The 2011 Jersey general election was held on 19 October 2011 to elect 45 members of the

States Assembly The States Assembly (french: Assemblée des États; Jèrriais: ) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes. The origins of the legislature of Jersey lie in the system o ...

. This was the first time Senators, Deputies and

Constables A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other peop ...

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.

Nominations

Nominations for candidates took place on 6 September at the Town Hall, St Helier, Jersey for the four Senatorial seats and at each parish hall on 7 September for the twelve Constable and twenty nine Deputy seats.

Senatorial elections

Results

Four Senators were elected. *Sir

Philip Bailhache 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. He served as Bailiff of Jersey from 1995 to 2009, before ent ...

17,538 *Deputy

Ian Gorst Ian Joseph Gorst (born 15 December 1969) 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. Gorst was first elected to the States Assembly in the 2005 gene ...

15,614 *Senator Francis Le Gresley 14,981 *

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11,095 *Advocate Rose Colley 8,253 *Senator Freddie Cohen 7,922 *

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6,402 *Mark Forskitt 2,813 *Linda Corby 2,489 *David Richardson 1,570 * Darius Pearce 1,562 *Sylvia Lagadu 1,332 *Chris Whitworth 1,296

Incumbents

Prior to the October elections, there are six

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s. *Senator

Ben Shenton Ben Shenton is a politician active in Jersey. He is also the son of the politician and former Senator Dick Shenton. He was born in Saint Helier in 1960, the third of four children and educated at De La Salle College. He lives in Grouville, ...

did not seek re-election *Senator Francis Le Gresley * Senator

Terry Le Main Terry Le Main (born November 1939) is a former Jersey politician. Biography Terence John Le Main was born in November 1939 in Jersey. He was educated at Hautlieu Grammar School. Electoral history He was first elected to the States of Jersey ...

: did not seek re-election as senator but stood for deputy in St Helier No. 2 district * Senator Freddie Cohen * Senator Jim Perchard did not seek re-election * Senator Terry Le Sueur, a former

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, did not seek re-election

Deputy Elections

St Helier

St Helier returned ten deputies in total to the States of Jersey, three from district one, three from district two and four from districts three and four.

District One

Three candidates were elected in this district. The

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was 37.9%. *James Baker 767 (42%) *Deputy

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763 (42%) *Deputy Judy Martin 717 (40%) *Deputy Paul Le Claire 700 (39%) *Nick Le Cornu 571 (32%) *Keith Shaw 482 (26%) *Mary O'Keeffe-Burgher 331 (18%) *Gino Risoli 178 (10%) Incumbents *Deputy

Paul Le Claire Paul Vincent Le Claire (born 1963) is a Jersey politician who was a member of the States of Jersey from 1999 to 2011. He represented the Saint Helier District No.1 constituency and between 1999 and 2005 had an island-wide mandate as a senator. ...

*Deputy Judy Martin *Deputy

District Two

Three candidates were elected in the No. 2 district. The voter turnout was 37.25%. *Rod Bryans 763 (45%) *Deputy

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743 (44%) *Deputy

Geoff Southern Geoff Southern is a Jersey politician, and former teacher. He has been a deputy in the States of Jersey since winning a by-election, on 15 February 2002, and has chaired two scrutiny panels. Biography Southern was born in Manchester. He gradua ...

694 (41%) *Senator

593 (35%) *Deputy Debbie De Sousa 579 (34%) *Hugh Rammond 430 (25%) *Bernard Manning 282 (16%) Incumbents *Deputy

*Deputy

*Deputy Debbie de Sousa

District Three & Four

Four candidates were elected in district no. 3. The voter turnout was 40.5%. *Deputy Jackie Hilton 1,941 (57%) *Deputy Andrew Green 1,924 (56%) *Richard Rondel 1,870 (55%) *Deputy Mike Higgins 1,464 (43%) *Suzette Hase 1,158 (34%) *Denise Carroll MBE 874 (26%) * Ted Vibert 865 (25%) *Ray Shead 799 (23%) Incumbents *Deputy Jackie Hilton *Deputy Andrew Green *Deputy Mike Higgins *Deputy Ben Fox

St Saviour

District One

Two candidates were elected in this district. *Deputy Rob Duhamel 773 (34%) *Deputy Jeremy Maçon 621 (28%) *Hedi Green 462 (20%) *Isabella Lewis 400 (18%)

District Two

Two candidates were elected in this district. *Deputy

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*Deputy Kevin Lewis *Shelley Rose

District Three

Nominated Candidates *Deputy Roy Le Hérissier *Charlie Gouyet

St Brelade

St Brelade returned three deputies to the States of Jersey, two from district two and one from district one.

District One

Nominated Candidates *Deputy Angela Jeune *Jeff Hathaway *Margaret Holland Prior *John Young Incumbent *Deputy Angela Jeune

District Two

Nominated Candidates *Mervyn Le Masurier *Deputy Montfort Tadier *Deputy Sean Power Incumbents *Deputy Montfort Tadier *Deputy Sean Power

St Clement

Nominated Candidates *Deputy Anne Dupré *Peter Ward * Susan Pinel *David Cabeldu *Gerard Baudains *Simon Brée

St Lawrence

*Deputy

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(Elected unopposed) *Deputy Eddie Noel (Elected unopposed)

St Peter

Nominated Candidates * Kristina Moore *Wayne Le Marquand

St John

One candidate was elected. * Patrick Ryan 528 (45%) *Andrew Lewis 437 (37%) *David Ward 205 (18%)

Trinity

*Deputy Anne Pryke (Elected unopposed)

St Martin

Nominated Candidates *Deputy

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*Steve Luce

Grouville

Nominated Candidates *Deputy

Carolyn Labey Carolyn Fiona Labey is a Jersey politician who was first sworn in as a Deputy for Grouville on 12 December 2002. She was re-elected as Deputy in 2005, 2008 and 2011. She is Assistant Minister for Economic Development In the economics study o ...

*Dominic Jones

St Ouen

Nominated Candidates *Deputy James Reed *Chris Lamy *Alan Le Quesne *Cliff Le Clercq

St Mary

Nominated Candidates *Ray Cooper *John Le Bailly *David Johnson

Constable Elections

Each Parish of the island of

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elects one Constable who is both a member of the States of Jersey and head of the

Parish Municipality A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. To distinguish it from an ''ecclesiastical parish'', the term ''civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is ...

, the Constable acts at both national and regional political levels. The Constable is often referred to as the ''Father of the Parish''.

St Helier

St Saviour

St Brelade

St Clement

St Lawrence

St Peter

St John

Trinity

St Martin

Grouville

St Ouen

For the first time since 1903 the position of Constable in the Parish of St Ouen will be contested following the decision of incumbent Ken Vibert to stand down. Candidates *Michael Paddock *Richard Renouf

St Mary

Municipal Elections

Municipal elections took place in November 2011 for the election of Procureur du Bien Public, Roads Inspectors, Rates Assessors, Honorary Police, Roads Committee & Accounts Committee. These elections are generally uncontested.

References

External links

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