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WQ. 42/2018
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMITÉ DES CONNÉTABLES BY DEPUTY M. TADIER OF ST. BRELADE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2018
Question
Will the Chairman advise –
- what the total number of members of Roads Committees is across the 12 Parishes;
- out of this number, how many are women; and
- how many elections for Roads Committees there have been in the past 5 years and how many have been contested?
Answer
- There are 62 members across the island (St Helier Roads Committee is the Connétable , Rector and 5 principals of the parish; in the other 11 parishes the Roads Committee is the Connétable , Rector and 3 principals of the parish).
- There are currently 5 women members. There were two unsuccessful women candidates in St Helier (2017 elections).
- Members (principals) of the Roads Committee are elected every three years so, other than if there has been a by-election to fill a vacancy, a parish will only have had one or two elections in the past 5 years. The number of candidates has not exceeded the number of vacancies other than in the following elections –
- St Clement by-election 2013
- Grouville by-election 2013
- St Helier elections in 2014
- St Brelade elections in 2017
- St Helier elections in 2017 (there was a tie for one position and a further election held subsequently which was also contested).