Jersey elections, 2005

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Elections will be held in 2005 for both Senators and Deputies to the States of Jersey.

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Senatorials

The election for Senators was held on 19 October 2005. 6 seats were available. At the Electoral Assembly held on 13 September 2005, 15 candidates were nominated for the 6 available seats:

  • 3 incumbent Senators seeking a further term
  • 4 Deputies seeking a term on the Senatorial benches
  • 8 other candidates.

Only one female candidate sought nomination. Two declared parties put forward candidates: the Jersey Democratic Alliance and the Centre Party.

Results

  1. Stuart Syvret, sitting Senator, regained his seat and topped the poll with 13.1%
  2. Ben Shenton, first-time election candidate and son of former Senator Dick Shenton, came in second with 12.2%
  3. Freddie Cohen, first-time election candidate, polled strongly and came in third with 11.9%
  4. Terry Le Main, sitting St. Helier Deputy and former Senator, returned to the Senatorial benches with 10.5%
  5. Terry Le Sueur, sitting Senator, regained his seat with 8.6%
  6. James Perchard, a former Deputorial candidate, took the last Senatorial seat with 7.8%

Unsuccessful candidates included:

  • Paul Le Claire, sitting Senator and Centre Party candidate, lost his seat, coming in in 9th position.
  • Jerry Dorey, sitting St. Helier Deputy and former Senator, sat just outside the rankings in 7th position.
  • Denise Carrol, the only female candidate, representing the Jersey Democratic Alliance, came in in 10th position, outpolling her party leader, Geoff Southern, sitting St. Helier Deputy, who trailed her in 13th place.

Overall turnout was 39.5%. [1]

Deputies

The election for Deputies is on 23 November. Electoral assemblies were held in all parishes on 25 October. 52 candidates were nominated in contested elections for 23 seats. 5 candidates were declared elected without a contest, being unopposed in their districts. There will therefore be no election on 23 November in the following districts:

  • St. Martin - sitting Deputy Bob Hill returned unopposed
  • Grouville - sitting Deputy Carolyn Labey returned unopposed
  • St. Ouen - sitting Deputy James Reed returned unopposed
  • St. Peter - sitting Deputy Collin Egré returned unopposed
  • St. Saviour (District No. 3) - sitting Deputy Roy Le Hérissier returned unopposed
  • Trinity - Anne Pryke elected unopposed to replace retiring Deputy David Crespel

Following disappointing Senatorial results, both the Jersey Democratic Party and the Centre Party Deputorial candidates put themselves forward for election as independents on common manifestos.

Consequences

After the elections, on 5 December, Jersey will adopt for the first time a Ministerial form of government, with a Chief Minister.

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