:01:16. > :01:21.There'll be 16 new members of Jersey States after yesterday's
:01:21. > :01:24.combined elections, with some big winners and losers. For those with
:01:24. > :01:27.an island-wide mandate, senators, there were two big exits, Foreign
:01:27. > :01:32.Affairs Minister, Freddie Cohen, lost his seat and Senator Terry Le
:01:32. > :01:35.Main is also out after failing to be re-elected as a deputy. But the
:01:35. > :01:40.big story is the island's former Bailiff Sir Philip Bailache, who
:01:40. > :01:50.topped the polls with a record number of votes. Eight out of ten
:01:50. > :02:00.electors voted for him. The results in the order they appear are, Sir
:02:00. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:04.Philip Bailache, 2320.... For many, the end of weeks of work
:02:04. > :02:08.and months of campaigning. And the man who topped the polls, Sir
:02:08. > :02:12.Philip Bailache, will soon be heading back into the chamber.
:02:12. > :02:22.not think I get nervous but there is a thrill every time the result
:02:22. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:27.comes out. Good morning... And this morning, with victory still fresh,
:02:27. > :02:33.the senator elect faced the media. I am very honoured to have been
:02:33. > :02:38.elected by so many members of the public, and I want to use that
:02:38. > :02:43.mandate I have been given to try to bring about some of the changes for
:02:44. > :02:52.which I stood for election. One of those, obviously, is to bring about
:02:52. > :02:59.some changes to the constitution of the States. It was a night of
:02:59. > :03:03.returns. One former deputy will return as a senator after 11,095
:03:03. > :03:06.votes, coming 4th. A number of people who have supported me
:03:07. > :03:11.politically suggested I should stand for deputy. It would be an
:03:11. > :03:15.easy entry to the States, but I did not want that. I served as deputy
:03:15. > :03:21.for two terms and I said when I stepped down that if I came back I
:03:21. > :03:26.would seek an island-wide mandate. Ian Gourst moves to the senatorial
:03:26. > :03:31.benches after finishing second. am pleased with the result, as it
:03:31. > :03:36.stands. I hope I have put my record before the electorate. That record
:03:36. > :03:40.shows that I am a person who makes balanced judgments, uses common
:03:40. > :03:44.sense, tries to involve as many people as possible in Decisions,
:03:44. > :03:51.and I believe that is probably why I have got the result that I have
:03:51. > :03:57.so far. And there is a return to the States
:03:57. > :04:01.for another sitting senator. It has been a fantastic night. I hoped to
:04:01. > :04:08.be third. That was my ambition. The electorate have achieved that for
:04:08. > :04:12.me and I was delighted that I actually came in that place, so
:04:12. > :04:21.fantastic. The big news, the ousting of Freddie Cohen, finishing
:04:21. > :04:24.six and losing his senatorial seat. This is the end. I have served for
:04:24. > :04:28.six years and the Ireland took the view that they do not want me to
:04:28. > :04:31.continue. That is the nature of democracy, the beauty of democracy,
:04:31. > :04:36.and I will not be coming back and having another go at politics. I
:04:36. > :04:40.will go off and do something else. These are the chosen four. The test
:04:40. > :04:44.for them now will be to live up to their election promises.
:04:44. > :04:51.Amy Harris has been out and about meeting some of the new incumbents
:04:51. > :04:55.and caught up with Sir Philip a short while ago.
:04:55. > :04:59.For all those elected this will be their new office for the next three
:04:59. > :05:02.years. The first decision they'll have to make after they're sworn in
:05:02. > :05:05.on the 14th November is choosing a Chief Minister. Several politicians
:05:05. > :05:11.have said they're considering it, Senator Alan Breckon, Deputy Ian
:05:11. > :05:15.Gorst and Senator Philip Ozouf the treasury minister. But the big
:05:15. > :05:25.question, of course, is will the poll topper Sir Philip Bailache go
:05:25. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:30.for it? So, Sir Philip, will you? The honest answer to that at the
:05:30. > :05:34.moment is that I do not know. I did not stand for politics in order to
:05:34. > :05:38.become Chief Minister. I stood because I wanted to see reforms in
:05:38. > :05:43.the constitution of the States and changes to the way in which the
:05:43. > :05:48.States operate, to make it more efficient and effective. They are a
:05:48. > :05:53.number of ways in which that can be achieved. -- there are a number of
:05:53. > :05:57.ways. I am talking to people at the moment and examining the options.
:05:57. > :06:02.If you stand and you are successful, who would you bring into the
:06:02. > :06:06.Council of Ministers? That is a little hypothetical at the moment.
:06:07. > :06:11.I will say that I think the way in which the Council of Ministers
:06:11. > :06:15.itself operates has to change, too. There has to be much greater co-
:06:15. > :06:20.operation between ministers. There has to be a sense of collective
:06:20. > :06:25.responsibility, because without that the Council of Ministers
:06:25. > :06:29.appears at discordant and unable, really, to govern. We will wait to
:06:29. > :06:33.see what happens there. And a little bit later in the programme I
:06:34. > :06:38.will be quizzing another politician who has also said he will be
:06:38. > :06:41.standing for Chief Minister. Stay tuned for that.
:06:41. > :06:45.St Helier was the only parish which didn't see Sir Philip top the
:06:45. > :06:49.Senatorial voting, and it also had its fair share of surprises in the
:06:49. > :06:52.deputy elections, with some new faces. It certainly wasn't a fresh
:06:52. > :07:02.broom throughout though, with some old hands receiving another vote of
:07:02. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:09.confidence from the electors. you for voting.
:07:09. > :07:12.Canvassing for votes right up to the very last minute. The 23
:07:12. > :07:16.candidates going for 10 seats in St Helier, the biggest parish, had a
:07:16. > :07:21.lot at stake and did their best to smile through the nerves. Shortly
:07:21. > :07:24.after 8pm the doors closed and the counting began. And it wasn't long
:07:24. > :07:34.before the first shock was felt across the parish, as Paul Le
:07:34. > :07:37.Claire lost his seat in St Helier One. Unfortunately, the reality is
:07:37. > :07:42.there is a covert group of politicians working together to get
:07:42. > :07:45.politicians into the States, which you can understand. They have their
:07:45. > :07:49.vested interests. I do not think that is healthy.
:07:49. > :07:56.For the victors it was their chance to bask in the limelight, none more
:07:56. > :08:01.than newcomer James Baker who topped the poll. I have been
:08:01. > :08:05.elected and my mandate is to represent them adequately. I stood
:08:05. > :08:09.on reform, having a more unified house and creating cohesion. That
:08:09. > :08:13.is my background and that is what I hope to be able to do.
:08:13. > :08:22.There was also to be a big surprise at St Helier 2, as Debbie De Souza
:08:22. > :08:26.lost her seat along with Senator Terry Le Main. I am disappointed,
:08:26. > :08:30.but I will be 72 soon and I have lots of things I have not been able
:08:30. > :08:35.to do over the years. I will enjoy my retirement and take a keen
:08:35. > :08:44.interest in what is going on politically.
:08:44. > :08:47.The party was in full swing as another newcomer topped the poll.
:08:47. > :08:51.want to roll up my sleeves and get stuck in, do the things I have been
:08:51. > :08:54.dreaming of for the last three years. This is an opportunity for
:08:54. > :09:03.change in Jersey. And at St Helier 3, Richard Rondel
:09:03. > :09:08.took his first seat in the states. It is now for me to try to deliver
:09:08. > :09:12.what I said in my manifesto, particularly GS tea on food, which
:09:12. > :09:15.people are not happy with. So to recap the deputies for St
:09:15. > :09:18.Helier are James Baker, Trevor Pitman and Judy Martin. Rod Bryans,
:09:18. > :09:26.Shona Pitman and Geoff Southern. Jackie Hilton, Andrew Green,
:09:26. > :09:30.Richard Rondel, and Mike Higgins. The first constable to hold a
:09:30. > :09:33.ministerial post lost his job last night. St Brelade voters decided
:09:33. > :09:37.that Constable Mike Jackson wasn't looking after their parish in the
:09:37. > :09:47.way that they wanted and chose newcomer Stephen Pallett instead.
:09:47. > :09:47.
:09:47. > :09:51.Roisin Gauson reports. Reassurance for some at the tail
:09:51. > :09:56.end of polling. Candidates had spent 12 hours greeting voters,
:09:56. > :10:05.their fate to be decided by the contents of these ballot slips,
:10:05. > :10:09.soon to be countered by the waiting team. The results are,...
:10:09. > :10:16.It was a close call, but the sitting deputies held on, despite a
:10:16. > :10:20.strong challenge. It shows that it is difficult to displace a sitting
:10:20. > :10:26.deputy, without doubt. We had a fair fight but it was not to be
:10:26. > :10:33.tonight. Elsewhere, the first upset of the evening. John Young took the
:10:33. > :10:39.deputy's seat. Do you know what it says? Eight missed calls. Hello,
:10:39. > :10:43.sweetheart. I know! I am pleased the result is close,
:10:43. > :10:48.because everybody has come out of this with great credit. I am
:10:48. > :10:53.delighted, obviously, to have one. Unexpected, but I promise I will
:10:53. > :10:58.deliver. As the shape of Jersey's new government became clear,
:10:58. > :11:03.celebrations began, and then the biggest scalp of the evening. Mike
:11:03. > :11:07.Jackson lost his post. That is politics, and if you get involved
:11:07. > :11:13.in politics, you have to accept that as one of the risks. Yes, it
:11:13. > :11:17.is a disappointment but life goes on. It is an enormous result.
:11:17. > :11:21.Something I was not expecting. It is a change and I will have to get
:11:21. > :11:25.my head round it. But I am up for it. I have always said it is the
:11:25. > :11:32.right time for me. Tonight, the people have made a clear vote for
:11:32. > :11:36.change. The victors vowed to support each other as they
:11:36. > :11:39.canvassed for votes. Their party continues in a nearby bar, and they
:11:39. > :11:47.have told me there will be big changes ahead in the way the parish
:11:47. > :11:51.is run. The elections in Jersey have been
:11:51. > :11:55.historic in many ways but history was certain made in the parish of
:11:55. > :11:59.St Ouen last night. It was the first election of a constable there
:11:59. > :12:05.for more than 100 years. Meanwhile, the embattled Education Minister
:12:05. > :12:11.retained his seat. A last - to make their voice heard
:12:11. > :12:17.in an historic election for Jersey. And for St Ouen. It is important.
:12:17. > :12:21.If not everyone comes out to vote, we will not have what we want.
:12:21. > :12:26.think we ought to. We will hopefully make sure we put the
:12:26. > :12:33.right people in. Soon, the voting was over. I declare that the
:12:33. > :12:37.polling at St Ouen's is closed. the action moved upstairs to the
:12:37. > :12:41.counting room. They are hard at work here, counting the Constable
:12:41. > :12:45.votes, which is a historic moment because it is the first time in 108
:12:45. > :12:52.years there has been an election for a constable in St Ouen. Waiting
:12:52. > :13:02.nervously downstairs, the men vying for the post. Friends, neighbours,
:13:02. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:12.but tonight up against each other. All that they could do was to hope.
:13:12. > :13:15.
:13:15. > :13:22.Joy, and a place in the history books for Michael Patrick, who beat
:13:22. > :13:27.his competitor by over 500 votes. It is fantastic to have support
:13:27. > :13:33.from the parishioners behind me. I am elated. I did not expect that
:13:33. > :13:39.sort of amount that I have come in by. Also a triumph for St Ouen
:13:39. > :13:43.deputy and Education Minister, James Reed, retaining his seat.
:13:43. > :13:46.think I have been fairly honoured by the result I have achieved
:13:46. > :13:51.tonight and look forward to continuing to serve the parish over
:13:51. > :13:57.the next three years. Celebrations in St Ouen for deputy James Reed,
:13:57. > :14:00.and these scenes are sure to have been replicated in the other camp,
:14:00. > :14:08.as a historic success was celebrated and in good
:14:08. > :14:11.sportsmanship, friends were retained.
:14:11. > :14:16.Our political analyst spent the night watching the results as they
:14:17. > :14:20.came in. He joined me and I asked if Jersey had seen a good turnout.
:14:21. > :14:25.Yes, one of the highest turnouts for some considerable time. What
:14:25. > :14:29.has happened with both elections for senators and deputies, and for
:14:29. > :14:32.Constable's, on the same day, is that it has lifted the turnout for
:14:32. > :14:37.the deputy's up to the level that we have habitually had for
:14:37. > :14:41.senatorial elections in Jersey. we are still down on other
:14:41. > :14:45.jurisdictions. Yes, it has lifted jersey off the bottom but it is
:14:45. > :14:52.nowhere near the 61.9% turnout in the Isle of Man a few weeks ago in
:14:52. > :14:55.their general election. There were some records broken looking at the
:14:55. > :14:59.senatorial candidates. In terms of the senatorial candidates, Sir
:14:59. > :15:05.Philip Bailache of the highest number of votes ever recorded for
:15:05. > :15:14.the senatorial candidate since 1948. Putting that another way, 80% of
:15:14. > :15:18.the people who cast a vote, cast a vote for Sir Philip Bailache.
:15:18. > :15:21.strange thing with the system is that the States are still sitting
:15:21. > :15:26.so you effectively have deputies and senators who are no longer in
:15:26. > :15:30.power, effectively, but they are in power. The States are never
:15:30. > :15:36.actually dissolved. We were have to wait until 2014 for the whole
:15:36. > :15:40.States to go and be up for election in one go. The result is that the
:15:40. > :15:44.States still being in session, people who are leaving the States,
:15:44. > :15:51.or who have been rejected by the electorate, will be making some
:15:51. > :15:54.quite major decisions. For example, the Budget, still going through.
:15:54. > :15:57.The question of the assistant ministers, the proposition to
:15:57. > :16:00.extend the number of assistant ministers and move part way back
:16:00. > :16:07.towards a committee system, in effect, the machinery of government.
:16:07. > :16:11.And thirdly, the method by which the new States will, by open ballot,
:16:11. > :16:16.elect the next Chief Minister. So this is slightly odd. It will be
:16:16. > :16:24.interesting to see what happens. Thank you.
:16:24. > :16:30.You are watching the BBC and Channel Islands. Later:
:16:30. > :16:33.We meet the newly elected singing Constable.
:16:33. > :16:36.First in other news - A woman in Guernsey has been released on
:16:36. > :16:41.police bail without charge following an incident at the Genats
:16:41. > :16:45.estate on Tuesday. Armed police sealed off the area for six hours.
:16:45. > :16:55.At the time they said they had fears over the safety of both the
:16:55. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :16:59.woman and a baby. Guernsey's tax strategy was back on
:17:00. > :17:04.the agenda for EU officials today. The meeting focused on the progress
:17:04. > :17:08.made to reform the system used to tax business. Guernsey's finance
:17:08. > :17:14.industry is watching closely after proposals to alter the regime in
:17:14. > :17:17.Jersey were approved last month. The amount paid into the Jersey's
:17:17. > :17:21.social-security fund by the States had to go up last year because
:17:21. > :17:25.contributions from employees and employers fell. The economic
:17:25. > :17:30.downturn is being blamed, as 1000 fewer people were working in the
:17:30. > :17:33.Ireland than in 2009. And a delegation from HM Revenue
:17:33. > :17:36.and Customs has visited Jersey to discuss the future of the internet
:17:36. > :17:42.retail industry. There are fears the VAT-free threshold on low-value
:17:42. > :17:45.goods could be abolished by the UK Government. More than 1700 people
:17:45. > :17:49.work for online retailers in the Channel Islands, and changes to the
:17:49. > :17:52.threshold would threaten those jobs. Ministers say nothing you came from
:17:52. > :17:58.the meeting but the industry which sells CDs, health supplements and
:17:58. > :18:02.other products is being kept informed.
:18:02. > :18:04.The keys to a new hospice in Guernsey were handed over today. A
:18:04. > :18:09.multi-million pound facility is nearly finished, with work now
:18:09. > :18:13.taking place inside to kit it out. It will provide rooms for seven
:18:13. > :18:16.patients with terminal illnesses. An additional �1.5 million needs to
:18:16. > :18:24.be raised to pay for the project, but the charity is confident it
:18:24. > :18:27.will make a huge difference to patients. Individually, they will
:18:28. > :18:32.feel comfortable. In a difficult circumstance, they will feel
:18:32. > :18:37.relaxed, because the design of the building is primarily to give
:18:37. > :18:43.comfort and, if you like, a pleasant environment for that
:18:43. > :18:47.individual to stay in. So I think they will really love it.
:18:47. > :18:54.Before a round-up of the rest of Jersey's election results, we cross
:18:54. > :18:58.live to Amy Harris, who was with another Chief Minister hopeful.
:18:58. > :19:01.Earlier here in the Royal Square I was joined by Sir Philip Bailache,
:19:01. > :19:04.who is considering standing for Chief Minister. He is one of a
:19:05. > :19:08.number of politicians who have said they will consider doing just that.
:19:08. > :19:14.But there is only one politician who has definitely said he will
:19:14. > :19:19.throw his hat into the ring. I am joined by the Home Affairs Minister.
:19:19. > :19:24.Why have you decided to stand as Chief Minister? Firstly, my hat has
:19:24. > :19:27.been in the ring now for quite a long time. I think I have a very
:19:27. > :19:31.good chance of being elected for this post and I think I am the best
:19:31. > :19:35.person of the current crop of politicians to take on this post.
:19:35. > :19:41.Do you think you will be successful. You mention you are popular, but
:19:42. > :19:45.what chance do you think you have? A good chance. Why? Based upon the
:19:45. > :19:50.number of people I know who will support me, who have declared their
:19:50. > :19:53.support already, and based on the balance of the people in the States,
:19:53. > :19:58.and based upon the expectation of the order in which other candidates
:19:58. > :20:02.might be eliminated. The last two chief ministers left office before
:20:02. > :20:07.another election, so the electorate could not judge them. Will you stay
:20:07. > :20:10.on? They left because they had come to the end of their career. Thus
:20:10. > :20:15.far, people have become Chief Minister at the end of their career.
:20:15. > :20:19.My intention, if elected to the post, would be only to do it for
:20:19. > :20:23.three years. I think it is asking a great deal of anybody to do it for
:20:23. > :20:27.seven years. But I do not discount the possibility that I might offer
:20:27. > :20:33.myself back to the electorate as a senator, to play a more subsidiary
:20:33. > :20:39.role. Thank you very much. We will wait to see who else will stand
:20:39. > :20:42.alongside him for the position of Chief Minister. And we still have
:20:42. > :20:47.to wait, the old States will still be sitting at the beginning of
:20:47. > :20:51.November twice to decide things like the budget next year. So the
:20:51. > :20:56.new States will next sit on 14th November, which will be for members
:20:56. > :21:00.to be sworn in, and for them to choose their all-important Chief
:21:00. > :21:07.Minister. So although the elections may be over, the politics is only
:21:07. > :21:11.just beginning. Well, we have brought you the
:21:11. > :21:14.results from three of Jersey's biggest parishes. Here is Betty
:21:14. > :21:24.Williams with a round-up from the remaining nine, and watch out for
:21:24. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:40.The first to be just -- voted in I was a deputy for 10 years
:21:40. > :21:43.previously and was noted for getting on with the job, doing my
:21:43. > :21:53.homework and are not taking no for an answer. I think that went a long
:21:53. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:10.way towards people voting for me It turned out it was not to be so.
:22:10. > :22:20.Very relieved it is over. I feel good. I have put in a lot of hard
:22:20. > :22:24.work, lots of canvassing. # There is a spot that I love, that
:22:24. > :22:30.I cannot forget. # and Jersey is now looking more
:22:30. > :22:36.beautiful than ever, as she becomes the new Constable of St Saviour.
:22:36. > :22:42.The dairy farmer known for singing Beautiful Jersey on Liberation Day
:22:42. > :22:46.One by around 200 votes. It feels wonderful. It has been nerve-
:22:46. > :22:50.racking. It is very difficult to oust a sitting Constable, but I am
:22:50. > :22:55.very pleased. I worked very hard and my grandson has worked hard
:22:55. > :23:01.with me. It is lovely. But the disappointment from a rival's camp
:23:01. > :23:11.was clear. It is a disappointment, but that is democracy. They have
:23:11. > :23:14.
:23:14. > :23:20.voted and I am quite happy to accept the decision they have made.
:23:20. > :23:25.Other deputies all kept their seats. policies that I have been
:23:25. > :23:30.associated with, like reform and change. Hopefully it will be a good
:23:30. > :23:35.positive States and we will see some real change. Whilst there was
:23:35. > :23:43.no change in the St Saviour's deputy seats, she really stole the
:23:43. > :23:51.show, as the new Constable. As they say in my song, there is a spot
:23:51. > :23:56.that I love that I cannot forget. That is St Saviour has parish.
:23:56. > :23:59.Won more equally happy winner, although she did not sing, was
:23:59. > :24:09.former BBC and ITV journalist Christina Moore, elected deputy for
:24:09. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:12.St Peter. Here she is in her BBC days. She got double the number of
:24:12. > :24:15.votes of the second-placed candidate. I enjoyed being the
:24:15. > :24:19.other side of the microphone. It is strange to be here being
:24:19. > :24:23.interviewed. It is not something I thought I would do, but it is
:24:23. > :24:27.something I felt compelled to do over the last couple of years,
:24:27. > :24:31.because I guess or observing the States quite closely you can feel a
:24:31. > :24:36.little frustrated by a lack of progress and productivity and some
:24:36. > :24:45.of the behaviour we have seen. Time for the topic that we talk
:24:45. > :24:49.about even more than politics, the After a cold night last night, the
:24:49. > :24:54.Channel Islands will warm up towards the weekend. South-east
:24:54. > :24:58.winds bringing slightly milder air. Overnight tonight, temperatures
:24:58. > :25:01.getting down to single figures. Tomorrow we will find the mild air
:25:02. > :25:05.beginning to arrive. The high pressure moves away overnight and
:25:05. > :25:11.allows the wind to come from the south, the south-west, with milder
:25:11. > :25:15.air coming our way. By the time we reach Saturday, a genuine southerly
:25:15. > :25:20.wind will bring warm air from France, Spain and Portugal. This
:25:20. > :25:25.evening and overnight, some clear sky around. Along the coast line,
:25:25. > :25:28.probably no lower than 10 or 11 degrees. It is going to be very
:25:28. > :25:32.light winds to start, but through the day the winds will pick up.
:25:32. > :25:38.They will be severely. By the time we get into the afternoon, more
:25:38. > :25:48.sunshine and more of a breeze, temperatures up to 15. On to the
:25:48. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:10.The forecast as we move through and including the weekend is for the
:26:10. > :26:15.breeze to freshen up. The wind will be severely on Saturday. We may get
:26:15. > :26:19.temperatures up to 16 on Saturday afternoon. By Sunday, there is a
:26:20. > :26:23.lot of cloud, but notice the strength of the wind. That will be
:26:24. > :26:29.possibly touching gale force at times. Similar conditions on Monday,
:26:29. > :26:33.but also outbreaks of rain setting and to accompany the strong winds.