States Assembly First Year Review
In the first year of the States of Jersey Assembly since the elections on the 16th May 2018, there have been 16 sittings of the Assembly held over 25 days.
157 votes have been held, of which 143 (91%) were adopted by the Assembly. 89 votes (57%) received no opposition.
Of the 49 States Members, 21 Members hold Ministerial positions and 21 Members hold Scrutiny positions.
Propositions
132 propositions have been submitted to the States Greffe during the first year of the new Assembly, 9 of which were withdrawn. There are 19 propositions awaiting debate in upcoming sittings of the Assembly.
21 States Members have lodged a proposition in their own name (outside of the remit of their Ministerial or panel position), of which 8 are new Members.
| Name | # Active | # Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|
| Carina Alves S* | 1 | 0 |
| Louise Doublet | 1 | 0 |
| Lyndon Farnham M | 1 | 0 |
| Inna Gardiner S* | 1 | 0 |
| Gregory Guida M* | 1 | 0 |
| Russell Labey | 5 | 0 |
| John Le Fondré M | 1 | 0 |
| Mary Le Hegarat S* | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Luce | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Maçon M | 9 | 2 |
| Sam Mézec M | 0 | 1 |
| Kristina Moore S | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Pallett M | 1 | 0 |
| Jess Perchard S* | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Pointon S* | 1 | 0 |
| Geoff Southern M | 2 | 0 |
| Montfort Tadier M | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Vibert S* | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Ward S* | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Wickenden S | 0 | 1 |
| John Young M | 1 | 0 |
M = Holds Ministerial position
S = Holds Scrutiny position
* = New Member
Amendments
14 Members have brought an amendment to another Member's proposition in their own name, including 5 that hold Ministerial positions and 2 new Members.
| Name | # Amendments |
|---|---|
| Simon Crowcroft S | 4 |
| Sarah Ferguson S | 1 |
| John Le Bailly S | 1 |
| John Le Maistre S | 1 |
| Steve Luce | 2 |
| Jeremy Maçon M | 1 |
| Judy Martin M | 1 |
| Deidre Mezbourian | 1 |
| Sam Mézec M | 1 |
| Kirsten Morel S* | 3 |
| Jess Perchard S* | 1 |
| Montfort Tadier M | 2 |
| Scott Wickenden S | 2 |
| John Young M | 1 |
M = Holds Ministerial position
S = Holds Scrutiny position
* = New Member
Questions
There have been 239 oral questions and 395 written questions asked by States Members in the first year of the new Assembly.
Generally, Members holding Ministerial positions do not ask questions of their fellow Ministers. However in the past year, 8 Members holding Ministerial positions have asked questions in the Assembly.
18 Members have not asked a question in the Assembly during the first year. Of those not asking questions, 5 Members do not hold a Ministerial position.
M = Holds Ministerial position
S = Holds Scrutiny position
* = New Member
Participation
On average, States Members each participate in 88.5% of votes in the Assembly, by voting pour, contre or abstained.
There has been 100% attendance of all States Members for only 2 votes (P.18/2019 & P.28/2019), while the lowest participation for a vote was 28 Members (P.112/2018). Over the past year, there has been an average of 43 Members present for voting on a proposition.
14 Members were en defaut at the time of voting, meaning that they were not present for the vote and did not have a vaild reason:
| Name | % Votes En Defaut |
|---|---|
| Sarah Ferguson S | 1.3% |
| Ian Gorst M | 6.4% |
| Gregory Guida M* | 0.6% |
| Carolyn Labey M | 0.6% |
| Russell Labey | 19.1% |
| Philip Le Sueur | 5.7% |
| Steve Luce | 8.9% |
| Jeremy Maçon M | 3.8% |
| Judy Martin M | 6.4% |
| Deidre Mezbourian | 0.6% |
| Susie Pinel M | 10.2% |
| Sadie Rennard S | 3.2% |
| Geoff Southern M | 3.2% |
| Christopher Taylor M | 3.2% |
* = Holds Ministerial position
S = Holds Scrutiny position
* = New Member
The majority of Members did not vote on a proposition in the Assembly at some point during the year, being registered as not present for the vote:
M = Holds Ministerial position
S = Holds Scrutiny position
* = New Member
According to Hansard, the Dean of Jersey has contributed on 2 occasions in relation to oral questions (OQ.78/2018 & OQ.199/2018).