Jersey,also known as the Bailiwick of Jersey,is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles (23 km) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles,Les Écréhous,Les Minquiers,and Les Pierres de Lecq.
The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency,unitary state and parliamentary representative democracy and constitutional monarchy. The head of the civil administration and judiciary is the Bailiff Timothy Le Cocq,while the Chief Minister Kristina Moore is the head of government. The current monarch and head of state is King Charles III.
The Jersey Battle of Flowers is an annual carnival held in the Channel Island of Jersey on the second Friday and Saturday of August. The festival consists of music,funfairs,dancers,majorettes and a parade of flower floats alongside various street entertainers. It was inaugurated in 1902 to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The largest attendance to date is thought to be that of 1969 when 60,000 people were present. Current spectator numbers are around 20,000.
The Jersey Democratic Alliance was a political party in Jersey. JDA candidates contested general elections in 2005 and 2008 but announced in August 2011 that it would not be fielding candidates in the October 2011 elections.
The States of Jersey Police or States Police are a paid police force in the Bailiwick of Jersey. Alongside the unpaid Honorary Police,the States Police make up the 13 official police forces in the island,though the States Police are the only force to be a paid and to operate island-wide. The States Police was established in its current form by the Police Force (Jersey) Law,1974 and consists of around 240 officers.
Sir Philip Martin Bailhache KC is a Jersey politician and lawyer who has served as a Deputy for St Clement since 2022 and the leader of the Jersey Liberal Conservatives party.
Frederick Ellyer Cohen was a British businessman and former politician. He was a senator in the Bailiwick of Jersey for six years from October 2005 until unseated at the election of November 2011.
Paul Routier,MBE is a member of the States of Jersey since he was elected in 1993,and is an Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister of Jersey since 25 November 2011.
Philip Ozouf is a Jersey politician who is currently serving as the Minister for External Relations and Financial Services and a Deputy for the Parish of St Saviour. He was a member of the States of Jersey from 1999 until 2018,serving as Economic Development Minister,Treasury and Resources Minister,and Assistant Chief Minister in the Council of Ministers.
Mike Vibert was a teacher,Jersey politician,and the island's Minister for Education,Sport and Culture from 2005 until 2008.
Judy Martin is a Jersey politician who was first elected as a Deputy for St Helier in the Jersey by-election of 2000.
James Leslie Perchard is a former politician who was elected as Senator in the States of Jersey in the 2005 election.
Alan Simon Crowcroft is a Jersey politician,Connétable of St Helier,and former teacher. He has been an elected member of the States of Jersey since 1996.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Jersey since 1 July 2018. The States Assembly passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry on 1 February 2018. Royal assent was granted on 23 May 2018,and the law took effect on 1 July.
Kristina Louise Moore is a Jersey politician and former journalist who is currently the Chief Minister of Jersey.
Ian Joseph Gorst is a Jersey politician who has been a Deputy for St Mary,St Ouen and St Peter and Minister for Treasury and Resources since 2022.
General elections were held in Jersey on 19 October 2011 to elect 45 members of the States Assembly. This was 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.
Frederick John Hill,known as Bob Hill,is a Jersey politician and human rights campaigner. For 18 years he was Deputy for the parish of St Martin in the States of Jersey.
Lyndon John Farnham is a Jersey politician who was the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Economic Development,Tourism,Sport,and Culture. He was a Deputy for St St Saviour. He was also a Senator. He is now a Deputy for St Mary,St Ouen &St Peter. He is a business consultant and a company director.
