Advance Jersey

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Advance Jersey
AbbreviationADV
Leader Philip Bailhache
Chairperson Graham Boxall [1]
Vice-ChairpersonPierre Horsfall
Secretary Susana Rowles
Treasurer George Baird
FoundedJune 2021 [2]
Registered8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) [3]
Ideology Liberal conservatism
Fiscal conservatism [4]
Political position Centre-right
Colours 
States Assembly
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Website
advancejersey.je

Advance Jersey is a centre-right party in Jersey. It was founded in 2021 as the Jersey Liberal Conservatives to compete in the following year's general election. It was officially registered on 8 January 2022.

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Founding members include former the Bailiff of Jersey Philip Bailhache. [5] The party describes itself as being conservative on economic matters and liberal on sociocultural matters.

In April 2025, the party was renamed from the Jersey Liberal Conservatives to Advance Jersey ahead of the 2026 election. [6]

Electoral performance

 States Assembly
ElectionLeaderVotesSeatsPositionGovernment
No.ShareNo.±Share
2022 Philip Bailhache 4,2594.1
2 / 49
Increase2.svg 24.12nd Independent–Better Way–JLC

References

  1. ↑ @JLC_Jersey (15 April 2023). "The Annual General Meeting of the @JLC_Jersey took place last night and was a great opportunity to map out our future. Congratulations to Graham Boxall for being elected as Chair of the party, and thanks go to Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache for providing refreshments" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2023– via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Liberal Conservatives political party formed in Jersey". ITV News. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Former Bailiff announces that he will stand again". Jersey Evening Post Develop. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "What is the JLC? - Jersey Liberal Conservatives - Political Party, Jersey, Channel Islands". JLC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Constitution - JLC - Jersey Liberal Conservatives". JLC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Innes, Tom (12 April 2025). "New name for political party". Jersey Evening Post. Archived from the original on 12 April 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.


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