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Name | Contact | Comments |
St Saviour | ||
Gaël Mézec |
| Democracy died tonight. |
Maureen St George |
| Jersey has always had 12 parishes, and it should stay this way. It would be bad for St Saviour if we join with another parish because we would lose close contact with our Deputies and perhaps even lose one of our Deputies. We should stay with the current system. People only want to vote for someone they know in their own Parish, not for someone they don't know in another Parish. |
Michael Officer |
| This exercise seems to me to be a smoke and mirrors exercise to distract attention away from rampant government misspending/mismanagement. Too many vanity projects and no strength to deny the senior civil servants who are unaccountable and immune from censure. Unfit for purpose. |
Graeme Witts |
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Dave Crocker |
| I don't believe the change will give St Saviour or other Parishes greater democracy. I think it's been rushed in under haste and smacks of smoke and mirrors and feels like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. |
Trudie Crocker |
| The word democracy has been used over and over again this evening. This appears to be the biggest objectionable problem. Democracy will suffer – no equality or representation. |
Jean Lelliott |
| This proposition is not fit for purpose, when islanders voted for reform, this is not what they wanted. We should retain the Senators and clear parish boundaries. The population of St Helier is largely a transient population – bedsit land. If we are to have reform, make it getting rid of collective responsibility and limiting the Chief Minister's role to two firms. What is being proposed is not democracy. |
N Pirouet |
| This will be the death of the parochial system and the end of minority representation. This will give the ministerial system an even tighter stranglehold on States Members and the electorate. |
Tony Scott Warr en |
| I'm in favour of change but the proposals don't seem to be well thought out. St Helier will be over-represented and will be able to dominate. Local Deputies in other parishes will no longer exits – and Parishes like their |
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| Deputies local – look what happens when an existing deputy moves out of their District. | |
Celia Scott Warr en |
| It is important not to further reduce the number of States Members when the ministerial system operates without an opposition. Scrutiny does not have the information in time. If super constituencies are formed, what role will the Deputies play in local Parish issues – giving help to individuals? Could the new Deputies either choose or be assigned to a Parish with their respective constituencies to help the Connétable ? This all needs a lot further thought! | |
Oliver Taylor |
| Jersey has one of the lowest voter turnouts in the western world, part of that is down to the complexity of the current system. It needs to be simplifies so 2nd amendment would be the way to go. Simplification and increased voter turnout is more important than parochial parish traditions. | |
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Lisa Cantrell |
| Jersey has 12 voting parishes and that is how it should stay. We should stay with the system, needs more thought. | |
Jill Moody |
| I believe that the amount of Deputies should be taken down by one. To keep the 12 Parishes as they are at present To keep the Island wide Mandate of the Senators – but give them more heads of Committees positions. | |
Geoff Esnouf |
| Super-constituencies – yes, but St Saviours will be underrepresented. | |
Ann Le Boutillier |
| I do not think you can mix Parishes and do not remember being asked about it in the Referendum. | |
St Helier | |||
Gino Risoli |
| Any voting reform should be put to a referendum so as to avoid conflict of interest. | |
Alex Bond |
| I like the main proposal but with 32 deputies. No need for senators and deputies. Don't start the whole Connétable debate again – we've done that! | |
St John | |||
Chris Bright |
| It would be more effectively representative to maintain parish elections with one Deputy for every (say) 3000 citizens and a minimum of one Deputy per parish. This | |
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| would give a total of 36 or 37 Deputies. If the 12 Connétable s are kept then there would be an assembly of 48 or 49. There is no clear justification for reducing the number of members. | |
Brian Morin |
| Return to Committee system. 48 States Members, 12 Connétable s and 1 Deputy for each parish. 24 senators elected on an island wide basis on 6 year terms on a rolling re-election programme. | |
St Brelade | |||
Dennis Le Breton |
| Retain Senators (increase to 12) Electorate to vote for Chief Minister | |
St Ouen | |||
Dennis Renouf |
| No change except 1 extra Deputy in each St Helier Districts 1 Extra in St Peter and St Clement with less Senators. | |