.[6]

For the 2022 elections, the Constable of St. Martin brought forward an amendment to include "the choice of ‘None of the Above’ to be automatically included as a ballot option in any States Assembly election where the number of candidates in a District or Parish does not exceed the number of seats available, with an appropriate formal consequence being provided should this ballot option achieve a plurality of the votes cast."[7] The change was subsequently approved by the States Assembly.[8]

Political parties and groups
See also: Political parties in Jersey

The table below lists the parties or groups that nominated at least one candidate for the election:

Name Ideology Leader 2018 result Pre-election seats
Seats
RJ Reform Jersey Social democracy Sam Mézec
5 / 49
5 / 49
[lower-alpha 1]
JA Jersey Alliance Conservative liberalism Mark Boleat —
9 / 49
PP Progress Party[lower-alpha 2] Centrism Steve Pallett —
2 / 49
JLC Jersey Liberal Conservatives[lower-alpha 3] Liberal conservatism Philip Bailhache —
0 / 49
BW Better Way[lower-alpha 4] Consensus government Kristina Moore —
1 / 49
Ind Independents — —
44 / 49
33 / 49

Notes
  1. Trevor Pointon announced that he would stand for election as a Reform Jersey candidate, though continued to stand in the States Assembly as an independent until the election.
  2. In an electoral pact with the Liberal Conservatives
  3. In an electoral pact with the Progress Party
  4. Better Way is a group of independent candidates with similar principles.[9]

Overall results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Independents69,06666.8435–9
Reform Jersey12,72012.3110+5
Jersey Alliance9,4809.171New
Progress Party4,3764.231New
Jersey Liberal Conservatives4,2594.122New
None of the candidates3,4373.33––
Total103,338100.00490
Source: vote.je

Notes

As the electorate can vote for more than one candidate, including voting for multiple candidates of differing political parties, the vote total is not indicative of the popular vote share of each party but rather the total number of votes each candidate received.

The 'Better Way' group ran as independents and are not a registered political party nor stood as a political party. Their candidates received 8,016 votes and 4 out of 5 of their candidates were elected.

Results

Connétable election candidates
Candidates retrieved from vote.je[10]
Parish Candidate name Political Party Votes None of The Candidates Notes
Grouville Mark Labey Independent 975 -
Sarah Howard Independent 903 -
St Brelade Mike Jackson Independent 2,333 882 Incumbent. Standing unopposed
St Clement Marcus Troy Independent 2,039 291 Incumbent. Standing unopposed
St Helier Simon Crowcroft Independent 3,110 - Incumbent
Mark William Le Chevalier Independent 2,166 -
St John Andy Jehan Independent 1,080 44 Incumbent. Standing unopposed
St Lawrence Deidre Mezbourian Independent 934 - Incumbent
Emily Joseph Independent 633 -
St Martin Karen Shenton Stone Independent 1,119 62 Incumbent. Standing unopposed
St Mary David Johnson Independent 400 -
Mike Fennell Independent 317 -
St Ouen Richard Honeycombe Independent 955 443 Standing unopposed
St Peter Richard Vibert Independent 1,150 278 Incumbent. Standing unopposed
St Saviour Kevin Lewis Independent 1,552 1,142 Standing unopposed
Trinity Philip Le Sueur Jersey Alliance 736 295 Incumbent. Standing unopposed

Deputy election candidates
Candidates retrieved from vote.je[10]
Constituency Seats available Candidate name Political Party Votes Notes
Grouville and St Martin 3 Rose Binet Independent 1,481
Guy De Faye Independent 491
Carolyn Labey Independent 1,981
Philip Le Claire Jersey Alliance 792
Steve Luce Progress Party 1,616
Piers Sangan Independent 1,307
St Brelade 4 Steve Bailey Progress Party 662
Karl Busch Independent 162
James Corbett Jersey Alliance 421
Nigel Jones Reform Jersey 888
Helen Miles Independent 2,370
Steve Pallett Progress Party 1,328
Jonathan Renouf Independent 1,782
Moz Scott Independent 1,785
Montfort Tadier Reform Jersey 1,503
St Clement 4 Ken Addison Reform Jersey 929
Lindsay Ash Jersey Alliance 779
Philip Bailhache Jersey Liberal Conservatives 1,251
Mark Boleat Jersey Alliance 721
Alex Curtis Better Way* 1,485
Barbara Ward Independent 1,415
Karen Wilson Independent 979
St Helier Central 5 Carina Alves Reform Jersey 961
John Baker Independent 524
Catherine Curtis Reform Jersey 847
Lyndsay Feltham Reform Jersey 836
Neil Kilbey Independent 436
Geoff Southern Reform Jersey 734
Chris Tanguy Jersey Alliance 430
Julie Wallman Jersey Liberal Conservatives 358
Rob Ward Reform Jersey 937
St Helier North 4 Steve Ahier Independent 999
Max Andrews Independent 1,136
Inna Gardiner Independent 1,665
Mary Rose Le Hegarat Independent 1,268
Trevor Pointon Reform Jersey 656
Phil Romeril Jersey Alliance 737
Ted Vibert Jersey Alliance 444
St Helier South 4 Tom Coles Reform Jersey 713
Chris Hopkins Independent 247
Angela Elizabeth Jeune Jersey Liberal Conservatives 277
Russell Labey Independent 591
Nick Le Cornu Independent 418
Jo Luce Jersey Alliance 220
Bernie Manning Independent 276
Judy Martin Independent 496
Sam Mézec Reform Jersey 955
Beatriz Porée Reform Jersey 679
David Warr Better Way* 616
St John, St Lawrence and Trinity 4 Gregory Guida Jersey Alliance 1,166
Andy Howell Independent 1,722
Hilary Jeune Independent 2,601
John Le Fondré Jersey Alliance 997
Elaine Millar Independent 2,241
Kirsten Morel Independent 2,688
Hugh Raymond Jersey Alliance 422
Mary Venturini Independent 925
St Mary, St Ouen and St Peter 4 David Benn Jersey Liberal Conservatives 1,053
Helen Evans Reform Jersey 1,050
Lyndon Farnham Independent 1,111
Ian Gorst Independent 2,208
Rowland Huelin Jersey Alliance 1,025
Kristina Moore Better Way* 2,730
Lucy Stephenson Better Way* 2,239
St Saviour 5 Tom Binet Independent 1,541
Jonathan Channing Independent 606
Lee Cornick Independent 693
Louise Doublet Independent 1,272
Malcolm Ross Ferey Jersey Liberal Conservatives 1,320
Raluca Kovacs Reform Jersey 1,032
Jeremy Maçon Independent 411
Mary O'Keeffe Jersey Alliance 590
Philip Ozouf Independent 1,000
Kevin Pamplin Independent 567
Sophie Walton Progress Party 770
Suzanne Webb Better Way* 946

* The Better Way is an initiative started to support independent candidates and their individual manifestos. It is not a political party.[11][12]

References
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  2. Jersey, States of. "Government of Jersey". gov.je. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  3. Morris, Michael. "Electoral reforms approved after decades of debate". jerseyeveningpost.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  4. "Senator role disappears in major reform of States Assembly electoral system". ITV Channel Television. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  5. Express, Bailiwick. ""And I agree with Steve..." Progress Party and JLC form coalition". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  6. "New 'Better Way' political coalition is formed". Jersey Evening Post. 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  7. "COMPOSITION AND ELECTION OF THE STATES: PROPOSED CHANGES(P.139/2020) – THIRD AMENDMENT" (PDF). States Assembly. 2020-11-12.
  8. "Islanders to be able to vote for 'none of the above'". www.bailiwickexpress.com/. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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  10. "Your 2022 Candidates". Vote.je. 25 April 2022.
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