2005 Jersey general election

2005 Jersey general election

19 October – 23 November 2005 (2005-10-19 – 2005-11-23)
29 of the 53 seats in the States Assembly

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

Senator Elections

The elections for Senator were 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

• Candidate (Party) Votes
• Stuart Syvret (Independent) 15,131
• Ben Shenton (Independent) 14,025
• Freddie Cohen (Independent) 13,704
• Terry Le Main (Independent) 12,159
• Terry Le Sueur (Independent) 9,976
• Jim Perchard (Independent) 8,998
• Jerry Dorey (Independent) 6,693
• Roy Travert (Independent) 6,256
• Paul Le Claire (Centre Party) 5,413
• Denise Carroll (Jersey Democratic Alliance) 5081
• Kevin Lewis (Centre Party) 5028
• Guy de Faye (Independent) 4,994
• Geoff Southern (Jersey Democratic Alliance) 4,724
• Roger Bisson (Independent) 2,009
• Gino Risoli (Independent) 1,127
• Turnout 39.5%.

Deputy Elections

The election for Deputies was held on 23 November. Electoral assemblies were held in all parishes on 25 October. 52 candidates were nominated in contested elections for 23 seats.

St Helier Number One District

• Paul Le Claire 644
• Judy Martin 628
• Patrick Ryan 605
• Jerry Dorey 598
• Chris Whitworth 264
• Turnout: 25.7%, Spoilt Papers: 5

St Helier Number two district

• Shona Pitman 625
• Geoff Southern 547
• Alan Maclean 434
• Roy Travert 398
• Peter Pearce 288
• Peter Tabb 285
• Stephen Beddoe 220
• Robert Bisson 187
• Adrian Walsh 122
• Turnout: 29.27%, Spoilt Papers: 6

St Helier Number three and four district

• Jacqui Hilton 1,417
• Jacquie Huet 1,285
• Ben Fox 1,144
• Guy de Faye 836
• Denise Carroll 786
• Barry Shelton 685
• Darius J. Pearce 459
• Turnout: 27.1%, Spoilt Papers: 7

St Saviour Number three district

• Roy Le Hérissier
• Unopposed

Grouville

• Carolyn Labey
• Unopposed

St Martin

• Bob Hill
• Unopposed

St Ouen

• James Reed
• Unopposed

St Peter

• Collin Egré
• Unopposed

Trinity

• Anne Pryke
• Unopposed

Results

• St. Lawrence - John Le Fondré; Deidre Mezbourian (2 seats)
• St. Mary - Juliette Gallichan (1 seat)
• St. John - Andrew Lewis (1 seat)
• St. Brelade (District No. 1) - Sarah Ferguson (1 seat)
• St. Brelade (District No. 2) - Sean Power; Peter Troy (2 seats)
• St. Clement - Gerard Baudains; Ian Gorst (2 seats)
• St. Saviour (District No. 1) - Rob Duhamel; Celia Scott Warren (2 seats)
• St. Saviour (District No. 2) - Alan Breckon; Kevin Lewis (2 seats)

External links

• channelonline.tv election page
• BBC Jersey election page