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04 SeptStamp duty on buy-to-let and second homes regraded from Mixed to Kept after the vote that delivered it was found unlinked; Long-Term Care cap ruling stands, with the December 2025 vote added.— Stephen Ahier04 SeptSustainable finance promise regraded from No recorded vote to Kept after a reader challenge found the amendment that delivered it, which she lodged herself, unlinked.— Hilary Jeune04 SeptTwo further verdict-based promises revised after reader challenges: constituency surgeries regraded Partial to Delivered; Equalities Minister regraded Outstanding to In progress.— Hilary Jeune
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Karen Margaret Wilson

Deputy for St Clement · Independent

Member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive committee · President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee · Member of the Privileges and Procedures Committee · Chair of Public Accounts Committee · Member of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Steering Committee

Karen Margaret Wilson

Karen Margaret Wilson was first elected to the States Assembly as Deputy for St Clement in 2022. She served as Minister for Health and Social Services from 2022 to 2024, before moving to scrutiny roles including membership of the Public Accounts Committee, the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel, the Hospital Review Panel, and the Family Friendly Scrutiny Review Panel. Re-elected for St Clement in 2026, she now chairs the Public Accounts Committee, serves as President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee, and holds membership of the Privileges and Procedures Committee, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Jersey Branch) Executive Committee, and the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians British Islands and Mediterranean Region Steering Committee.

For her current term, Wilson campaigned on securing a fairer share of public resources for St Clement and maintaining a strong collaborative voice for the parish in the Assembly. Her specific pledges include fighting for better facilities and opportunities for young people, improving housing conditions, and pressing for investment in local roads and drainage. She also committed to pushing for smarter planning that protects homes, green spaces, and parish character, championing access to quality healthcare and community safety, and controlling public expenditure to deliver fairer outcomes without burdening future generations.

Wilson's background is in nursing and healthcare management, and she drew on that professional experience, alongside her record as a former Minister, as a basis for her re-election campaign.

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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. Where no recorded vote bears on a promise, an AI delivery verdict assesses progress against the public record.

Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained

Housing & Planning

1 promise · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Push for smarter planning to protect homes, public spaces and parish character while improving infrastructure access.

    “I will push for smarter planning that protects homes, public spaces and the character of our parish, and that any new development does not make the problems worse, but investment makes getting round easier and safer for everyone.”

    Planning And DevelopmentInfrastructure And Transport
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    Deputy Wilson was re-elected on 7 June 2026 and the 2026-2030 Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026, leaving only approximately eleven weeks before the assessment date of 3 September 2026. No evidence was found of any proposition lodged, written question submitted, scrutiny panel appointment, or ministerial statement by Deputy Wilson in the new term relating to planning policy, parish character protection, or infrastructure access in St Clement. Her States Assembly profile (statesassembly.je) lists no 2026-2030 panel roles or activities connected to these topics, and no independent reporting from the Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, or ITV Channel Television records any relevant action. The verdict reflects the absence of recorded progress, not a failure attributable to length of time — eleven weeks is a very short window for a backbench member to advance a broad planning and infrastructure agenda.

Health & Social Care

1 promise · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Champion better healthcare and community safety while challenging waste and inefficiency in public services.

    “I will continue to be a champion for better health care and community safety and challenge waste and inefficiency in our public services.”

    Health And CarePublic Sector Reform
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Deputy Karen Wilson was re-elected for St Clement on 7 June 2026 and, by 15 July 2026, had been appointed President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee by the new Assembly — a senior oversight role directly aligned with her promise to challenge waste and inefficiency in public services (Jersey Evening Post, 15 July 2026). She also chaired the Public Accounts Committee in the 2022-2026 term, conducting reviews of arm's-length bodies, grants, subsidies and COVID-19 follow-up, demonstrating an established track record of financial scrutiny consistent with the pledge. With the 2026-2030 Assembly having sat for fewer than three months as of the assessment date, substantive delivery of the broader healthcare and community safety championing elements of the promise remains at an early stage.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 08 Sept 2026·P.63/2026 — Reinstate the States Grant to the Social Security Fund (P.63-2026) — Contre6-41

      Reinstating the Social Security Fund grant touches on community safety and welfare support, which partially relates to championing better healthcare and community safety.

      Shown as context only: the link to this promise is too weak to grade.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

1 promise · 0 kept

1recorded vote

1 Contre

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Work to control public expenditure to deliver fairer outcomes for St Clement without burdening future generations.

    “Getting a grip on public expenditure needs to deliver a fairer outcome for the parishioners of St Clement and not stack up problems for future generations to come.”

    Public FinancesParish And Local Government

    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 bears on the promise to deliver fairer outcomes for residents without burdening future generations, as it restores a funding stream that supports social security commitments central to that balance.

      Considered and set aside: this vote has not been adjudicated as a clear breach.

Infrastructure & Environment

1 promise · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Fight for better youth facilities, improved housing conditions, and investment in roads and drainage in St Clement.

    “A fairer deal for St Clement will include: better facilities and opportunities for young people and families better housing conditions and improvements in maintenance fighting for investment in our infrastructure, roads and drainage.”

    Infrastructure And TransportHousingChildren And Families
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Deputy Karen Wilson was re-elected for the 2026-2030 term on 7 June 2026, with the new Assembly sitting from 19 June 2026 — giving her only about eleven weeks in the new term by the assessment date of 3 September 2026. During the prior 2022-2026 term she actively championed all three strands of this promise: she lodged Budget amendments in both November 2024 and December 2025 seeking to accelerate £7.5 million of funding for the Le Squez Youth Centre, both of which were defeated (31-15 and 29-14 respectively), with construction currently scheduled for 2028-2029. On housing and infrastructure, no new St Clement-specific propositions or ministerial commitments attributable to her 2026-2030 mandate have yet been reported by the JEP, Bailiwick Express or States Assembly records, reflecting the very short window since re-election rather than any abandonment of the agenda.

Governance & Public Services

2 promises · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Continue to represent St Clement's interests with a collaborative voice in the States Assembly.

    “I will continue to make sure there is a strong collaborative voice representing the interests of St Clements in the Assembly.”

    Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Deputy Karen Wilson was re-elected as one of three Deputies for St Clement on 7 June 2026 and took her seat in the new 2026–2030 Assembly, which first sat on 19 June 2026. By July 2026, she had already been appointed President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee by the Assembly, a formal leadership role that demonstrates active engagement across the institution. The promise is an ongoing conduct commitment rather than a discrete deliverable; at barely 11 weeks into the new term, it is too early to assess fulfilment, and no evidence of abandonment or failure has emerged.

  • No recorded voteaspirational

    Commit to listening to residents and delivering practical local solutions if elected.

    “If elected my approach will be a simple one: listen to residents, focus on what matters locally and deliver practical solutions.”

    Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Deputy Karen Wilson was re-elected for St Clement on 7 June 2026 and the new Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026, leaving fewer than three months of the 2026-2030 term elapsed by the assessment date. Within that short window she was appointed President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee (July 2026), a role that involves independent oversight of government on behalf of constituents. Prior to re-election she had demonstrated parish-focused engagement, notably tabling written questions on St Clement flood-risk drainage (March 2026), consistent with the listening-and-local-delivery approach she pledged; no independent evidence yet exists of a structured residents-engagement programme or measurable local delivery specific to the 2026-2030 manifesto promise.

Manifesto · Closed term

Promises, and how they voted — 2022–2026 Assembly

Deputy for St Clement · 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

95%

States participation

8

Promises tracked

95%

of the 863 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly

  • Voted or abstained822
  • Not present for vote41

Set aside from the rate · 29

  • Excused attendance28
  • Declared an interest1

These 29 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. Declaring an interest is the member doing the right thing, and marking them down for it would penalise exactly the behaviour a scorecard should encourage. Reasons are the States Assembly’s own, as published in its voting record.

Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained

Health & Social Care

3 promises · 2 kept

9recorded votes

8 Pour · 1 Contre

  • No recorded votespecific

    Candidate will introduce legislation establishing quality standards for healthcare.

    “Bring forward legislation that sets standards for quality of healthcare”

    Health And CareGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredhigh confidence

    Deputy Wilson served as Minister for Health and Social Services throughout the 2022–2026 term and oversaw the development of the Draft Regulation of Care (Jersey) Amendment Law (P.57/2025), which expressly addressed the recognised gap that 'there is no legislation which sets out general standards that health and social care providers are expected to meet to ensure that health care provided in Jersey is effective' (States Assembly proposition, 2025). The States Assembly passed the Act on 11 November 2025, and it received Royal Assent on 3 February 2026, entering the Register of Jersey as the Regulation of Care (Jersey) Amendment Law 2026. Funding to extend independent regulation to hospital, ambulance and mental health services was also approved in the Government Plan 2023–26 in December 2022, early in Wilson's ministerial tenure.

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will pursue healthcare revitalisation with affordable, needs-based facilities and controlled spending.

    “Revitalise healthcare with facilities that are designed around what we need and can afford and bring the current level of spending under control”

    Health And CarePublic Finances

    6 recorded votes test this promise

    5 Pour · 1 Contre
    • 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 — Pour, voted to deliver49-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Securing funding for medical hosiery and wound dressings is a specific needs-based healthcare provision, advancing the promise of affordable, needs-based healthcare facilities.

    • 08 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(4)(re-issue) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): fourth amendment. Grants to States Funds — Pour, voted to deliver15-25

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Halving the reduction in the States grant to the Social Security Fund preserves healthcare-related social security financing, bearing on the promise of controlled healthcare spending.

    • 10 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(28)(re-issue). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-eighth amendment. Funding for respite care, Part (2) — Pour, voted to deliver8-32

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This is Deputy Wilson's own amendment to redirect funds earmarked for assisted dying into palliative and respite care, directly advancing the promise of needs-based, affordable healthcare with controlled spending.

    • 10 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(28)(re-issue). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-eighth amendment. Funding for respite care, Part (1) — Pour, voted to deliver9-31

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Part 1 of Deputy Wilson's own amendment to redirect assisted-dying funds into palliative and respite care directly advances her promise to pursue healthcare revitalisation with needs-based facilities.

    • 11 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(2). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): second amendment. Health Insurance Fund Contributions — Pour, voted to deliver14-28

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Raising the Health Insurance Fund contribution share would increase funding for healthcare, bearing on the promise to revitalise healthcare with controlled, adequate spending.

    • 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 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach24-20

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Funding free GP visits for full-time students advances affordable, needs-based healthcare access, directly bearing on the promise of healthcare revitalisation with affordable facilities.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to control healthcare spending and design facilities around affordability could reasonably justify voting against an amendment that expands free GP access to students, but it could equally be pursued through other means, making this one specific funding decision insufficient to constitute a clear breach of a general directional commitment.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(23). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-third amendment. Increased Police funding — Contre36-5

      Moving £240,000 from the Health budget to police funding reduces healthcare spending, which could cut across the promise to invest in healthcare revitalisation, though the connection is indirect.

  • Keptaspirational

    Candidate will develop inclusive policies to improve rights, reduce inequality and protect the environment.

    “Design inclusive and socially responsible policies that improve rights and reduce inequality and show care for our communities and environment”

    Disability And InclusionEnvironment And Climate

    3 recorded votes test this promise

    3 Pour
    • 11 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(17). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): seventeenth amendment. Office of the Children's Commissioner for Jersey, 2026 Savings Allocation — Pour, voted to deliver14-26

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Protecting the Children's Commissioner's budget bears on the promise to develop inclusive policies and protect children's rights, advancing the commitment to reduce inequality.

    • 09 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(32). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-second amendment. Environment Departmental Funding, Part 2 only — Pour, voted to deliver44-1

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Restoring Environment department funding advances environmental protection, directly bearing on the promise to protect the environment.

    • 11 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(33)(re-issue). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-third amendment. Arts, Culture and Heritage funding, as amended — Pour, voted to deliver44-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Funding arts, culture and heritage supports inclusive cultural policies, bearing on the promise to develop inclusive policies to improve rights and reduce inequality.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(22). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-second amendment. Victoria Marine Lake, Repair and Maintenance — Abstained2-41

      Funding the Victoria Marine Lake's repair and maintenance touches environmental and community amenity concerns, bearing loosely on the promise to protect the environment.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

2 promises · 2 kept

13recorded votes

3 Pour · 7 Contre · 3 away

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will support improved wages, living conditions, small businesses, hospitality and agriculture.

    “Invest in our most valuable asset – the people who live here – by improving wages, living conditions, support for small businesses and vital industries like hospitality and agriculture”

    Economy And BusinessAgriculture And Fishing

    5 recorded votes test this promise

    3 Pour · 1 Contre · 1 away
    • 20 Sept 2022✓P.80/2022(Amd)(3) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): third amendment. Community Costs Bonus threshold and deadline — Pour, voted to deliver43-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Widening the Community Costs Bonus income threshold supports lower-income residents' living conditions, bearing on the promise to support improved wages and living conditions.

    • 13 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(33) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): thirty-third amendment. Increase revenue expenditure for agriculture and fisheries, Part 2 — Pour, voted to deliver35-1

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Increasing revenue expenditure on agriculture and fisheries directly advances the promise to support agriculture.

    • 11 Dec 2025–P.70/2025 Amd.(26)(re-issue). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-sixth amendment. Inflation adjustment to apprenticeship grants — Absent, did not take a side9-27

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Adjusting apprenticeship grants for inflation supports skills development and worker wages, bearing on the promise to support improved wages and small businesses.

    • 10 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(27)(re-issue). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-seventh amendment. Childcare funding rate — Pour, voted to deliver10-30

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Adding childcare funding raises the rate paid to providers, supporting small hospitality/childcare businesses and improving living conditions for families, bearing on the promise.

    • 20 Sept 2022·P.80/2022(Amd)(5) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): fifth amendment. Extend the temporary Social Security contribution reduction to 31 March 2023 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach14-30

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Extending the temporary reduction in Social Security contributions would support workers' wages and living conditions, bearing on the promise to support improved wages and living conditions.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise supports improved wages and living conditions generally, but voting against a three-month extension of a temporary Social Security contribution reduction is a specific fiscal and timing judgment that does not straightforwardly contradict that broader commitment.

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will pursue a fairer taxation system for Jersey.

    “Develop a fairer approach to taxation”

    Tax And GstPublic Finances

    8 recorded votes test this promise

    6 Contre · 2 away
    • 20 Sept 2022–P.80/2022(Amd)(6)(Re-issue) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): sixth amendment. New personal tax allowance — Absent, did not take a side9-33

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Introducing a new personal tax allowance would make the tax system fairer for lower earners, bearing on the promise of a fairer taxation system.

    • 10 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(5). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): fifth amendment. Upper Earnings Limit, Part 1 (Social Security contributions) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach13-30

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Removing the upper earnings limit on Social Security contributions so higher earners pay on all income advances a fairer contribution system, bearing on the promise of a fairer taxation system.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to "develop a fairer approach to taxation" is a broad, directional commitment, and voting against one specific mechanism—removing the upper earnings limit on Social Security contributions—does not plainly contradict it, as a member could reasonably oppose this particular measure while still pursuing fairer taxation through other means.

    • 11 Dec 2025–P.70/2025 Amd.(14). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): fourteenth amendment. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief — Absent, did not take a side13-26

      Voting Contre delivers this

      Reinstating mortgage interest tax relief primarily benefits higher-earning property owners, which arguably works against a fairer taxation system.

    • 08 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(15). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): fifteenth amendment. Removal of 3% Stamp Surcharge — Contre, voted to deliver2-42

      Voting Contre delivers this

      Removing the stamp duty surcharge on second and buy-to-let homes reduces a progressive property tax measure, which arguably works against a fairer taxation system.

    • 26 Nov 2024✓P.51/2024 Amd.(28).Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): twenty-eighth amendment (P.51/2024 Amd.(28)), amendment. Removal of stamp duty surcharge on second homes — Contre, voted to deliver30-14

      Voting Contre delivers this

      The amendment to remove the stamp duty surcharge on second homes would roll back a progressive property tax, working against a fairer taxation system.

    • 13 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(19) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): nineteenth amendment. Investment of stamp duty uplift into first time buyer funds — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach12-34

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Investing stamp duty uplift from second homes into first-time buyer funds uses progressive property taxation to support fairness in housing access, bearing on a fairer tax system.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to develop a fairer taxation system is a broad, directional commitment, and voting against one specific amendment about allocating stamp duty revenue to first-time buyer funds does not plainly contradict it, as the member could hold differing views on whether this particular mechanism constitutes fairer taxation or prefer alternative approaches.

    • 20 Sept 2022·P.80/2022(Amd)(4) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): fourth amendment. Replace the 20% standard rate of personal income tax with 25% for all but High Value Residents — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach11-34

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Replacing the standard 20% income tax rate with 25% (with marginal relief) to eliminate the flat-rate advantage is a direct test of pursuing a fairer taxation system.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to "develop a fairer approach to taxation" is a broad directional commitment, and voting against one specific proposal to restructure personal income tax rates does not plainly contradict it, since a member could reasonably oppose this particular mechanism while still pursuing fairer taxation through other means.

    • 10 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(5). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): fifth amendment. Upper Earnings Limit, Part 2 (Long-Term Care contributions) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach16-28

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Removing the upper earnings limit on Long-Term Care contributions makes higher earners contribute on all income, advancing a fairer taxation and contributions system.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to "develop a fairer approach to taxation" is a general directional commitment, and whether removing the upper earnings limit on Long-Term Care contributions specifically constitutes the required measure of fairness involves a policy judgement rather than a plain contradiction of the stated promise.

Infrastructure & Environment

1 promise · 1 kept

2recorded votes

1 Pour · 1 Contre

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will invest in digital technology and skills development to improve productivity and public services.

    “Improve productivity and customer care through investment in digital technology and the skills of islanders”

    Digital And ConnectivityEducation

    2 recorded votes test this promise

    1 Pour · 1 Contre
    • 28 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(3).Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): third amendment (P.51/2024 Amd.(3)), amendment. Statistics Jersey Funding — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach22-21

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Funding Statistics Jersey supports the data and digital infrastructure underpinning productivity and public service improvement, bearing on the promise to invest in digital technology and public services.

      Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The promise concerns digital technology and skills development, whereas the motion decided funding arrangements for Statistics Jersey, which is a different subject with no evident connection to the promised commitment.

    • 11 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(18). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): eighteenth amendment. Statistics Jersey, Administrative Support Funding — Pour, voted to deliver18-25

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Administrative support funding for Statistics Jersey sustains the statistical capacity that supports data-driven public service improvement, bearing on the promise to invest in digital skills and public services.

Governance & Public Services

2 promises · 1 kept

4recorded votes

3 Pour · 1 Contre

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will work to restore ministerial political control and increase civil service accountability.

    “Restore political control to Ministers and improve the accountability of the civil service”

    Governance And ConstitutionPublic Sector Reform
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence

    Deputy Wilson served as Minister for Health and Social Services under Chief Minister Moore from July 2022 until the government's fall in January 2024, giving her direct executive leverage on her promise. Within that role she lodged proposition P.86/2023 in June 2023 to establish an independently chaired HCS Advisory Board, explicitly framed as creating 'clear lines of accountability' and remedying a situation where the minister 'single-handedly' held executive directors to account; the States Assembly approved it. However, the board attracted serious criticism for cost (a fellow minister resigned citing 'indefensible misuse of taxpayers' money'), the Commissioner for Standards found Wilson had breached conduct rules during her tenure, and she lost the Health Ministry when the Moore government was ousted in January 2024. No evidence was found of a broader cross-government proposition or initiative by Wilson targeting civil service accountability and ministerial control beyond her health-sector work, meaning the wider manifesto goal went largely unaddressed at the systemic level.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(18). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): eighteenth amendment. Statistics Jersey, Administrative Support Funding — Pour18-25

      Funding Statistics Jersey's administrative support relates to government accountability infrastructure, touching the promise to increase civil service accountability.

    • 28 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(3).Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): third amendment (P.51/2024 Amd.(3)), amendment. Statistics Jersey Funding — Contre22-21

      Funding for Statistics Jersey supports independent data that underpins civil service accountability, bearing indirectly on the promise to increase accountability.

      Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The promise concerned restoring ministerial political control and civil service accountability, while the motion decided a specific funding amendment for Statistics Jersey within a budget plan, which has no clear connection to that governance commitment.

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will address inequality in residency rights and improve conditions for Jersey residents.

    “Tackle inequality in residency rights and create better conditions for people to build their lives in Jersey”

    Population And MigrationSocial Security And Benefits

    4 recorded votes test this promise

    3 Pour · 1 Contre
    • 21 Sept 2022·P.80/2022(Amd)(2) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): second amendment. Residential rent controls — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach9-35

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Introducing residential rent controls would directly improve conditions for Jersey residents, bearing on the promise to address inequality and improve conditions for residents.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns inequality in residency rights and conditions for residents broadly, while the motion was one specific policy mechanism (temporary rent controls) that relates to living conditions but is not the only or obvious way to deliver such a general commitment, and a member could reasonably oppose rent controls while still pursuing the broader promise through other means.

    • 09 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(31). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-first amendment. Empty Residential Properties, as amended — Pour, voted to deliver41-3

      Voting Pour delivers this

      An amendment on empty residential properties addresses housing availability for Jersey residents, bearing on the promise to improve conditions and address inequality in residency.

    • 10 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(29). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-ninth amendment. Le Squez — Pour, voted to deliver14-29

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Funding for Le Squez (a residential estate) relates to improving conditions for Jersey residents, touching the promise on improving residents' conditions.

    • 10 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(21). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): twenty-first amendment. Delivering the £500,000 commitment for Neighbourhood Regeneration in St. Helier — Pour, voted to deliver42-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Delivering neighbourhood regeneration funding in St. Helier directly improves conditions for Jersey residents, bearing on the promise to improve conditions for residents.

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