| Election Name: | 2008 Jersey general election |
| Country: | Jersey |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2005 Jersey general election |
| Previous Year: | 2005 |
| Election Date: | 15 October 2008 (Senators and Constables) |
| Next Election: | 2011 Jersey general election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | 44 of the 53 seats in the States Assembly |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | Frank Walker |
| Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
| Posttitle: | Chief Minister after election |
| After Election: | Terry Le Sueur |
| After Party: | Independent (politician) |
General elections were held in Jersey in two stages in October and November 2008.
For the first time since 1948 the elections of constables for the twelve parishes of Jersey have been synchronised so that polling, where necessary, will take place on the same day as the senatorial election on 15 October 2008, in accordance with the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008 (registered 28 March 2008).
At Assemblies of Electors held in nine parishes on 17 September 2008, constables in five parishes were returned unopposed: St Brelade, St Martin, St Ouen, Trinity and St Saviour.[1] The constables of the other parishes declined to stand down to recontest their seats, preferring to serve out their full term so that the provisions of the law will apply to the next mandate from 2011.[2]
| Parish | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grouville | Dan Murphy | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| St. Brelade | Mike Jackson | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| align=left rowspan=3 | St. Clement | 1,593 | 61.58 | Elected | |
| Gerard Baudains | 740 | 28.60 | |||
| Edgar Wallis | 254 | 9.82 | |||
| St. Helier | — | — | Elected unopposed | ||
| St. John | Graeme Butcher | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | St. Lawrence | Deidre Mezbourain | 1,300 | 62.32 | Elected |
| Tim Tindall | 382 | 18.31 | |||
| St. Martin | Silva Yates | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | St. Mary | Juliette Gallichan | 404 | 66.45 | Elected |
| Terry Renouf | 204 | 33.55 | |||
| St. Ouen | Ken Vibert | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | St. Peter | John Refault | 975 | 57.35 | Elected |
| Collin Egré | 725 | 42.65 | |||
| St. Saviour | Peter Hanning | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| Trinity | John Gallichan | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| align=left colspan=5 | Source:[3] |
The senatorial election took place on 15 October 2008. The election was island-wide and there were six seats available. At the Assembly of Electors held in Saint Helier on 16 September 2008, 21 candidates were nominated.[4]
Three sitting senators did not seek re-election:
The following candidates were sitting senators seeking re-election:
The following candidates were sitting deputies seeking who ran in the senatorial election:
Candidates declared the following political affiliations:
| Jersey senatorial election, 2008[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Independent | Ian Le Marquand | 14,238 | 12.35% | ||
| Independent | Alan Breckon | 10,273 | 8.91% | ||
| Independent | Alan Maclean | 9,094 | 7.89% | ||
| Independent | Paul Routier (incumbent) | 8,775 | 7.61% | ||
| Independent | Philip Ozouf (incumbent) | 8,712 | 7.55% | ||
| Independent | Sarah Ferguson | 8,576 | 7.45% | ||
| Jersey Democratic Alliance | Geoff Southern | 7,194 | 6.24% | ||
| Independent | Mike Higgins | 6,979 | 6.05% | ||
| Independent | Mike Vibert (incumbent) | 6,098 | 5.29% | ||
| Time4Change/Reform | Montfort Tadier | 5,011 | 4.34% | ||
| Jersey Democratic Alliance | Trevor Pitman | 4,931 | 4.28% | ||
| Independent | Peter Troy | 3,927 | 3.40% | ||
| Independent | Cliff Le Clercq | 3,597 | 3.12% | ||
| Jersey 2020 | Daniel Wimberley | 3,458 | 3.00% | ||
| Independent | Jeremy Maçon | 3,130 | 2.71% | ||
| Time4Change/Reform | Nick Le Cornu | 3,074 | 2.67% | ||
| Independent | Chris Perkins | 2,768 | 2.40% | ||
| Jersey 2020 | Mark Forskitt | 1,922 | 1.67% | ||
| Jersey 2020 | Nick Palmer | 1,538 | 1.33% | ||
| Independent | Adrian Walsh | 1,210 | 1.05% | ||
| Independent | Mick Pashley | 682 | 0.59% | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 144 | 0.12% | |||
| Voter turnout | 44.13% | ||||
The election for deputies took place on 26 November 2008. Twelve new deputies were elected, five sitting deputies lost their seats and four were reelected without opposition.[9]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grouville | Carolyn Labey | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| align=left rowspan=3 | St. Brelade 1 | Angela Jeune | 370 | 57.10 | Elected |
| Mark Sutton | 192 | 29.63 | |||
| Alan Beadle | 86 | 13.27 | |||
| align=left rowspan=8 | St. Brelade 2 | 1,068 | 29.24 | Elected | |
| 758 | 20.75 | Elected | |||
| Mervyn Le Masurier | 462 | 12.65 | |||
| Jeffrey Hathaway | 420 | 11.50 | |||
| Graham Truscott | 411 | 11.25 | |||
| Martha Bernstein | 326 | 8.92 | |||
| Richard De La Haye | 179 | 4.90 | |||
| John Le Galle | 29 | 0.79 | |||
| align=left rowspan=5 | St. Clement | 1,112 | 36.34 | Elected | |
| Anne Dupre | 868 | 28.37 | Elected | ||
| Gerard Baudains | 731 | 23.89 | |||
| Jeremy Strickland | 303 | 9.90 | |||
| Philip Maguire | 46 | 1.50 | |||
| align=left rowspan=7 | St. Helier 1 | Paul Le Claire | 634 | 21.95 | Elected |
| 601 | 20.81 | Elected | |||
| 487 | 16.86 | Elected | |||
| Nicholas Le Cornu | 406 | 14.06 | |||
| Katy Ringsdore | 387 | 13.40 | |||
| Brian Beadle | 229 | 7.93 | |||
| Christopher Whitworth | 144 | 4.99 | |||
| align=left rowspan=7 | St. Helier 2 | 665 | 24.20 | Elected | |
| 598 | 21.76 | Elected | |||
| Deborah De Sousa | 444 | 16.16 | Elected | ||
| Roderick Bryans | 412 | 14.99 | |||
| Susan Stoker | 301 | 10.95 | |||
| Adrian Walsh | 228 | 8.30 | |||
| Giffard Aubin | 100 | 3.64 | |||
| align=left rowspan=11 | St. Helier 3 | Jacqueline Hilton | 1,259 | 16.20 | Elected |
| 1,193 | 15.35 | Elected | |||
| 1,057 | 13.60 | Elected | |||
| Ben Fox | 698 | 8.98 | Elected | ||
| Suzette Hase | 697 | 8.97 | |||
| Jacqueline Huet | 645 | 8.30 | |||
| Stephan Beddoe | 627 | 8.07 | |||
| David Beuzeval | 587 | 7.55 | |||
| 359 | 4.62 | ||||
| Gilbert Blackwood | 340 | 4.38 | |||
| Colin Russell | 308 | 3.96 | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | St. John | Philip Rondel | 678 | 63.13 | Elected |
| Patrick Ryan | 396 | 36.87 | |||
| align=left rowspan=4 | St. Lawrence | John Le Fondré | 918 | 42.27 | Elected |
| Edward Noel | 518 | 23.85 | Elected | ||
| Hugh Gill | 462 | 21.27 | |||
| Nicholas Palmer | 274 | 12.62 | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | St. Martin | Frederick Hill | 832 | 75.16 | Elected |
| Martin Greene | 275 | 24.84 | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | St. Mary | Daniel Wimberley | 261 | 52.73 | Elected |
| Robert Johnson | 206 | 41.62 | |||
| David Richardson | 28 | 5.66 | |||
| St. Ouen | James Reed | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | St. Peter | Collin Egré | 731 | 52.40 | Elected |
| Julie Rabet | 664 | 47.60 | |||
| align=left rowspan=4 | St. Saviour 1 | 569 | 31.11 | Elected | |
| 448 | 24.49 | Elected | |||
| Anthony Leonard Charles Nightingale | 424 | 23.18 | |||
| Celia Joyce Scott Warren | 388 | 21.21 | |||
| align=left rowspan=5 | St. Saviour 2 | Kevin Lewis | 509 | 38.47 | Elected |
| Glenn George | 260 | 19.65 | Elected | ||
| 227 | 17.16 | ||||
| Christine Papworth | 198 | 14.97 | |||
| Clifford Le Clercq | 129 | 9.75 | |||
| St. Saviour 3 | Roy Le Hérissier | — | — | Elected unopposed | |
| Trinity | — | — | Elected unopposed | ||
| align=left colspan=5 | Source:[10] |
A referendum on the question "Do you think that Jersey should adopt Central European Time?" was put to voters on 15 October.[11] [12]
The 2008 general election is the first in which 16- and 17-year-old voters will take part, following a law to reduce voting age to 16. The law was brought into force on 12 March 2008 and became effective on 1 April 2008.[13]