Carina Soares Alves

Deputy for St Helier Central · Reform Jersey

Member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive committee · Chair of Privileges and Procedures Committee

Carina Soares Alves was first elected to the States Assembly in 2018 as Deputy for St Helier No. 2, and has since been re-elected twice as Deputy for St Helier Central. During her first term she served as Vice Chair of the Health and Social Security Panel and held an early stint as Chair of the Privileges and Procedures Committee. In the 2022–2026 term she returned to chair that committee, led the Political Awareness and Education Sub-Committee and the Diversity Forum, and served as Assistant Chief Minister, Assistant Minister for Housing, and Assistant Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning. She now sits for St Helier Central as a member of Reform Jersey, and currently chairs the Privileges and Procedures Committee and serves on the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive Committee.

For her current term, Alves has campaigned on making government systems fairer, more transparent, and better tailored to islanders' everyday needs. Her specific pledges include championing stronger workplace protections for employees and employers, pursuing practical reforms to ease barriers for local businesses, and advocating for a joined-up approach linking health, housing, employment, and community support. She has also committed to responsible public spending focused on genuine need and progressive revenue-raising, and to integrating government digital systems to cut waste and improve transparency in decision-making.

Sources

Official States Assembly register · statesassembly.je
Election manifesto · vote.je
LinkedIn profile · linkedin.com
X (Twitter) · x.com
Facebook · facebook.com
Instagram · instagram.com

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Attendance

Turnout in the States Assembly — 2026–2030 Assembly

The States Assembly records a reason against every non-vote, so being ill, off-island, on parental leave or barred by a declared interest can be told apart from simply not turning up. Absences with an accepted reason are removed from both sides of the rate rather than held against the member.

4 votes in 2026–2030 Assembly so far — fewer than the 10 needed before this scorecard will publish a participation rate. The record to date:

Voted or abstained4

Manifesto

Promises, and how they voted — 2026–2030 Assembly

Grouped by policy area. Each promise carries the recorded States Assembly votes that test it, and whether this member voted to deliver — open any vote for the motion and the reasoning. A vote counts against a promise only where it plainly contradicts it; where a member voted against one particular measure but the breach is arguable, the vote is shown and set aside rather than counted. Promises no recorded vote has borne on yet are marked as untested rather than scored.

Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained

Health & Social Care

1 promise · 0 kept

1recorded vote

1 Contre

No recorded votedirectional
Will advocate for an integrated approach to health, housing, employment and community support.
“I will advocate for a joined-up approach that enables people to access affordable quality help and care when they need it.”
Health And CareSocial Security And Benefits
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Contre
- 08 Sept 2026·P.63/2026 — Reinstate the States Grant to the Social Security Fund (P.63-2026) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach6-41
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Reinstating the States Grant to the Social Security Fund directly advances an integrated approach to employment and community support by restoring funding to the social security system.
  Considered and set aside: this vote has not been adjudicated as a clear breach.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

3 promises · 0 kept

1recorded vote

1 Contre

No recorded votedirectional
Will champion stronger workplace protections for both employees and employers.
“I will champion stronger protections and ensure both employees and employers have the clarity and support they need.”
Economy And BusinessPublic Sector Reform
No recorded vote bears on this promise yet, and no delivery verdict has been generated.
No recorded votedirectional
Will push for practical reforms to reduce barriers and support local businesses.
“I remain committed to pushing practical reforms that make it easier to start, grow, and sustain a business in Jersey.”
Economy And Business
No recorded vote bears on this promise yet, and no delivery verdict has been generated.
No recorded votedirectional
Will pursue responsible public spending focused on need and progressive revenue-raising.
“Responsibly spending public money – focusing on genuine need, addressing long-term underinvestment in services and infrastructure, while also raising revenue through progressive and sustainable decision making – is essential.”
Public Finances
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Contre
- 08 Sept 2026·P.63/2026 — Reinstate the States Grant to the Social Security Fund (P.63-2026) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach6-41
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Reinstating the States Grant to the Social Security Fund is a direct test of commitment to public spending focused on need, restoring a funding stream for those dependent on social security.
  Considered and set aside: this vote has not been adjudicated as a clear breach.

Governance & Public Services

2 promises · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

No recorded votedirectional
Will work to integrate digital systems across government to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
“Improving dialogue and integrating digital systems more effectively across these areas would reduce waste and deliver meaningful efficiencies.”
Public Sector ReformDigital And Connectivity
No recorded vote bears on this promise yet, and no delivery verdict has been generated.
No recorded votedirectional
Will work to make government information more accessible and decision-making more transparent.
“Ensuring information is accessible, communication is clear, and decision-making is transparent, is vital.”
Governance And Constitution
No recorded vote bears on this promise yet, and no delivery verdict has been generated.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 14 Jul 2026·P.62/2026 — Reduced lodging period — Pour42-4
  Reducing the lodging period shortens the time available for public and scrutiny review of propositions, working against more transparent and accessible decision-making.
  Shown as context only: the link to this promise is too weak to grade.
- 14 Jul 2026·P.62/2026 — Take no action on the draft States of Jersey (Ministerial Offices) Amendment Order 202- (P.62-2026) — Pour14-31
  Taking no action on a ministerial offices amendment order would block a governance change, but the motion's connection to transparency and accessible decision-making is only tangential.
  Shown as context only: the link to this promise is too weak to grade.

Manifesto · Closed term

Promises, and how they voted — 2022–2026 Assembly

Deputy for St Helier Central · Independent. This term has closed — shown here as this member's earlier record, not the live one. A vote counts against a promise only where it plainly contradicts it; an arguable breach is shown and set aside rather than counted.

100%

Kept rate

97%

States participation

Promises tracked

96%

of the 860 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly

Voted or abstained834
Not present for vote17
En défaut9

Set aside from the rate · 32

Ill8
Excused attendance24

These 32 ballots are removed from both sides of the rate, not counted as absences. Each is a vote the member either could not cast or was barred from casting. Reasons are the States Assembly’s own, as published in its voting record.

Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained

Health & Social Care

1 promise · 1 kept

4recorded votes

3 Pour · 1 Contre

Keptspecific
Candidate will reintroduce proposals for free GP visits for young people and those with long-term illnesses.
“If re-elected, my first steps would be to bring back proposals for free GP visits for young people as well as for those with long term life illnesses.”
Health And CareCost Of Living
4 recorded votes test this promise
3 Pour · 1 Contre
- 14 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(16) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): sixteenth amendment Multi-morbidity GP consultations — Pour, voted to deliver14-32
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion concerned free GP consultations for people with multi-morbidity (long-term illnesses), which directly overlaps with the promise to reintroduce free GP visits for those with long-term illnesses.
- 14 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(18) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): eighteenth amendment Free GP visits for children and young people — Pour, voted to deliver24-22
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion was specifically about free GP visits for children and young people, which is a direct match to the promise to reintroduce free GP visits for young people.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(18) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): eighteenth amendment. Free GP visits for all full time students — Pour, voted to deliver24-20
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion directly funded free GP visits for full-time students, which is a core part of the promise to reintroduce free GP visits for young people.
- 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(2). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): second amendment. Health Insurance Fund Contributions — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach14-28
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Increasing the share of Social Security contributions allocated to the Health Insurance Fund would expand the funding base for GP visit subsidies in Jersey, materially bearing on the promise to make GP visits free for targeted groups.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerned reintroducing free GP visits for specific groups, while this motion addressed the mechanism of Social Security contribution allocation rates — a related but distinct funding question that a member could reasonably oppose while still pursuing the substantive promise through other means.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 14 Dec 2022·P.97/2022(Amd)(4)(Amd)(Re-issue) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): fourth amendment (P.97/2022. Amd.(4).) – amendment Health Insurance Fund Transfer (P.97/2022 Amd.(4)Amd.) — Contre16-29
  This motion was an amendment to the Health Insurance Fund transfer amendment, touching on the funding mechanism relevant to GP subsidies, but only indirectly bears on the promise about free GP visits.
- 14 Dec 2022·P.97/2022(Amd)(4) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): fourth amendment HIF Transfers (P.97/2022 Amd.(4)) — Pour31-13
  The HIF Transfers amendment relates to the Health Insurance Fund which underpins GP funding, providing indirect budgetary relevance to a promise about free GP visits.
- 12 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(6).Amd.Amd — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): sixth amendment (P.72/2023 Amd.(6)), amendment, amendment. Medical Hosiery and wound dressing funding — Pour49-0
  Funding medical hosiery and wound dressings relates to healthcare costs for people with long-term conditions, touching the broader promise of reducing healthcare costs for those groups, though it concerns a different mechanism than free GP visits.

Governance & Public Services

1 promise · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will work to make government communications clearer, more accessible and consistent for all islanders.
“I will ensure that Government communicates more clearly and in an accessible and consistent way to everyone.”
Governance And ConstitutionPublic Sector Reform
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialhigh confidence
Deputy Alves replied to the pre-launch member review (7 September 2026) pointing to work not visible above because Jersey's official record attributes it to the Chief Minister who lodged it, not to her as the Assistant Minister who proposed it on the floor. Checked directly against the Assembly's own Hansard: P.15/2025 (Control of Housing and Work (Residential and Employment Status) Regulations, adopted 1 April 2025) was lodged by the Chief Minister, but Hansard records the Chief Minister handing over with "Deputy Alves is acting as rapporteur for this item", and she opens the debate as Assistant Chief Minister. P.45/2026 (the Commencement Act bringing those Regulations into force from 14 September 2026), also lodged by the Chief Minister, was proposed by her the same way ("Assistant Chief Minister - rapporteur", Hansard 26 March 2026). Both instruments state their own aim as providing "increased transparency in making future changes" and allowing "digital solutions in supplying and demonstrating a status" — the same substance as the promise, delivered in the one service area (Control of Housing and Work status) where she held delegated responsibility. That is real, adopted, shortly-in-force delivery, but of one government service rather than the "all islanders"/all government communications the promise names, and it came through delegated ministerial authority rather than a personal communications brief — the original finding that she held no executive communications brief stands. Graded partial rather than delivered on that basis. Original sourcing (her 2022 manifesto page, Reform Jersey pre-election statement, April 2026 JEP re-election profile, Assembly member page) is retained below alongside the new Hansard citations.

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