Tom Coles Explained

Honorific Prefix:Deputy
Tom Coles
Office1:Deputy of St Helier South
Term Start1:27 June 2022
Subterm1:Serving with
Majority1:122
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Jersey
Residence:St Helier, Jersey
Party:Reform Jersey

Thomas Antony Coles is a Reform Jersey politician who has served as Deputy for St Helier South since 2022.

Coles was born in Jersey in the early 1980s, and attended Grainville School and Highlands College.[2] He first stood for election in 2018 as the Reform candidate for deputy of St Saviour No. 3, but was unsuccessful.[3] He stood for election again in 2022 as deputy for St Helier South, this time winning with a majority of 122 votes.[4]

In 2024, Coles brought a proposition to the States Assembly to decriminalise the possession of cannabis for recreational use by November 2025.[5] However, the proposition failed to pass by a single vote.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coles . Tom . Tom Coles . vote.je . States Greffe . 6 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240221203519/https://www.vote.je/candidates/2022/tom-coles/ . 21 February 2024 . live.
  2. Web site: Coles . Tom . Coles, Tom . vote.je . States Greffe . 6 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230606120755/https://archive.vote.je/candidates-2018/coles-tom-18/ . 6 June 2023 . dead.
  3. News: Jersey Election 2018: St. Saviour District No. 3 . 6 August 2024 . itv.com . 11 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022043247/http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2018-04-11/jsy2018-stsaviour3/ . 22 October 2018 . live.
  4. News: Bailey . Christie . ELECTION 2022: The results in full... . 6 August 2024 . bailiwickexpress.com . 23 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326213057/https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/results-full/#.ZCC5mp3P1qY . 26 March 2023 . live.
  5. News: Yettram . Jodie . Could Jersey be next to decriminalise cannabis? . 6 August 2024 . bailiwickexpress.com . 25 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526075845/https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/could-jersey-be-next-decriminalise-cannabis/ . 26 May 2024 . live.
  6. News: Cannabis decriminalisation in Jersey rejected by one vote . 6 August 2024 . bailiwickexpress.com . 26 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626152609/https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/cannabis-decriminalisation-jersey-rejected-one-vote/ . 26 June 2024 . live.

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