Reform Jersey

Reform Jersey
Chairman Senator Sam Mézec
Vice-chairman Deputy Geoff Southern
Secretary Anne Southern
Treasurer David Eves
Founded 2012 (registered as party on 4 July 2014)
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
Colours Red & Blue
UK affiliation none
States Assembly
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Website
http://www.reformjersey.je/

Reform Jersey is a social-democratic political party in Jersey, an island Crown dependency of the British crown. It is currently the only registered political party in Jersey.

History

Founded in 2012 as a pressure group by Nick Le Cornu, Montfort Tadier, Jasen Cronin & Sam Mézec,[1] on 24 April 2014 it was announced that it would become a party to contest the 2014 general election scheduled for October.[2] The organisation was legally registered as a political party at the Royal Court on 4 July 2014.[3][4] Reform Jersey member Deputy Nick Le Cornu was expelled from the party in September 2014.[5]

For the 2014 general election on 15 October 2014, Reform Jersey put up 8 candidates. However, only their serving States Members were re-elected. Those were Deputies Sam Mézec, Montfort Tadier and Geoff Southern.[6]

In the 2018 general election on 16 May 2018, the party returned 4 deputies (including new deputies Robert Ward and Carina Alves), with Sam Mézec gaining a senatorial seat.[7]

Policies

The party states its support for a 'living wage', progressive taxation, 26 weeks statutory maternity leave, construction of affordable housing, and democratic reform of the States of Jersey[8] and the parish system[9]. Reform Jersey has also supported and campaigned for the legalisation of same-sex marriage,[10] and organised a rally in support of equal marriage on the 12th of July 2014[11][12] prior to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Jersey on the 1st of July 2018. Reform Jersey's 2018 election manifesto, Working For A Fairer Island[13], promised tax reform, grants to cover the cost of university tuition fees, a rent freeze on the social housing sector, an empty property tax, and electoral reform of the States of Jersey to introduce one type of States member elected in equal-size constituencies. It also expressed support for a universal healthcare system, free at the point of use, and promised to reduce the cost of GP visits. The manifesto also supported the conservation of Jèrriais.

References

  1. ↑ "The Blog of Deputy Sam Mézec: Reform Jersey". Sammezec.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  2. ↑ "BBC News - Deputies line up Jersey's only political party". Bbc.co.uk. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  3. ↑ Tom Gruchy (2014-07-04). "Tom Gruchy: "Reform Jersey" - first political party since 1204 registered on 4 July 2014 in the Royal Court - (Samedi Division on a Friday)". Tomgruchy.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  4. ↑ "Campaign group becomes political party - Jersey News from ITV Channel Television". channelonline.tv. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  5. ↑ "Jersey deputy's 'sexist Twitter comments unacceptable'". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  6. ↑ "– States of Jersey Elections". Vote.je. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  7. ↑ "Mézec – and Reform – ride the rollercoaster to a Senatorial seat". jerseyeveningpost.com.
  8. ↑ "Reform Jersey : A Political Party for Jersey". Reformjersey.je. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  9. ↑ "The Blog of Senator Sam Mézec: The Parish System - What Democracy?". http://sammezec.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04. External link in |website= (help)
  10. ↑ "BBC News - Gay marriage proposition lodged by Reform Jersey". Bbc.co.uk. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  11. ↑ "Pressure on States to allow same-sex marriage - Jersey News from ITV Channel Television". channelonline.tv. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  12. ↑ "BBC News - Jersey meeting over equal marriage study". Bbc.co.uk. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  13. ↑ "Manifesto 2018 - Reform Jersey website". reformjersey.je. 2018-08-04.
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