Jersey Alliance
AbbreviationJA
LeaderMark Boleat[1]
ChairmanGregory Guida[2]
SecretaryMary O’Keeffe
TreasurerChris Leck
Membership SecretaryLindsay Ash
Deputy ChairmanRowland Huelin[3]
Founded16 July 2021 (2021-07-16)[4]
IdeologyConservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours    Blue
States Assembly
0 / 49
[5][6]
Website
jerseyalliance.je

The Jersey Alliance is a centre-right party in Jersey, formed in 2021 by States Assembly deputy Gregory Guida to compete in the 2022 general election.[7][2]

From the party's founding in 2021 until the 2022 Jersey election, Jersey Alliance led the Government of Jersey with party member John Le Fondré serving as Chief Minister. In 2022, Mark Boleat was appointed as the leader of the party and nominated to be the next Chief Minister.[8] As a result of the 2022 general election, the Jersey Alliance party lost a majority of its 9 seats that it had previously held in the States Assembly and was reduced to a single seat held by an uncontested Connétable in the parish of Trinity.[9] Party leader Mark Boleat stood in the district of St Clement and was defeated on election day. Boleat received the fewest votes of any candidate with 721 votes.[10] John Le Fondré also was defeated on election day, becoming the first Jersey Chief Minister to lose his seat in an election.[11]

Less than a month after the general election, the Party's sole elected member - Constable Philip Le Sueuer - announced that he had resigned from the Party.[6]

Electoral performance

States Assembly
Election Leader Votes Seats Position Government
No. Share No. ± Share
2022 Mark Boleat 9,480 9.2
1 / 49
 Decrease 8[fn 1] 2.0 Decrease 3rd Independent–Better Way–Jersey Liberal Conservatives
Note
  1. ↑ 9 sitting members of the States Assembly had joined Jersey Alliance before the 2022 election, making it the party with the most seats before the election.

References

  1. ↑ "New Chief Minister After Election". Channel 103. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Ministerial backing for new political party". Jersey Evening Post. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Morel, Julien (12 February 2022). "Arise Sir Mark: CM left out as Alliance elects leader". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Royal Court Business 16 July 2021" (PDF). Government of Jersey. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "New third political party in Jersey to sit 'centre-right'". BBC News. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Jersey Alliance yet to decide future as sole elected Member quits". Jersey Evening Post. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Potigny, Fiona (16 July 2021). "Ministers unite to create 'Jersey Alliance' party". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sir Mark Boleat elected as Jersey Alliance Party leader". Jersey Evening Post. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Jersey Alliance leader reflects on dismal night for the party". ITV News. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Express, Bailiwick. "Jersey Alliance leader enters "period of reflection" over election disaster". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Jersey Election 2022: Chief minister loses seat". BBC News. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.


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