David Warr Explained

Honorific Prefix:Deputy
David Warr
Office1:Deputy of St Helier South
Term Start1:27 June 2022
Subterm1:Serving with
Majority1:25
Office2:Minister for Housing and Communities
Term Start2:11 July 2022
Term End2:30 January 2024
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Kristina Moore
Predecessor2:Russell Labey
Successor2:Sam Mézec
Residence:St Helier, Jersey
Party:Better Way
Spouse:Pam Warr
Children:2

David James Warr is a Jersey politician and business owner who has served as Deputy for St Helier South since 2022 and Minister for Housing and Communities from 2022 to January 2024.[1] He is also the owner of Cooper & Co., a local coffee shop business.[2]

Political career

Warr stood for election as deputy of St Helier South in the 2022 general election under the Better Way banner. Warr was elected with a majority of 25 votes, the smallest of any successful candidates in the election.[3]

Warr supported Kristina Moore in the 2022 Chief Minister of Jersey election, and was subsequently appointed Minister for Housing and Communities in the Moore ministry.[4] He held this position until the collapse of the Moore ministry in January 2024.

Controversies

In February 2024, following his replacement as housing minister by Reform Jersey leader Sam Mézec, Warr told Mézec that the three Reform deputies of St Helier South would no longer be able to hold their constituency surgeries at Warr's coffee shop Cooper & Co. Warr denied that the decision had anything to do with recent political events, whilst Mézec decried it as a "revenge eviction".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Warr . statesassembly.gov.je . States Greffe . 24 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515033903/https://statesassembly.gov.je/pages/Members.aspx?MemberID=357 . 15 May 2024 . live.
  2. Web site: Warr . David . David Warr Manifesto . davidwarr.je . 24 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820132634/https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0032/3144/9157/files/david-war-manifesto.pdf?v=1651677174 . 20 August 2022 . live.
  3. Web site: '22 Election Results . vote.je . States Greffe . 20 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602084709/https://www.vote.je/news/22-election-results/ . 2 June 2023 . 10 August 2022 . live.
  4. Web site: 2022.07.05 States Minutes . statesassembly.gov.je . States Greffe . 24 May 2024 .
  5. News: Jeune . James . Political party claims it is "no longer welcome" at former minister's coffee shop . 24 May 2024 . Jersey Evening Post . 5 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240206060135/https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2024/02/05/political-party-claims-it-is-no-longer-welcome-at-former-ministers-coffee-shop/ . 6 February 2024 . live.