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The Jersey general election, 2008 was a series of elections that were taking place in two stages in October and November 2008 in Jersey.

Jersey British Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is a Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France. It is the second closest of the Channel Islands to France, after Alderney.

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Constable elections

For the first time since 1948 the elections of constables for the twelve parishes of Jersey have been synchronised so that polling, where necessary, will take place on the same day as the senatorial election on 15 October 2008, in accordance with the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008 (registered 28 March 2008).

Parishes of Jersey administrative district of Jersey in the Channel Islands

The Channel Island of Jersey is divided into twelve administrative districts or parishes. All have access to the sea and share a name with their ancient parish churches.

At Assemblies of Electors held in nine parishes on 17 September 2008, constables in five parishes were returned unopposed: St Brelade, St Martin, St Ouen, Trinity and St Saviour. [1] The constables of the other parishes declined to stand down to recontest their seats, preferring to serve out their full term so that the provisions of the law will apply to the next mandate from 2011. [2]

St Clement

Sitting Constable Derek Gray did not seek re-election. Senator Leonard Norman beat Deputy Gerard Baudains and Centenier Edgar Wallis.

Leonard Norman is a Jersey politician, and Connétable of Saint Clement. He was originally elected to the States of Jersey in 1983, as a Deputy.

St Clement constable election, 2008 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Leonard Norman 1,59360.92
Independent Gerard Baudains74028.30
Independent Edgar Wallis2549.71
Invalid or blank votes281.07
Total votes2,615100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}48.26

St Helier

Following his 2008 re-election, Simon Crowcroft declared that he would not stand down to fight a second election in ten months, despite speculation that he would fight a senatorial campaign with a view to becoming Chief Minister. [5]

St Lawrence

Deputy Deidre Mezbourian beat Chef de Police Tim Tindall.

Honorary Police

There is an Honorary Police force in each of the 12 parishes of Jersey. Members of the Honorary Police are elected by the voters of the parish in which they serve, and are unpaid.

St Lawrence constable election, 2008 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Deidre Mezbourain1,30076.61
Independent Tim Tindall38222.51
Invalid or blank votes150.88
Total votes1,697100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}49.87

St Mary

Sitting Constable Ken Le Brun is standing down. [6] Deputy Juliette Gallichan beat former Chef de Police Terry Renouf.

St Mary constable election, 2008 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Juliette Gallichan40466.45
Independent Terry Renouf20433.55
Invalid or blank votes00.00
Total votes608100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}54.63

St Peter

Procureur du Bien Public John Refault beat Deputy Collin Egré.

St Peter constable election, 2008 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent John Refault97557.35
Independent Collin Egré72542.65
Invalid or blank votes00.00
Total votes1,700100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}52.39

Senatorial election

The senatorial election took place on 15 October 2008. The election was island-wide and there were six seats available. At the Assembly of Electors held in Saint Helier on 16 September 2008, 21 candidates were nominated. [7]

Final results are as follows:

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Rosette worn by a Le Marquand supporter
Jersey senatorial election, 2008 [4] [8]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Independent Ian Le Marquand 14,23812.35%
Independent Alan Breckon 10,2738.91%
Independent Alan Maclean 9,0947.89%
Independent Paul Routier (incumbent)8,7757.61%
Independent Philip Ozouf (incumbent)8,7127.55%
Independent Sarah Ferguson 8,5767.45%
Jersey Democratic Alliance Geoff Southern 7,1946.24%
Independent Mike Higgins 6,9796.05%
Independent Mike Vibert (incumbent)6,0985.29%
Time4Change/Reform Montfort Tadier 5,0114.34%
Jersey Democratic Alliance Trevor Pitman 4,9314.28%
Independent Peter Troy3,9273.40%
Independent Cliff Le Clercq3,5973.12%
Jersey 2020Daniel Wimberley3,4583.00%
Independent Jeremy Maçon 3,1302.71%
Time4Change/ReformNick Le Cornu3,0742.67%
Independent Chris Perkins2,7682.40%
Jersey 2020Mark Forskitt1,9221.67%
Jersey 2020Nick Palmer1,5381.33%
Independent Adrian Walsh1,2101.05%
Independent Mick Pashley6820.59%
Invalid or blank votes1440.12%
Voter turnout44.13%

Candidates

Three sitting senators did not seek re-election:

The following candidates were sitting senators seeking re-election:

The following candidates were sitting deputies seeking who ran in the senatorial election:

Candidates declared the following political affiliations:

Deputy elections

The election for deputies took place on 26 November 2008. Twelve new deputies were elected, five sitting deputies lost their seats and four were reelected without opposition. [12]

St Brelade

St Brelade No. 1

St Brelade deputy No. 1 election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Angela Jeune37056.75
Independent Mark Sutton19229.44
Independent Alan Beadle8613.19
Invalid or blank votes40.61
Total votes652100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}27.5

St Brelade No. 2

St Brelade deputy No. 2 election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Sean Power 1,06829.12
style="background-color: Template:Time4Change (politician)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | Template:Time4Change (politician)/meta/shortname Montfort Tadier 75820.67
Independent Mervyn Le Masurier46212.60
Independent Jeff Hathaway42011.45
Independent Graham Truscott41111.21
Independent Martha Bernstein3268.89
Independent Richard de la Haye1794.88
Independent John Le Galle290.79
Invalid or blank votes150.41
Total votes3,668100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}40.52

St Clement

St Clement deputy election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Ian Gorst (incumbent)1,11236.30
Independent Anne Dupré86828.34
Independent Gerard Baudains (incumbent)73123.87
Independent Jeremy Strickland3039.89
Independent Philip Maguire461.50
Invalid or blank votes30.10
Total votes3,063100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}30.9

Grouville

Carolyn Labey won unopposed.

St Helier

St Helier No. 1

Incumbents Le Claire and Martin were joined by JDA candidate Trevor Pitman, husband of Shona Pitman re-elected in neighbouring St Helier No. 2

  1. Paul Le Claire 634
  2. Judy Martin 601
  3. Trevor Pitman 487
  • Nick Le Cornu 406
  • Katy Ringsdore 387
  • Brian Beadle 229
  • Chris Whitworth 144

St Helier No. 2

All three seats taken by JDA candidates; Southern and Pitman as incumbents joined by de Sousa.

  1. Geoff Southern 665
  2. Shona Pitman 598
  3. Debbie de Sousa 444
  • Rod Bryans 412
  • Sue Stoker 301
  • Adrian Walsh 228
  • Giffard Aubin 100

On 20 February 2009 Geoff Southern and Shona Pitman pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to charges of contravening the Public Elections Law with respect to irregularities in postal voting procedure, and were referred to the Royal Court for sentencing. [13] They have also faced calls to annul the result of the election. [14]

St Helier No.3/4

A recount to decide fourth place meant that incumbent Fox retained his seat by one vote. Incumbent Hilton topped the poll, but incumbent Huet lost her seat and incumbent de Faye, outgoing Minister for Transport and Technical services, was heavily defeated.

  1. Jackie Hilton 1259
  2. Mike Higgins 1193
  3. Andrew Green 1057
  4. Ben Fox 698
  • Suzette Hase 697
  • Jacqui Huet 645
  • Steve Beddoe 627
  • David Beuzeval 587
  • Guy de Faye 359
  • Gil Blackwood 340
  • Colin Russell 308

St John

Ryan, an incumbent in St Helier No. 1, stood in his parish of residence but was defeated by Rondel who had been Deputy for St John before standing down in 2005

  1. Phil Rondel 678

St Lawrence

Incumbent Le Fondré topped the poll.

  1. John Le Fondré 918
  2. Edward Noel 518

St Martin

Incumbent Hill returned.

  1. Bob Hill 832

St Mary

  1. Daniel Wimberley 261

St Ouen

  1. James Reed (Unopposed)

St Peter

Incumbent Egré returned.

  1. Colin Egré 731

St Saviour

St Saviour No. 1

Incumbent Duhamel topped the poll, but incumbent Scott Warren was defeated. 21-year-old Maçon became the youngest States Member ever elected.

  1. Rob Duhamel 569
  2. Jeremy Maçon 448
  • Tony Nightingale 424
  • Celia Scott Warren 388

St Saviour No. 2

Incumbent Lewis re-elected.

  1. Kevin Lewis 509
  2. Tracey Vallois 277
  • Glen George 260
  • Christine Papworth 198
  • Cliff Le Clercq 129

St Saviour No. 3

  1. Roy Le Herissier (Unopposed)

Trinity

  1. Deputy Anne Pryke (Unopposed)

CET referendum

A referendum on the question "Do you think that Jersey should adopt Central European Time?" was put to voters on 15 October. [15] [16]

ChoiceVotes%
X mark.svg No17,23072.42
Yes6,56427.58
Invalid or blank votes5440.47
Total votes23,907100.00
Registered voters and turnout55,14244.14
Source: Direct Democracy

Voting age reduced

The 2008 general election is the first in which 16- and 17-year-old voters will take part, following a law to reduce voting age to 16. The law was brought into force on 12 March 2008 and became effective on 1 April 2008. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Elections for four Constables' seats". Jersey Evening Post . 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Parish constables are nominated". BBC News. 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Jersey Elections 2008: Constables". Jerseyelections.info. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Election 2008". Jersey Evening Post . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  5. ↑ Quérée, Ben (2008-08-15). "'I won't be Chief Minister'". Jersey Evening Post . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  6. ↑ Quérée, Ben (2008-07-24). "Gallichan looks for St Mary promotion". Jersey Evening Post . Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  7. ↑ Morrison, Ryan (2008-10-03). "21 stand for Senator". BBC News . Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Jersey Elections 2008: Senators". Jerseyelections.info. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  9. ↑ "First constable candidate named". BBC News. 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  10. ↑ Quérée, Ben (2008-09-15). "Senatorial candidates to stand under JDA banner". Jersey Evening Post . Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  11. 1 2 "Election Night Live". BBC News . Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  12. ↑ "Twelve new Deputies". Jersey Evening Post . 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  13. ↑ "Deputies admit election charges". BBC News. 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  14. ↑ http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/02/07/poll-result-can-no-longer-count/
  15. ↑ James, Perchard (2008-04-21). "Central European Time: Referendum". States of Jersey. Archived from the original on 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  16. ↑ Morrison, Ryan (2008-06-18). "A referendum on time". BBC News . Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  17. ↑ "16-year-olds able to vote this year". Jersey Evening Post . 2008-03-13.
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