Triumph for Le Marquand
A clear leader from start to finish in the Senatorial elections, political newcomer Ian Le Marquand pulled off a rare and remarkable feat by topping the poll in all 12 parishes. The 57-year-old retired Magistrate will enter the States with a clear mandate to achieve his aim of becoming Home Affairs Minister, with responsibility for law and order. A committed Christian renowned for his intellect, Mr Le Marquand polled 14,238 to follow his celebrated uncle, the late lawyer/farmer J J Le Marquand, onto the Senatorial benches.
In second place with 10,273 was Consumer Council chairman Deputy Alan Breckon. In a clear public rejection of campaign attacks by anti-GST campaigners, Economic Development Minister Philip Ozouf and Social Security Minister Paul Routier kept their seats. Other victors were Assistant Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean, third with 9,084, and Public Accounts chairman Deputy Sarah Ferguson, who beat Economic Scrutiny chairman Deputy Geoff Southern into seventh place by about 1,300 votes. Education Minister Mike Vibert was the only casualty of the night, who finished ninth out of a record 21 candidates with 6,098 votes.

Top in 12 parishes
Retired Magistrate Ian Le Marquand won a resounding mandate in St Helier, as he had right across the Island. He completed the full house of poll-topping performances in all 12 parishes with 2,559 votes in town. With Deputy Alan Breckon holding second, there were strong showings too from JDA candidates Geoff Southern and Trevor Pitman, in third and fifth places, while Senator Routier, a former Town Deputy was fourth. Ousted Education Minister Mike Vibert came in tenth in St Helier with fewer than 1,000 votes.
CET was rejected by 3,526 to 1,446.

Will he beat it?
After 11 declarations, poll-topper Ian Le Marquand had received 11,679 across the Island, coming first in every parish. If he repeats the feat in St Helier, he will have achieved an electoral ‘full house’ which eluded both Senator Philip Ozouf, who topped the poll in 2002, and Senator Stuart Syvret, who was first overall in 2005. Senator Syvret polled 15,212 votes after all 12 declarations and Senator Ozouf 14,442, almost twice the number he has recorded so far this time.

Home straight
Town Deputy Geoff Southern was only 43 votes behind Senator Mike Vibert in the race for overall eighth place and expected to overtake him when St Helier’s results were announced. The top two looked likely to remain Ian Le Marquand and Deputy Breckon, with the other four seats going to Deputies Maclean and Ferguson and Senators Ozouf and Routier and newcomer Mike Higgins finishing an impressive seventh. On 7,200 after 11 declarations, Senator Routier, both Social Security minister and a long-serving St Helier official, seemed unlikely to beat his 2002 showing, when he came third in the Senatorial election with 11,687.

Ferguson 3rd at home
St Brelade Deputy Sarah Ferguson came third in her home parish, with 1,321 votes to Ian Le Marquand’s 1,833 and Deputy Breckon’s 1,352. Deputy Geoff Southern narrowly beat Mike Higgins for seventh place with Senator Mike Vibert in ninth place in the parish he once represented as a Deputy.
CET was rejected by 2,328 to 910.
Only St Helier’s results remained to be announced.

Vibert 9th in St Peter
In the Senatorial election, the leading six kept their places but Senator Mike Vibert slipped into ninth place behind Deputy Geoff Southern. Mike Higgins took seventh place.
CET was rejected by the same three-to-one ratio seen throughout the Island. Voting was 1,208 to 461.

Refault wins
Procureur du Bien Public John Refault beat Deputy Collin Egre to become the new Constable of St Peter. Mr Refault polled 975 to Deputy Egre’s 725. He will succeed Tom du Feu.

Newcomers do well
With three parishes to declare, including St Brelade where he began his political career 12 years ago and where he still lives, Education Minister Mike Vibert had slipped into eighth place, 73 votes behind political newcomer Mike Higgins. In mid-table, other newcomers making a strong first-time showing were Montfort Tadier of Time4 Change and Trevor Pitman of the JDA, both of whom expected to do well in St Helier, the last parish to declare. Mr Tadier had 2,568 votes and Mr Pitman 2,429.

Breckon surge
In his home parish of St Saviour, Deputy Breckon surged into second place overall with a resounding vote of 1,589, less than 100 behind Ian Le Marquand in the parish. He leapfrogged Deputy Alan Maclean, leading him by 5,839 to 5,835. Mr Le Marquand was uncatchable on 8,808.
St Saviour rejected CET by 2,157 to 837.

Making headway
Although faced with too big a gap to close to win a Senatorial seat this time, economic scrutiny chairman and anti-GST campaigner Geoff Southern of the JDA looked like improving on his 2005 performance in the same contest. After eight results, he was comfortably in ninth place compared to his 13th position in 2005.

Wooden spoon
With St Peter, St Saviour, St Brelade and St Helier still to declare, Jersey Telecom employee Mick Pashley looked likely to taking the all-time wooden spoon record. He was lying in 21st place with 273 votes overall. In 2005, the lowest scoring candidate polled 1,127.

Grouville confirms the trend
After eight declarations, and with the St Helier votes still to come, Senator Vibert was out of the winning places by over 1,000 votes. There seemed little doubt that the victorious six would be newcomer Ian Le Marquand, Senators Philip Ozouf and Paul Routier and Deputies Alan Maclean, Sarah Ferguson and Alan Breckon. The outstanding question was how many of the mid-table candidates would be encouraged enough by their showings to run for Deputy in November. Eight of them, Senator Vibert, Mike Higgins, Deputy Geoff Southern, Deputy Peter Troy, Montfort Tadier, Trevor Pitman, Daniel Wimberley and Cliff Le Clercq had all polled over 1,500 across the Island by that stage.
Grouville rejected CET by 1242 to 461.

Higgins beats Vibert in St Lawrence
Air Display organiser Mike Higgins continued his good showing in St Lawrence, taking seventh place with 504 votes, ahead of Senator Mike Vibert on 485. Ian Le Marquand continued his march toward poll-topping in all 12 parishes and the other likely victors, representing an endorsement for sitting Members, were closely grouped from second to sixth places.

New St Lawrence Constable
Deputy Deidre Mezbourian is the new Constable of St Lawrence. She beat Tim Tindall by 1,300 to 382 to succeed Geoffrey Fisher. Mrs Mezbourian will join St Mary Deputy Juliette Gallichan in restoring a female presence to the Constables’ benches.

Boost for Breckon
There was a big boost for Consumer Council chairman Alan Breckon in the urban parish of St Clement. He came second with 1,126 to Mr Le Marquand’s 1,473. Senator Ozouf slipped to sixth place in the parish and Senator Vibert was down to eighth, behind newcomer Mike Higgins, leaving only ten votes between them overall.
CET was rejected by a three to one majority: 1,884 to 661

New St Clement Constable
Senator Len Norman is the new Constable of St Clement. The former Education and Harbours president, son of a former St Saviour Constable, began his political career as a St Clement Deputy over 25 years ago. He polled 1,593 votes to Deputy Gerard Baudains’ 740 and Edgar Wallis’s 254.

Too big a gap?
After five declarations, Education Minister Mike Vibert, on an Island total of 1,548, needed to close a 230-vote gap on sixth-placed Deputy Alan Breckon to avoid losing his seat and, presumably, his job as Education Minister.

Here comes the judge
Even before the halfway point of the results, former Magistrate Ian Le Marquand was over 1,000 votes ahead of second-placed Deputy Alan Maclean. The 57-year-old chess-playing lawyer and former Judicial Greffier was already an almost certain poll-topper and in a strong position to achieve his stated ambition of becoming the Island’s new Homes Affairs Minister in charge of law and order.

St Ouen: Pattern set
Ian Le Marquand consolidated his lead in St Ouen, beating Deputy Maclean by 327 votes. After five declarations, the pattern was confirmed, with ministers Philip Ozouf and Paul Routier comfortably in mid-table and Deputies Ferguson and Breckon looking likely to take the remaining places. St Ouennais Mike Vibert was seventh again and there were good showings for newcomers Mike Higgins and Daniel Wimberley.
CET vote: 376 for; 885 against.

St Martin: Breckon v Vibert
As the fourth parish declared, the prospect of a ministerial casualty increased as Education Minister Mike Vibert remained in seventh place. He polled 373 to Deputy Alan Breckon’s 479, placing him 217 ahead overall in the race for the sixth seat out of six. Deputy Breckon remained in sixth place while Ian Le Marquand maintained his emphatic lead, adding 845 votes. Senator Ozouf took second place, 25 votes ahead of his Economic Development assistant minister Alan Maclean. Senator Routier was fourth and Deputy Ferguson fifth.
St Martin rejected CET by 937 to 321.

Euro time rejected
After four parish declarations, it was clear that the referendum on Central European Time was heading for a firm ‘no’ vote.

‘Reformers’ struggle
Early results indicated a good night for the so-called ‘establishment’ candidates with the JDA and Time4Change candidates who hoped for a public backlash to GST failing to win strong support in the country parishes. Deputy Geoff Southern of the JDA and Montfort Tadier of Time4 Change were in ninth and eleventh place respectively but their colleagues Trevor Pitman and Nicholas Le Cornu were down among the also-rans along with 21-year-old Jeremy Macon, the youngest ever candidate, who had hoped to capitalise on the fact that 16- and 17-year-olds were voting for the first time. Therapist Cliff Le Clercq was in 13th place.

Mixed fortunes for Greens
Having combined to create an effective green platform during the month-long campaign, Daniel Wimberley, Mark Forskitt and Nick Palmer enjoyed mixed fortunes. After three parish declarations, Mr Wimberley was in a respectable 12th place but Mark Forskitt and Nick Palmer helped bring up the rear with a handful of votes each alongside Adrian Walsh and tailender Mark Pashley.

Economic team looking strong
As the St John results were announced, there was more encouragement for Economic Development Minister Philip Ozouf and his assistant minister Alan Maclean, both of whom looked safe. Ian Le Marquand was first with an overall Island total of 1,771; Deputy Maclean second with 1,207; Senator Ozouf third with 1,096; Senator Routier fourth with 1,091; Deputy Ferguson, the only woman standing, fifth with 1,034 and Consumer Council chairman Deputy Alan Breckon sixth with 866. Senator Vibert remained in seventh overall but was beaten into eighth place in St John by newcomer Mike Higgins. Jersey Democratic Alliance member Deputy Geof Southern was 250 votes behind in ninth and Deputy Peter Troy lagged behind in tenth place out of 21.
St John voted against CE by 648 to 280.

Trinity: Vibert still lags
Education Minister Mike Vibert remained just outside the top six when the second parish, Trinity, declared.
Retired Magistrate Ian Le Marquand retained a strong lead, with 690 to Deputy Alan Maclean’s 527. Senator Paul Routier, Senator Philip Ozouf, Deputy Sarah Ferguson and Deputy Alan Breckon joined them in the top six. International Air Display organise Mike Higgins remained in touch in eighth place with 271 votes.
The vote on CET was 428 in favour and 684 aganst.

Early lead for Le Marquand
Hot favourite Ian Le Marquand, the retired Magistrate, took an early lead when the first result was announced. He polled 418 votes in St Mary, ahead of Deputy Alan Maclean with 277 and Senator Philip Ozouf with 270. Senator Paul Routier, Deputy Sarah Fergsuon and Deputy Alan Breckon were also in the frame, with Senator Mike Vibert in seventh place.
Deputy Juliette Gallichan beat Terry Renouf to become the parish’s new Constable.
St Mary voted against a move to Central European Time.

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There are 12 Senators, who serve six-year terms. They are elected by voters throughout the Island, as distinct from district Deputies. They are split into two groups, with half of the seats falling vacant every three years.

Senators generally are thought of as the senior States Members, although there is no restriction on any elected Member taking any role on the Council of Ministers or within Scrutiny.

The office of Senator – the name was derived from the Roman Senate (parliament) – was first created in 1948 when reform of the States resulted in the removal of Jurats.

Jurats were replaced by Senators, who were originally elected for a nine-year term. This was reduced to six years in 1966.

The election for Senators takes place on Wednesday, 15 October, but before then, we will be questioning them on a number of issues of public importance.

We will also be reminding you of how candidates, who are sitting States Members, voted on a number of propositions.

Their answers and voting record will be published in the Jersey Evening Post and here on the thisisjersey website.