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DEPUTY Sean Power is standing for re-election. The St Brelade No 2 Deputy (pictured left), who was elected in 2005, has announced that he will fight to keep his seat. His fellow district representative, Deputy Peter Troy, is standing for ‘promotion’ to the Senatorial benches. Deputy Power says that he will be producing a detailed […]

THE St Brelade No 1 Deputy is the ninth candidate – and the first woman – to announce an intention to stand for this year’s Senatorial election. Deputy Ferguson (66) has served two terms as a Deputy, and is currently the head of the Public Accounts Committee that reviews whether States departments are providing good […]

THE election gloves came off at the St Mary Senatorial hustings last night – and ministers took a beating. The three sitting Senators on the podium had an uncomfortable time as the audience of around 70 applauded attacks on the Council of Ministers. The 21 candidates continue on the hustings trail in Grouville tonight and […]

FORMER Concern chairman Chris Perkins is standing for Senator. The 44-year-old finance industry worker is the seventh candidate to announce that he will stand – guaranteeing that there will be an election for the six seats on the Senatorial bench. Mr Perkins is an assistant manager at RBS Coutts Trustees, and a member of the […]

THERAPIST Cliff Le Clercq is standing for Senator. The 58-year-old therapist and counsellor is the fifth candidate to declare for the Senatorial elections, which will be held in October. Mr Le Clercq has been in private practice as a therapist and counsellor for the last ten years, and worked as a cab driver to pay […]

DEPUTY Sean Power is standing for re-election. The St Brelade No 2 Deputy (pictured left), who was elected in 2005, has announced that he will fight to keep his seat. His fellow district representative, Deputy Peter Troy, is standing for ‘promotion’ to the Senatorial benches. Deputy Power says that he will be producing a detailed […]

THE St Brelade No 1 Deputy is the ninth candidate – and the first woman – to announce an intention to stand for this year’s Senatorial election. Deputy Ferguson (66) has served two terms as a Deputy, and is currently the head of the Public Accounts Committee that reviews whether States departments are providing good […]

THE election gloves came off at the St Mary Senatorial hustings last night – and ministers took a beating. The three sitting Senators on the podium had an uncomfortable time as the audience of around 70 applauded attacks on the Council of Ministers. The 21 candidates continue on the hustings trail in Grouville tonight and […]

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner Nick Palmer is standing for Senator. Mr Palmer, a 54-year-old St Lawrence resident who used to chair the Jersey branch of Friends of the Earth, is standing for a six-year Islandwide mandate on an environmental platform. Born in Birmingham, he moved to Jersey as a child. He was educated at First Tower School […]

ONE of the unusual things about the Senatorial elections is the emergence of factions on the platform. Although only two of the 21 candidates are members of a formal political party, more than half of them fit into one of four distinct groups: ministers, the Jersey Democratic Alliance, Time4Change and Jersey 2020. The platform is […]