2007 Jersey constable election

The 2007 Constable elections in Jersey were the last before a revised election system was introduced to the island in 2008, resulting in some elected Constables serving terms of less than 15 months.

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Constable elections in 2007

Constable elections are normally for a period of four years. From 2008, all Constables would be elected on a single day, and all terms would be cut short to allow for this.[1] Thus all elections in 2007 were for a period until that date.

Terms expiring in 2007
  • St. Peter Tom du Feu 02.07.07
  • Grouville Dan Murphy 23.07.07
  • St. Saviour Philip Ozouf 13.08.07
  • St. Clement Derek Gray 17.12.07
  • St. Helier Alan Simon Crowcroft 17.12.07[2]

Constable of St Peter

Nominations Date: 14 June 2007

Candidates

  • Tom Du Feu
  • Unopposed

Constable of Grouville

Election Date: 25 July 2007[3]

Candidates

  • Dan Murphy 1,040[4]
  • Peter Le Maistre 641[4]

Turnout 53.2%,[5] Spoilt Papers

Constable of St Saviour

Nominations Date: 25 July 2007

Candidates

Constable of St Clement

Constable of St Helier

Election took place 9 January 2008 (Crowcroft win)

Two candidates:

  • Alvin Aaron, JDA candidate[6]
  • Simon Crowcroft (incumbent Constable), Independent[7]

References
  1. "Constables same day election plan". BBC News. 24 May 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. Date of swearing in of sitting Constables Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine: Retrieved 28 July 2007
  3. http://www.gov.je/JudicialGreffe/Election+Forms/ElectionForConstableOfGrouville.htm
  4. "Archived copy". www.thisisjersey.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.progressjersey.com/politics/comment.php?comment.news.61
  6. "Alvin Aaron". alvinaaron.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011.
  7. http://simoncrowcroft.com
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