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 Jeune04 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
Max Brennan Andrews was first elected to the States Assembly as Deputy for St Helier North in 2022 and was re-elected to the same seat in 2026. During his first term he served on the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel from 2022 to 2025, the Public Accounts Committee from 2022 to 2024, and the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel from 2024 to 2026. He is currently a back-bench member of the Assembly.
For his second term, Brennan Andrews campaigned on economic growth, fiscal restraint, housing affordability and education. His principal pledges include pursuing reforms to Jersey's zero-ten tax regime while maintaining tax neutrality, cutting regulatory red tape to ease doing business, and continuing work to introduce legislation regulating estate agents with mandatory exams on Jersey law. On public finances, he committed to streamlining the civil service, proposing a long-term funding plan for the Strategic Reserve, and abolishing the upper earnings cap on Social Security contributions. On housing, he pledged to reintroduce mortgage relief and produce a long-term plan to raise homeownership rates. He also proposed expanding the Skills Development Fund for tertiary upskilling and supported building a new campus to replace Highlands College, alongside advocating a net-zero migration rate with targeted external recruitment where domestic labour is unavailable.
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Turnout in the States Assembly — 2026–2030 Assembly
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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
3 promises · 0 kept
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded votespecific
Candidate will continue working to introduce legislation regulating estate agents, including mandatory exams on Jersey law.
“I will continue work to introduce a law to regulate estate agents which will include a requirement for estate agents to undertake exams covering Jersey law.”
HousingGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
Deputy Andrews lodged P.13/2023 in March 2023, but the Council of Ministers stripped the statutory regulatory body element — which would have required estate agents to undertake professional qualifications and exams — leaving only a redress scheme obligation, which passed in April 2023. As of July 2026, the Jersey Evening Post reported that even the redress scheme was not fully implemented, with only two-in-five estate agents signed up to the Property Ombudsman Scheme despite the Assembly mandating it, and no estate-agent-specific legislation covering exam requirements had been introduced. Andrews was re-elected to the 2026-2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026 and no new proposition on the legislative/exam element has been identified in the approximately 15 weeks since the new Assembly sat.
Candidate will support reintroducing mortgage relief for homeowners in Jersey.
“I support the reintroduction of mortgage relief for homeowners.”
HousingTax And Gst
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Mortgage interest tax relief in Jersey was fully phased out from the 2026 year of assessment, having been reduced by £1,500 per year since 2017. A Budget amendment to reinstate it—lodged by Deputy David Warr in December 2025, before Andrews' current term began—was defeated at the December 2025 States sitting. No evidence was found of Deputy Max Andrews lodging any proposition, making any ministerial statement, or taking any other formal action on mortgage relief since the new 2026–2030 Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026. Given the Assembly has been sitting for only approximately 15 weeks, the absence of action does not yet constitute a meaningful failure, but no progress has been recorded.
Candidate will propose a long-term plan aimed at increasing the rate of homeownership in Jersey.
“I will propose a long-term plan to increase the homeownership rate.”
Housing
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Deputy Max Andrews was re-elected on 7 June 2026 and the new 2026–2030 Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026. His manifesto commitment to develop a long-term plan to increase homeownership rates was confirmed in pre-election reporting by Bailiwick Express (May 2026), but no such proposition or ministerial action has been found in States Assembly records or Jersey media in the roughly 100 days since the Assembly convened. The only proposition Andrews has lodged in the new term, as reported by the Jersey Evening Post in September 2026, concerns doubling the Strategic Reserve fund — not homeownership. Given the short window, this reflects no measurable progress rather than outright failure.
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will advocate for abolishing the upper earnings cap on Social Security contributions.
“I advocate the abolition of the upper earnings Social Security cap.”
Social Security And BenefitsTax And Gst
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Deputy Andrews was re-elected on 7 June 2026 and the new 2026–2030 Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026, giving him only approximately three and a half months in the current term by the assessment date of 29 September 2026. No evidence was found of Andrews lodging a proposition, making a ministerial statement, or publicly advocating in the new Assembly specifically for abolition of Jersey's Social Security upper earnings cap (currently set at £331,584 for 2026). The cap remains in force; a prior-term amendment on the same subject (P.70/2025 Amd.(5)) was brought by a different member (Deputy Tom Coles of Reform Jersey) in November 2025, and Andrews' post-election activity has focused on separate Social Security and fiscal matters. The short window since election makes the absence of progress unremarkable rather than a failure.
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) — Pour6-41▾
Reinstating the States Grant to the Social Security Fund addresses Social Security funding through a different mechanism than abolishing the upper earnings cap, but both concern the fund's sustainability; voting against the grant restoration is tangentially related to the promise of reforming contribution structures.
Shown as context only: the link to this promise is too weak to grade.
Education & Families
2 promises · 0 kept
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will support developing a new campus to replace Highlands College.
“I support the development of a new campus to replace Highlands College.”
EducationInfrastructure And Transport
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
Deputy Max Andrews was re-elected to the 2026–2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026 and has held office for only approximately three months as of 28 September 2026. The underlying policy he pledged to support — a new purpose-built Highlands College campus in central St Helier — was already embedded in the government's 25-year 'Investing in Jersey' strategy published in August 2025, with development targeted between 2028 and 2032, and was further endorsed by a Scrutiny Panel review in February 2026. No specific action by Andrews personally on this issue in the new term has been identified, but the broader policy direction he committed to support is actively progressing through government planning; the very short time in office makes this outcome 'in progress' rather than a reflection of inaction.
Candidate will use the Skills Development Fund to upskill and reskill islanders in tertiary education.
“We need to use the Skills Development Fund to upskill and reskill islanders in tertiary education.”
EducationEconomy And Business
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Deputy Max Andrews was re-elected to the 2026–2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026, with the new Assembly formally sitting from 19 June 2026. In the roughly 15 weeks since then, his recorded public activity has centred on fiscal propositions — notably a Strategic Reserve funding plan lodged in September 2026 (Jersey Evening Post, 22 Sept 2026) and a Social Security Fund grant proposition (JEP, 29 July 2026) — with no evidence of any proposition, ministerial engagement, scrutiny work, or written question relating to the Skills Development Fund or tertiary education upskilling. The Jersey Skills Development Fund (a £900,000 rolling budget administered by Skills Jersey) pre-dates this Assembly term and already lists tertiary education pathways as an eligible use, but no specific action by Andrews to expand or redirect it has been identified.
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will prioritise policies aimed at increasing economic productivity and growing the economy.
“I will prioritise policies to increase economic productivity to grow the economy.”
Economy And Business
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
Deputy Max Andrews was re-elected to the 2026–2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026 and, within the new term's first three months, lodged two propositions touching on fiscal sustainability and economic growth: one (debated or scheduled for September 2026) calling for the full States Grant to be restored to the Social Security Fund by reducing government expenditure and increasing economic growth, and a second (scheduled for the October 2026 sitting) requiring the Treasury Minister to develop a long-term plan to rebuild the Strategic Reserve relative to Jersey's GVA. Both propositions explicitly argue that spending cuts and revenue/growth measures are necessary, aligning with the economic-productivity pledge, but neither had yet been debated or delivered as of 28 September 2026. The Assembly only sat from 19 June 2026, so the very short window makes 'in_progress' the fair assessment rather than any criticism of non-delivery.
Candidate will work to reduce regulatory red tape to make it easier to do business in Jersey.
“We must reduce red tape to ease the process of doing business.”
Economy And BusinessPublic Sector Reform
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Deputy Max Andrews was re-elected to the 2026-2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026, with the new Assembly sitting from 19 June 2026 — a window of only approximately 100 days to 28 September 2026. No evidence was found of any proposition, ministerial statement, or formal review specifically targeting the reduction of business regulatory red tape lodged or initiated by Andrews in this term; his post-election legislative activity has centred on fiscal reserves (a proposition to grow the Strategic Reserve, scheduled for October 2026 debate) and government spending. His campaign rhetoric on 'the size and cost of government' and prior record focused on public-sector savings rather than business deregulation specifically, and no scrutiny panel role or other formal vehicle tied to this promise has been reported by the JEP, Bailiwick Express, or States Assembly records.
Candidate will propose a long-term funding plan for Jersey's Strategic Reserve.
“I will propose a long-term funding plan for the Strategic Reserve.”
Public Finances
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progresshigh confidence
Deputy Max Andrews lodged a proposition in September 2026 — within just three months of the new Assembly first sitting on 19 June 2026 — calling on Treasury Minister Alan Maclean to develop a long-term funding plan to grow the Strategic Reserve to between 30% and 60% of Jersey's GVA, with implementation by January 2029. As of 22 September 2026 the proposition was scheduled for debate at the States Assembly sitting commencing 20 October 2026, meaning it had not yet been debated or decided. The promise is therefore actively in progress but not yet delivered.
Candidate will pursue reforms to Jersey's zero-ten tax regime while maintaining tax neutrality and competitiveness.
“I will prioritise reforms to the zero-ten tax regime whilst preserving Jersey's tax neutrality and competitiveness.”
Tax And GstEconomy And Business
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Deputy Max Andrews was re-elected to the 2026-2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026, but no evidence has emerged of him lodging a proposition or publishing a report specifically targeting zero-ten tax reform since the new Assembly sat on 19 June 2026. His post-election parliamentary activity has focused on the Social Security States grant and the Strategic Reserve. Prior to the election, in February 2026, Andrews submitted written questions to the Treasury Minister about zero-ten and corporate tax; the minister and Chief Minister both responded that there were no plans to review the regime, indicating government resistance. While the short time window (roughly 3.5 months) is noted, no in-progress work on this specific manifesto commitment has been publicly reported.
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will advocate for streamlining the civil service to reduce its size.
“I advocate streamlining the civil service because the recruitment of 2,000 additional full-time equivalents between 2018 and 2025 is unsustainable.”
Public Sector ReformPublic Finances
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
Deputy Andrews was re-elected to the 2026–2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026, with the new Assembly sitting from only 19 June 2026 — approximately 14 weeks before today's date. Since re-election he has actively continued to advocate for reduced government expenditure and civil service efficiencies: in July 2026 he lodged a proposition on the Social Security Fund grant explicitly calling on ministers to secure departmental savings and 'deliver efficiencies across government departments,' citing unsustainable public sector growth; and in September 2026 he lodged a Strategic Reserve proposition (scheduled for October debate) again stressing that spending cuts must accompany revenue growth. No standalone proposition specifically targeting civil service FTE reduction has been identified as lodged in the new term, and Andrews holds no ministerial position from which to directly implement such reform; however, the very short window of 14 weeks since the Assembly first sat makes 'outstanding' an unfair characterisation.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
14 Jul 2026·P.62/2026 — Take no action on the draft States of Jersey (Ministerial Offices) Amendment Order 202- (P.62-2026) — Contre14-31▾
Taking no action on a ministerial offices amendment could relate to restraining changes to the ministerial/civil service structure, touching on the promise to streamline the civil service, though the connection is indirect.
Shown as context only: the link to this promise is too weak to grade.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will advocate for a net-zero migration rate while allowing external recruitment where domestic labour is unavailable.
“I advocate a net-zero migration rate. We need to recruit labour externally where labour cannot be sourced domestically in areas such as frontline services.”
Population And Migration
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Deputy Max Andrews was re-elected to the 2026-2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026, with the new Assembly sitting from 19 June 2026 — a window of only approximately three months as of the assessment date. No proposition, ministerial statement, or reported Assembly activity by Andrews on net-zero migration has been identified in that period; his recorded work in the new term relates to fiscal matters such as the Social Security Fund grant and the Strategic Reserve. The broader Jersey policy context also runs counter to his promise: the government's Common Population Policy Annual Report 2025 (published January 2026) explicitly states that Jersey relies on inward migration to maintain its labour force, and population projections published in February 2026 show that net-nil migration would cause a significant population decline and a sharp rise in the dependency ratio.
Deputy for St Helier North · 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.
86%
Kept rate
96%
States participation
10
Promises tracked
96%
of the 892 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly
Voted or abstained858
Not present for vote34
Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained
Housing & Planning
3 promises · 2 kept
20recorded votes
11 Pour · 7 Contre · 2 away
Keptdirectional
Candidate will seek to reduce Andium Homes rental charges.
“I believe Andium Homes rental policy needs to be reduced in consideration of outstanding debt obligations and future borrowing requirements in building new homes.”
HousingCost Of Living
5 recorded votes test this promise
1 Pour · 2 Contre · 2 away
04 Oct 2022✓P.92/2022 — Cost of living crisis – measures affecting Andium Homes rent increases - 'move to next item' proposed by Deputy Inna Gardiner — Contre, voted to deliver19-20▾
Voting Contre delivers this
This motion proposed to move to the next item on Andium Homes rent increases, thus blocking a debate on reducing Andium rents; voting contre would have kept the matter alive in line with the promise.
04 Oct 2022✓P.92/2022 — Cost of living crisis – measures affecting Andium Homes rent increases — Pour, voted to deliver16-24▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion directly concerned measures affecting Andium Homes rent increases, which directly bears on the promise to reduce Andium Homes rental charges.
14 May 2025–P.29/2025 Amd. — Social Rents Plan to Reduce Rental Stress for Tenants (P.29-2025) Amendment — Abstained, did not take a side32-12▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion amended a Social Rents Plan to reduce rental stress for tenants, directly bearing on the promise to reduce Andium Homes rental charges.
14 May 2025–P.29/2025 — Social Rental Plan to Reduce Rental Stress for Tenants (P.29-2025) as amended — Abstained, did not take a side34-4▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion adopted a Social Rental Plan to reduce rental stress for tenants as amended, directly advancing the promise to reduce Andium Homes rental charges.
11 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(22).Amd — Government Plan P72-2023 Amendment 22 Amendment - Abolition of interest relief for landlords — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach31-13▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion concerned abolition of interest relief for landlords (amendment to Government Plan), which is related to housing costs and rental market reform bearing on reducing tenant costs including Andium renters.
Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The promise concerns reducing Andium Homes (social housing) rental charges, while the motion concerns abolishing interest relief for private landlords — these are distinct policy areas with no direct connection to Andium Homes rent levels.
Mixedspecific
Candidate will seek to introduce a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second or additional property purchases.
“I will seek to negotiate a 3 percent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of a second or additional property to constrain demand.”
HousingTax And Gst
9 recorded votes test this promise
5 Pour · 4 Contre
13 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(2) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes (P.97/2022 Amd.(2)) Part 1 — Pour, voted to deliver16-29▾
Voting Pour delivers this
Part 1 of the amendment to impose stamp duty on second homes and buy-to-let properties directly advances the promised 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional property purchases.
13 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(2) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes (P.97/2022 Amd.(2)) Part 2 — Pour, voted to deliver2-42▾
Voting Pour delivers this
Part 2 of the amendment to impose stamp duty on second homes and buy-to-let properties directly advances the promised 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional property purchases.
13 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(2) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes (P.97/2022 Amd.(2)) Part 3 — Pour, voted to deliver2-42▾
Voting Pour delivers this
Part 3 of the amendment to impose stamp duty on second homes and buy-to-let properties directly advances the promised 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional property purchases.
26 Nov 2024✓P.51/2024 Amd.(28) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): twenty-eighth amendment. Removal of stamp duty surcharge on second homes - as amended — Contre, voted to deliver23-24▾
Voting Contre delivers this
This motion sought to remove the stamp duty surcharge on second homes, which would directly undo the surcharge the candidate promised to introduce; voting contre preserves the surcharge.
01 Apr 2025✓P.16/2025 — Increase Stamp Duty for Properties that are not Principal Residences to 5 per cent (P.16-2025) — Pour, voted to deliver3-41▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion proposed to increase stamp duty for properties that are not principal residences to 5%, directly advancing the promise to introduce a stamp duty surcharge on additional property purchases.
27 Mar 2026✓P.51/2026 — Removal of Interest Tax Relief for Buy-to-Let Mortgages (P.51-2026) — Pour, voted to deliver18-21▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion concerned removal of interest tax relief for buy-to-let mortgages, which is a closely related measure to discouraging additional property purchases as promised via stamp duty surcharge.
13 Dec 2022✗P.97/2022(Amd)(2)(Amd) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment (P.97/2022. Amd.(2).) – amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes — Contre, voted against delivering11-34▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion directly proposed a stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-let investments, second homes and holiday homes in the Government Plan, which is precisely what the promise commits to.
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
This motion would remove the 3% stamp duty surcharge on second and additional properties that the candidate specifically promised to introduce, so voting Contre (against removal) directly advances the promise.
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
This motion amended away the removal of the stamp duty surcharge on second homes, meaning voting Pour on the amendment to preserve the surcharge advances the promise, but the motion as framed is the amendment to remove the surcharge - voting Contre advances the promise.
Keptspecific
Candidate will seek to introduce a first-time buyer shared equity scheme funded by ring-fenced stamp duty on properties over £2.5m.
“I will seek to introduce a Homebuyer scheme for first-time buyers by ring-fencing stamp duty from purchased property with a market value over 2.5 million, to provide shared equity loans between 5 to 20 percent of a purchase price, which will be concomitant with a deferral payment upon the sale of such properties.”
HousingTax And Gst
6 recorded votes test this promise
5 Pour · 1 Contre
15 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(11) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): eleventh amendment Ringfenced Stamp Duty (P.97/2022 Amd.(11)) — Pour, voted to deliver17-32▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion concerned a ring-fenced stamp duty amendment in the Government Plan, directly relating to the promise to introduce a first-time buyer scheme funded by ring-fenced stamp duty.
13 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(2) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes (P.97/2022 Amd.(2)) Part 1 — Pour, voted to deliver16-29▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion (Part 1) sought to amend stamp duty on buy-to-let investments, second homes and holiday homes in the Government Plan, bearing on the promise's first-time buyer stamp duty scheme.
13 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(2) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes (P.97/2022 Amd.(2)) Part 2 — Pour, voted to deliver2-42▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion (Part 2) continued the stamp duty amendment on second/buy-to-let homes in the Government Plan, relevant to the promise's ring-fenced stamp duty scheme.
13 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(2) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes (P.97/2022 Amd.(2)) Part 3 — Pour, voted to deliver2-42▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion (Part 3) was the further part of the stamp duty amendment on second homes and buy-to-let investments in the Government Plan, bearing on the promise to introduce ring-fenced stamp duty.
13 Dec 2022·P.97/2022(Amd)(2)(Amd) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): second amendment (P.97/2022. Amd.(2).) – amendment Stamp Duty of buy to let investments second homes and holiday homes — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach11-34▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion proposed a stamp duty amendment on buy-to-let investments and second/holiday homes in the Government Plan, which partially overlaps with the promise's stamp duty ring-fencing mechanism.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The member promised a first-time buyer shared equity scheme funded by ring-fenced stamp duty on properties over £2.5m, but this motion concerned stamp duty on buy-to-let investments, second homes, and holiday homes — a different category of property and a different policy mechanism — so voting against it does not plainly contradict the specific promise made.
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 — Pour, voted to deliver12-34▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion would invest revenue from the higher stamp duty rate on second homes into first-time buyer funds, directly advancing the candidate's promise to create a first-time buyer scheme funded by ring-fenced stamp duty proceeds.
Health & Social Care
1 promise · 1 kept
1recorded vote
1 Pour
Keptdirectional
Candidate will support entitling old age pension recipients to the Home Carer's Allowance.
“Retirees who receive their old age pension should be entitled to the Home Carer's Allowance for the care retirees are responsible for.”
Social Security And BenefitsHealth And Care
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Pour
12 Mar 2026✓P.27/2026 — Assess Affordability of Qualifying State Pensioners receiving Home Carer's Allowance (P.27-2026) — Pour, voted to deliver8-31▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion directly concerned assessing the affordability of qualifying state pensioners receiving Home Carer's Allowance, which directly bears on the promise to support entitling old age pension recipients to the Home Carer's Allowance.
Education & Families
2 promises · 1 kept
2recorded votes
1 Pour · 1 Contre
No recorded voteaspirational
Candidate will support establishing a new university campus in Jersey in the long term.
“In the long term Jersey needs a new University campus to support graduates integration into Jersey's labour market to reduce the extent of external recruitment.”
Education
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
No evidence was found that Deputy Max Andrews took any specific action during the 2022–2026 Assembly term to advance a new university campus in Jersey, such as lodging a proposition, making a ministerial statement, or leading a scrutiny review on the matter. His States Assembly record shows activity on economic scrutiny and property matters, but nothing directly tied to this promise. While the broader Jersey policy environment did see the Government's 'Investing in Jersey' plan propose a new Further and Higher Education campus (primarily for Highlands College, to be developed 2028–2032), this was a government-level initiative with no attributable link to Andrews's advocacy.
Candidate will support increasing free pre-school hours from 30 to 40 hours per week.
“I believe free pre-school hours should be increased from 30 to 40 hours so parents can seek full-time work.”
Children And FamiliesEducation
2 recorded votes test this promise
1 Pour · 1 Contre
14 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(11).Com. — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 P72 Amendment 11 - AHP scheme — Pour, voted to deliver1-42▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion was an amendment concerning an AHP (affordable housing/childcare) scheme in the Government Plan that likely bears on pre-school provision, which is directly relevant to the promise to increase free pre-school hours.
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 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach10-30▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion adds funding to the free childcare scheme for 2-3 year olds and raises provider rates, which materially bears on expanding free pre-school provision in line with the candidate's promise to increase free pre-school hours.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise was to increase free pre-school hours from 30 to 40, whereas this motion concerned raising the hourly rate paid to providers of childcare for 2–3 year olds, which is a different mechanism (provider funding rate) in a related but distinct area of childcare policy.
Economy, Tax & Cost of Living
1 promise · 1 kept
6recorded votes
4 Pour · 2 Contre
Keptdirectional
Candidate will support introducing a living wage across all industries in Jersey.
“I support the introduction of a living wage across all industries.”
Economy And BusinessCost Of Living
6 recorded votes test this promise
4 Pour · 2 Contre
20 Sept 2022✓P.78/2022 — Minimum Wage: Alignment with the Living Wage - as amended — Pour, voted to deliver43-0▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion directly concerned aligning the minimum wage with the living wage, which is precisely what the promise to support a living wage across all industries commits to.
23 Nov 2022✓P.99/2022 — Draft Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 17) (Jersey) Regulations 202- Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver43-0▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion adopted an amendment to minimum wage regulations, advancing the living wage commitment by raising the minimum wage floor.
01 Mar 2023✓P.5/2023 — Trainee Minimum Wage - as amended — Pour, voted to deliver41-7▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion concerned the trainee minimum wage, relevant to supporting a living wage across all industries including trainees.
01 Mar 2023✓P202300005040000000000000000000000|P.5/2023(Amd) — Trainee Minimum Wage (P.5/2023): amendment. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This amendment to the trainee minimum wage proposition relates to extending living wage principles across all working categories.
16 Jul 2024·P.36/2024 — Draft Employment (Minimum Wage and Benefits in Kind) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- principles — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach32-8▾
Voting Pour delivers this
This motion concerned amending the minimum wage law (including benefits in kind), directly advancing the promise to support a living wage across all industries.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is to support a living wage, but the motion concerns an amendment to minimum wage law whose specific provisions and relationship to a "living wage" standard are not established in the given material, meaning voting against it could reflect concerns about the mechanism rather than opposition to the living wage principle itself.
16 Jul 2024·P.36/2024 — Draft Employment (Minimum Wage and Benefits in Kind) (Jsy) Amd Law 202- Third Reading — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach34-7▾
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Third reading of the minimum wage and benefits in kind amendment law, directly advancing the living wage promise.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The motion concerns minimum wage and benefits-in-kind law amendments, which is related to but not identical to a "living wage" — a living wage is typically a higher, needs-based standard distinct from a minimum wage, so voting against this specific minimum wage amendment does not plainly contradict a promise to support a living wage.
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Removing the upper earnings limit on Social Security contributions makes the contributions system more progressive and increases employer costs at high wage levels, which is adjacent to but not the same as introducing a living wage floor.
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 — Pour11-34▾
Moving to a 25% income tax rate with marginal-rate reliefs touches redistribution and worker income policy, which is broadly related to the living wage commitment but does not directly set a wage floor.
20 Sept 2022·P.80/2022(Amd)(6)(Re-issue) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): sixth amendment. New personal tax allowance — Contre9-33▾
A new personal tax allowance would increase take-home pay for lower earners, which is tangentially related to improving living standards for workers in line with the living wage promise.
Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The motion concerned introducing a new personal tax allowance, which is a different mechanism from a living wage, and voting against it does not bear on the promise to support a living wage across all industries.
Governance & Public Services
3 promises · 1 kept
3recorded votes
1 Pour · 2 Contre
Keptdirectional
Candidate will support constitutional reform to improve ministerial accountability.
“The Government requires constitutional reform to ensure Ministers are accountable to the public and the States Assembly.”
Governance And Constitution
3 recorded votes test this promise
1 Pour · 2 Contre
16 Jul 2024✓P.33/2024 — Draft States of Jersey (Deputy Chief Minister) Amendment Law 202- Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver41-0▾
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This motion concerned the Deputy Chief Minister Amendment Law, a constitutional change to the executive structure that bears on ministerial accountability.
29 Nov 2023·P.76/2023 — Reform of the composition of the States Assembly. — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach14-30▾
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This motion directly concerned reform of the composition of the States Assembly, which is a constitutional reform measure relevant to the promise to improve ministerial accountability.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns ministerial accountability through constitutional reform, while the motion addressed composition of the States Assembly — a related but distinct aspect of constitutional reform that does not directly map onto the specific commitment made.
16 Jan 2024·P.1/2024 — Vote of No Confidence: Chief Minister. — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach27-22▾
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A vote of no confidence in the Chief Minister is a direct mechanism of ministerial accountability, consistent with supporting constitutional reform for that purpose.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. A general promise to support constitutional reform for ministerial accountability does not straightforwardly require voting for any particular vote of no confidence, as opposing one such motion is consistent with believing different mechanisms or reforms are the right way to achieve accountability.
No recorded votespecific
Candidate will hold regular constituency surgeries for constituents to raise concerns.
“I will hold regular surgeries so constituents can discuss their concerns with me.”
Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartiallow confidence
A Facebook post by Deputy Andrews (url slug: 'this-week-i-held-a-constituency-surgery-with-constable-gardiner-at-the-town-hall') confirms at least one constituency surgery was held jointly with Constable Gardiner at the Town Hall during the 2022–2026 term, and Andrews stated in July 2026 that he had been 'actively trying to help people in my district'. However, no independent Jersey news source (JEP, Bailiwick Express, ITV Channel) documented a regular, scheduled programme of surgeries across the full four-year term, leaving the 'regular' component of the promise unverified beyond self-reporting.
Candidate will support introducing a points-based immigration system with work permits for labour shortage sectors.
“I support the introduction of a Points-based immigration system. We need to ensure work permits are granted to support businesses where labour shortages exist.”
Population And MigrationEconomy And Business
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found that Deputy Max Andrews lodged any proposition, amendment, or formal scrutiny work relating to a points-based immigration system during the 2022–2026 Assembly term. His recorded Assembly activity focused on government spending, Cabinet Office budgets, estate agent redress, and political education — not immigration reform. Jersey's immigration framework continued to operate under the 1995 Work Permit Rules throughout the term, with the Government's Common Population Policy updates (2023, 2024, 2025) focusing on data improvement, flexibility of controls, and migrant safeguarding rather than introducing a points-based system; a dedicated Jersey PBS was explicitly not in place as of the end of the term.
