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STATES OF JERSEY
COMPOSITION AND ELECTION OF THE STATES ASSEMBLY: REFORM – PROPOSAL 1 (P.93/2013) – THIRD AMENDMENT (P.93/2013 Amd.(3)) – COMMENTS
Presented to the States on 2nd December 2013 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee
STATES GREFFE
2013 Price code: A P.93 Amd.(3)Com.
COMMENTS
The Privileges and Procedures Committee presented comments to the States in advance of the debates on the various reform propositions (P.94/2013, P.98/2013, P.116/2013 and P.117/2013 and related amendments refer). The comments were in the form of a report prepared by Professor Iain McLean and Professor Ron Johnston, entitled: The Proportionality of Electoral Districting Schemes for Jersey: an Evaluation'.
Following receipt of Deputy Le Fondré's amendment to Senator Ozouf 's proposition, the Committee has considered the Deputy 's proposal using the methodology employed by Professors McLean and Johnston, as set out in the following tables. Further information regarding the methodology applied by the Professors is available in their report, which was presented to the States by PPC on 25th October 2013 as Composition and election of the States Assembly: reform – (P.93/2013, P.94/2013, P.98/2013, P.116/2013, P.117/2013 and associated amendments) – comments'.
Table A: The Ratios and Proportionality Measures
Scheme
Parish 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 St. John 1.62 1.64 0.82 1.39 1.53 1.55 1.48 1.37 0.92 1.55 1.49 1.56 St. Peter 1.22 0.96 1.64 1.15 1.12 1.16 1.11 0.80 1.23 1.16 1.16 0.91 Grouville 1.13 0.98 0.98 1.08 1.05 1.08 1.03 0.82 1.15 1.16 1.17 0.94 St. Clement 0.90 0.78 1.04 0.83 0.81 0.86 0.82 0.87 0.89 0.96 0.97 0.99
St. Brelade 1 0.93 0.89
St. Brelade 2 0.89 0.85 St. Brelade 0.97 0.90 0.88 0.86 0.92 0.88 0.94 0.95 0.92 0.94
St. Ouen 1.39 1.17 1.17 1.14 1.29 1.33 1.27 0.98 1.23 1.26 1.25 1.11
St. Helier 1 0.73 1.03 0.93 1.05 0.83 0.91 0.85 0.78 0.84 0.75
St. Helier 2 0.80 1.16 1.02 0.93 0.90 1.00 0.92 0.77 0.77 0.85
St. Helier 3 0.88 0.89 0.85 0.82 0.84 St. Helier 0.78 1.01
St. Saviour 1 1.11 0.86 0.86 1.06
St. Saviour 2 1.16 0.88 0.89 1.10
St. Saviour 3 0.83 0.91 0.79 St. Saviour 0.87 1.05 0.79 0.77 0.83 0.79 1.03 0.84
St. Martin 1.26 1.25 1.25 1.22 1.19 1.20 1.15 1.05 1.31 1.28 1.25 1.19 St. Lawrence 1.26 1.34 0.89 1.00 1.15 1.20 1.15 1.12 1.07 1.13 1.17 1.27 St. Mary 2.10 2.62 1.31 1.91 2.03 2.01 1.92 1.10 2.05 2.01 1.92 2.50 Trinity 1.44 1.52 0.76 1.40 1.36 1.37 1.31 1.27 1.50 1.50 1.42 1.45
Most
Overrprsntd 2.10 2.62 1.64 1.91 2.03 2.01 1.92 1.37 2.05 2.01 1.94 2.50 Underrprsntd 0.73 0.78 0.76 0.79 0.77 0.83 0.79 0.80 0.84 0.77 0.77 0.75 Range 1.37 1.84 0.88 1.12 1.26 1.18 1.13 0.57 1.21 1.24 1.17 1.75
Propn.
underrprsntd 0.68 0.65 0.46 0.52 0.58 0.68 0.52 0.34 0.68 0.68 0.60 0.68 Deviation measure 0.36 0.49 0.21 0.29 0.32 0.33 0.29 0.16 0.32 0.33 0.30 0.42
Key to schemes: 1 – PPC rejected; 2 – default; 3 – PPC interim; 4 – Farnham ; 5 – Green; 6 – Ozouf ; 7 – Pitman; 8 – Southern ; 9 – Noel; 10 – Connétable of St. Mary (A);
11 – Connétable of St. Mary (B); 12 – Le Fondré.
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Table B: The Schemes Rank-Ordered
- By Scheme (rank order position in [ ])
Measure
Scheme Range Underrepd. Deviation PPC Rejected 1.37 [10] 0.68 [=8] 0.36 [10] Default 1.84 [12] 0.65 [=7] 0.49 [12] PPC Interim 0.88 [2] 0.46 [2] 0.21 [2] Farnham 1.12 [3] 0.52 [=3] 0.29 [=3] Green 1.26 [9] 0.58 [5] 0.32 [=6] Ozouf 1.18 [6] 0.68 [=8] 0.33 [=8] Pitman 1.13 [4] 0.52 [=3] 0.29 [=3] Southern 0.57 [1] 0.34 [1] 0.16 [1] Noel 1.21 [7] 0.68 [=8] 0.32 [=6] Connétable of St. Mary (A) 1.24 [8] 0.68 [=8] 0.33 [=8] Connétable of St. Mary (B) 1.17 [5] 0.60 [6] 0.30 [5] Le Fondré 1.75 [11] 0.65 [=8] 0.42 [11]
- By Rank Order Position
Measure
Rank Order Range Underrepresented Deviation
1 (best) Southern Southern Southern
2 PPC Interim PPC Interim PPC Interim 3 Farnham Farnham Farnham
Pitman Pitman
4 Pitman
5 CSMary (B) 6 Ozouf
7 Noel
8 CSMary (A)
Green CSMary (B) CSMary (B) Green
Noel
Default
PPC Rejected Ozouf Ozouf CSMary (A) Noel
CSMary (A)
Le Fondré
9 Green
10 PPC rejected PPC Rejected 11 Le Fondré Le Fondré 12 (worst) Default Default