Jersey General Election 2018

Summary

Vallois and Moore top senatorial poll
Gorst says he will consider standing as chief minister again
Mezec win in St Helier gets him elected in eighth senatorial seat
Clean sweep for Reform Jersey in St Helier two
Sitting constable ousted by opponent

Live Reporting

Another victory for Moore, this time in St Breladepublished at 02:23 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Jersey's home affairs minister continues her impressive march towards the top of the overall senatorial poll.
Deputy Kristina Moore topped St Brelade, with 1,978 votes.
Behind her were Deputy Tracey Vallois (1,885) and then Constable Steve Pallett (1,850).
- Gerard Baudains - 797
- Simon Bree - 1,208
- Lyndon Farnham - 1,605
- Sarah Ferguson - 1,652
- Ian Gorst - 1,522
- John Le Fondre - 1,822
- Anthony Lewis - 1,338
- Frank Luce - 287
- Philip Maguire - 91
- Sam Mezec - 1,433
- Kristina Moore - 1,978
- Stevie Ocean - 110
- Steve Pallett - 1,850
- Gino Risoli - 135
- Moz Scott - 1,491
- Gordon Troy - 621
- Tracey Vallois - 1,885
Is the party over for Reform Jersey?published at 02:14 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
John Fernandez
BBC Radio Guernsey
This empty pint at Reform Jersey's election get together would suggest there's not too much to celebrate for the island's only current political party.
Things were looking promising earlier, when they took a clean sweep of all three positions in St Helier two.
But the prospects for their senatorial candidate, Sam Mezec, look bleak, as he currently sits in eleventh place.
His bid to get into the top eight island-wide elected positions is expected to be boosted in the remaining counts, however.
Elsewhere, Deputy Montford Tadier was re-elected in St Brelade two.
The 13 other candidates fronted for deputy positions were unsuccessful.
Jersey Election 2018: Deputies and constables resultspublished at 02:06 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
As the counting continues in the senatorial elections these are the results in all the contested deputy elections and the one contested constable election:
Deputies elections:
St Brelade Two: Graham Truscott and Montfort Tadier (Reform)
St Clement: Susie Pinel and Lindsay Ash
St Helier One: Russell Labey, Judy Martin and Scott Wickenden
St Helier Two: Geoff Southern, Rob Ward and Carina Alves (all Reform)
St Helier Three: Richard Rondel, Mike Higgins, Mary Le Hegerat and Stephen Ahier
St John: Trevor Pointon
St Lawrence: Gregory Guida and Kirsten Morel
St Mary: David Johnson
St Ouen: Richard Renouf
St Peter: Rowland Huelin
St Saviour One: Jeremy Macon and Kevin Pamplin
St Saviour Two: Louise Doublet and Kevin Lewis
St Saviour Three: Jess Perchard
Trinity: Hugh Raymond
Constable election:
St Mary: John Le Bailly
Election food: Which buffet would you vote for?published at 01:54 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
Around the parishes hungry counters and candidates have been tucking into buffets to keep them going.
Here's a taste of what they're getting:
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Opening the wine in St John
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Our reporter Cameron Ward chose a casual BLT (now gone) in St Brelade
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A nice spread in St Ouen
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Reform Jersey HQ is also on form with a buffet at the Mayfair Hotel
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Fish and chips in Trinity
Following the election... in New Zealandpublished at 01:44 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
It might be the early hours here in Jersey, but it's early afternoon in New Zealand, where Victoria is following proceedings.
Thanks for being with us!
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Tight battle for seventh and eighth senatorial spotspublished at 01:38 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
There's only 400 votes between four candidates vying for the seventh and eighth senatorial spots.
The top eight candidates will win the island-wide seats, with the current top six looking likely to have secured their spots.
In seventh after eight polls is Deputy Simon Bree, on 5,405 and just behind him, with 5,343, is Moz Scott.
Just outside the senatorial places are Senator Sarah Ferguson on 5,324 and Anthony Lewis, on 5,005 votes.
Jersey Election: Historical highs and lowspublished at 01:28 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
The States of Jersey has changed a lot over the centuries but has been roughly been the same since major constitutional reforms in 1948.
Those reforms saw jurats replaced by senators elected for nine years and the removal of the rectors to be replaced by more deputies.
More recently the number of senators has been reduced to eight from 12, all members are now elected on the same day and for an equal term of four years.
The election has also been moved from the autumn to the spring for the first time.
Political analyst Adrian Lee has compiled a few highs, lows and records for the States of Jersey since the 1920s.
- First female candidate for deputy: Mrs Trachy in 1928 (her nomination was rejected by the Constable in 1922 and 1925)
- First female deputy: Mrs A Forster, St Helier Number two in 1948
- Highest number of female deputies elected: 10 in 2005
- Lowest number of female deputies elected: 1 in 1948
- The last senatorial turnout higher than 50% - 1978 at 50.5%
- Longest period with deputies elected unopposed: St John from 1945-1994 (17 unopposed returns with five different deputies)
St Clement senatorial result: Vallois tops another pollpublished at 01:20 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Deputy Tracey Vallois has topped another senatorial poll, this time in St Clement.
Her 1,547 votes narrowly pipped Deputy Kristina Moore in second, with 1,510.
In third was Deputy John Le Fondre - completing what's a familiar top three.
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St Clement's full results, with a 45.25% turnout were:
- Gerard Baudains - 826
- Simon Bree - 1,333
- Lyndon Farnham - 1,263
- Sarah Ferguson - 1,166
- Ian Gorst - 1,191
- John Le Fondre - 1,399
- Anthony Lewis - 1,107
- Frank Luce - 236
- Philip Maguire - 115
- Sam Mezec - 1,124
- Kristina Moore - 1,510
- Stevie Ocean - 122
- Steve Pallett - 1,191
- Gino Risoli - 147
- Moz Scott - 974
- Gordon Troy - 510
- Tracey Vallois - 1,547
Reform Jersey victory in St Helier one: 'I'm speechless'published at 01:14 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
Catching up with the three successful candidates in St Helier district number one, they seem positive about the next four years, with Rob Ward claiming the result has "broken the back" of party politics in the island.
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"Speechless, overwhelmed, I'm never speechless so this is really something."
Carina Alves
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We would not have stood if we didn't believe we could do something if elected. We've made steps forward as well, small steps, but in some ways huge steps because we've broken the back of party politics and we've chipped away in areas that is really difficult for us."
Robert Ward
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Ten years ago we won all three seats and we've done it again. It's... a mark of respect for what we stand for and what we will stand for, and what we will do."
Geoff Southern
Senatorial hopeful Pallett 'not counting his chickens'published at 01:08 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Olivia Le Poidevin
BBC News Online
St Brelade Constable Steve Pallett has told us he's hopeful of making the step up to an island-wide senatorial position after seven rounds of votes being counted, but he is still a little nervous.
He's still waiting to hear from his home parish but finds himself in sixth place after seven counts.
"I'm certainly happier than I was when we started the evening," he said.
On making the move from constable to potential senator, he added: "It was a risk."
"I'm not there yet, I'm not going to count my chickens until the big parishes are in."
Current politicians lead senatorial votepublished at 01:04 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
After seven declarations - Grouville, St John, St Martin, St Mary, St Ouen, St Peter and Trinity - here's the votes so far.
Senatorial vote: Moore successful in Trinitypublished at 00:55 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
Another good result for tonight's senatorial front runners Kristina Moore, Tracey Vallois and John Le Fondre.
In Trinity the incumbent Home Affairs Minister came away with 824 votes, with Deputy Tracey Vallois gaining 790 and Deputy John Le Fondre with 777.
Here are the parish's full results:
- Gerard Baudains - 250
- Simon Bree - 564
- Lyndon Farnham - 708
- Sarah Ferguson - 506
- Ian Gorst - 729
- John Le Fondre - 777
- Anthony Lewis - 515
- Frank Luce - 100
- Philip Maguire - 28
- Sam Mezec - 349
- Kristina Moore - 824
- Stevie Ocean - 28
- Steve Pallett - 601
- Gino Risoli - 49
- Moz Scott - 571
- Gordon Troy - 158
- Tracey Vallois - 790
The total votes cast were 7,547, with no spoilt ballots and a turnout of 55.58%.
Mezec's senatorial chances looking slimpublished at 00:54 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
John Fernandez
BBC Radio Guernsey
Reform Jersey's only senatorial candidate, Sam Mezec, is currently placed eleventh, with 2,896 votes.
The top eight candidates will get senatorial positions.
But whilst Deputy Mezec hasn't fared well in the rural parishes, we still have not heard from the more urban areas - where Reform Jersey typically does better.
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Reform Jersey headquarters at the Mayfair Hotel
Senatorial vote: Vallois storms St Johnpublished at 00:46 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Tracey Vallois has topped the senatorial poll in her home parish of St John.
With 829 votes, she got 146 votes more than her closest rival, Kristina Moore (683). In third place was John Le Fondre (675).
- Gerard Baudains - 275
- Simon Bree - 453
- Lyndon Farnham - 555
- Sarah Ferguson - 483
- Ian Gorst - 542
- John Le Fondre - 675
- Anthony Lewis - 447
- Frank Luce - 90
- Philip Maguire - 38
- Sam Mezec - 362
- Kristina Moore - 683
- Stevie Ocean - 30
- Steve Pallett - 561
- Gino Risoli - 49
- Moz Scott - 529
- Gordon Troy - 200
- Tracey Vallois - 829
Constable for St Mary, a controversial vote?published at 00:37 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
We caught up with John Le Bailly and Juliette Gallichan who spoke about the issues surrounding the only contested constable election in St Mary.
Mr Le Bailly refused to attend the BBC's election call, and Ms Gallichan said there was "no engagement" with her competitor.
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There was no engagement with John at all unfortunately, I was looking forward to the election call etc, it's just not his style to be engaging in that way, then again that's just part of the campaign. There were lots of issues that needed to be talked about and they weren't talked about."
Juliette Gallichan
Incoming Constable, John Le Bailly, said he refused to attend the debate because he "didn't want to be controversial".
"There is a few things that have happened in the parish that need to remain in the parish," he said.
Mr Le Bailly would not elaborate on those issues.
More on this story:
- St Mary has the only contested constable election
- St Mary: John Le Bailly
Final deputies elected in St Helier votepublished at 00:31 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Jersey's final four deputies were elected in the St Helier three/four district, the final count to be announced.
Topping the poll was incumbent Deputy Richard Rondel (1,404), Deputy Mike Higgins (1,190), Mary Le Hegerat (1,173), and Stephen Ahier (1,020).
None of the three Reform Jersey candidates - Mary Phillip (706), Julian Rogers (631), and Anne Southern (790) - made inroads.
The other unsuccessful candidates were Jacqui Carrel (861), Inna Gardiner (603) and Guy de Faye (477).
The turnout was 35%, with 9,154 votes cast.
Jersey Election: How the States has changedpublished at 00:26 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
The make up of the States of Jersey has been the subject of a number of debates over the past two decades, starting with the Clothier Report in December 2000, external that recommended replacing the three types of States member with a single Member of the States of Jersey.
The recommendations in the report were cherry picked by politicians at the time with only a handful of reforms introduced. This included replacing the committee system of government with a ministerial system.
From 1948 to 2011 the States Assembly comprised 12 senators, elected island-wide, 29 deputies elected from parishes or parish districts and 12 constables elected to run and represent their parish.
There has only been one significant change to the composition of the States since 1948 when members voted to reduce the number of senators from 12 to eight.
The first true general election in Jersey was in 2014 when all members were elected on the same day for the same four-year term of office.
This is the first election to be held in May, in the past island elections have been held in October. The next election will be May 2022.
Senatorial results after half of the declarationspublished at 00:24 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
After half of declarations from the 12 parishes the senatorial results look like this:
- Kristina Moore - 5,195
- Tracey Vallois - 5,080
- Ian Gorst - 4,632
- John Le Fondre - 4,619
- Lyndon Farnham - 4,309
- Steve Pallett - 4,013
- Moz Scott - 3,768
- Sarah Ferguson - 3,652
- Simon Bree - 3,508
- Anthony Lewis - 3,383
- Sam Mezec - 2,896
- Gerard Baudains - 1,954
- Gordon Troy - 1,409
- Frank Luce - 692
- Philip Maguire - 228
- Stevie Ocean - 217
Senatorial results: St Ouenpublished at 00:04 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
It's a similar story in St Ouen to Grouville and St Peter - as voters back the same top three candidates, all sitting deputies, for senatorial seats.
Home Affairs Minister Deputy Kristina Moore has topped the poll (975), with Deputy John Le Fondre (928) and then Deputy Tracey Vallois coming in third (895).
Behind them are Senator Lyndon Farnham (846) and Chief Minister, Senator Ian Gorst (821).
St Ouen's full results, with 53.8% turnout, are:
- Gerard Baudains - 372
- Simon Bree - 651
- Lyndon Farnham - 846
- Sarah Ferguson - 672
- Ian Gorst - 821
- John Le Fondre - 928
- Anthony Lewis - 636
- Frank Luce - 141
- Philip Maguire - 40
- Sam Mezec - 568
- Kristina Moore - 975
- Stevie Ocean - 43
- Steve Pallett - 797
- Gino Risoli - 67
- Moz Scott - 758
- Gordon Troy - 227
- Tracey Vallois - 895
Senatorial results: St Marypublished at 00:03 British Summer Time 17 May 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
The three sitting deputies continue to top the polls - in St Mary it was Deputy John Le Fondre with 482 votes.
He narrowly pipped Deputy Tracey Vallois (478) to the post, with Deputy Kristina Moore not far behind (471).
In total, 795 votes were cast and four ballots were spoilt.
Here are the full results:
- Gerard Baudains - 171
- Simon Bree - 323
- Lyndon Farnham - 432
- Sarah Ferguson - 362
- Ian Gorst - 403
- John Le Fondre - 482
- Anthony Lewis - 373
- Frank Luce - 65
- Philip Maguire - 21
- Sam Mezec - 284
- Kristina Moore - 471
- Stevie Ocean - 21
- Steve Pallett - 365
- Gino Risoli - 35
- Moz Scott - 379
- Gordon Troy - 130
- Tracey Vallois - 478
The total turnout was 59.14%, up on the 2014 election which saw 54.1%.