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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.
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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).
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]
Sitting Constable Derek Gray did not seek re-election. Senator Leonard Norman beat Deputy Gerard Baudains and Centenier Edgar Wallis.
| St Clement constable election, 2008[3][4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Leonard Norman | 1,593 | 60.92% | |
| Independent | Gerard Baudains | 740 | 28.30% | |
| Independent | Edgar Wallis | 254 | 9.71% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 28 | 1.07% | ||
| Totals | 2,615 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 48.26% | |||
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]
Deputy Deidre Mezbourian beat Chef de Police Tim Tindall.
| St Lawrence constable election, 2008[3][4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Deidre Mezbourain | 1,300 | 76.61% | |
| Independent | Tim Tindall | 382 | 22.51% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 15 | 0.88% | ||
| Totals | 1,697 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 49.87% | |||
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] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Juliette Gallichan | 404 | 66.45% | |
| Independent | Terry Renouf | 204 | 33.55% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Totals | 608 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 54.63% | |||
Procureur du Bien Public John Refault beat Deputy Collin Egré.
| St Peter constable election, 2008[3][4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | John Refault | 975 | 57.35% | |
| Independent | Collin Egré | 725 | 42.65% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Totals | 1,700 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 52.39% | |||
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:
| Jersey senatorial election, 2008[4][8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Ian Le Marquand | 14,238 | 12.35% | |
| Independent | Alan Breckon | 10,273 | 8.91% | |
| Independent | Alan Maclean | 9,094 | 7.89% | |
| Independent | Paul Routier (incumbent) | 8,775 | 7.61% | |
| Independent | Philip Ozouf (incumbent) | 8,712 | 7.55% | |
| Independent | Sarah Ferguson | 8,576 | 7.45% | |
| Jersey Democratic Alliance | Geoff Southern | 7,194 | 6.24% | |
| Independent | Mike Higgins | 6,979 | 6.05% | |
| Independent | Mike Vibert (incumbent) | 6,098 | 5.29% | |
| Time4Change/Reform | Montfort Tadier | 5,011 | 4.34% | |
| Jersey Democratic Alliance | Trevor Pitman | 4,931 | 4.28% | |
| Independent | Peter Troy | 3,927 | 3.40% | |
| Independent | Cliff Le Clercq | 3,597 | 3.12% | |
| Jersey 2020 | Daniel Wimberley | 3,458 | 3.00% | |
| Independent | Jeremy Maçon | 3,130 | 2.71% | |
| Time4Change/Reform | Nick Le Cornu | 3,074 | 2.67% | |
| Independent | Chris Perkins | 2,768 | 2.40% | |
| Jersey 2020 | Mark Forskitt | 1,922 | 1.67% | |
| Jersey 2020 | Nick Palmer | 1,538 | 1.33% | |
| Independent | Adrian Walsh | 1,210 | 1.05% | |
| Independent | Mick Pashley | 682 | 0.59% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 144 | 0.12% | ||
| Voter turnout | 44.13% | |||
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:
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 deputy No. 1 election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Angela Jeune | 370 | 56.75% | |
| Independent | Mark Sutton | 192 | 29.44% | |
| Independent | Alan Beadle | 86 | 13.19% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 4 | 0.61% | ||
| Totals | 652 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 27.5% | |||
| St Brelade deputy No. 2 election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Sean Power | 1,068 | 29.12% | |
| Independent | Montfort Tadier | 758 | 20.67% | |
| Independent | Mervyn Le Masurier | 462 | 12.60% | |
| Independent | Jeff Hathaway | 420 | 11.45% | |
| Independent | Graham Truscott | 411 | 11.21% | |
| Independent | Martha Bernstein | 326 | 8.89% | |
| Independent | Richard de la Haye | 179 | 4.88% | |
| Independent | John Le Galle | 29 | 0.79% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 15 | 0.41% | ||
| Totals | 3,668 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 40.52% | |||
| St Clement deputy election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Independent | Ian Gorst (incumbent) | 1,112 | 36.30% | |
| Independent | Anne Dupré | 868 | 28.34% | |
| Independent | Gerard Baudains (incumbent) | 731 | 23.87% | |
| Independent | Jeremy Strickland | 303 | 9.89% | |
| Independent | Philip Maguire | 46 | 1.50% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 3 | 0.10% | ||
| Totals | 3,063 | 100.00% | ||
| Voter turnout | 30.9% | |||
Carolyn Labey won unopposed.
Incumbents Le Claire and Martin were joined by JDA candidate Trevor Pitman, husband of Shona Pitman re-elected in neighbouring St Helier No. 2
All three seats taken by JDA candidates; Southern and Pitman as incumbents joined by de Sousa.
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]
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.
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
Incumbent Le Fondré topped the poll.
Incumbent Hill returned.
Incumbent Egré returned.
Incumbent Duhamel topped the poll, but incumbent Scott Warren was defeated. 21-year-old Maçon became the youngest States Member ever elected.
Incumbent Lewis re-elected.
A referendum on the question "Do you think that Jersey should adopt Central European Time?" was put to voters on 15 October.[15][16] The final results appear below.[4][11][17]
| Jersey CET referendum, 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Choice | Votes | Percentage |
| No | 17,230 | 72.07% |
| Yes | 6,564 | 27.46% |
| Invalid or blank votes | 113 | 0.47% |
| Total votes | 23,907 | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | 43.15% | |
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.[18]
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