They voted 53 to three in favour of Deputy Roy Le Hérissier’s amendment to this effect after the Deputy said that the States must revert back to the original plan for an independent Electoral Commission.

Parishioners were urged to vote in favour of Deputy Le Hérissier’s proposal by Nick Le Cornu, who along with Gino Risoli, Darius Pearce and Bernard Manning had called a parish assembly to discuss the issue.