Michael Keith Jackson

Connétable for St Brelade · Independent

Did not return for the 2026–2030 Assembly · role shown is from 2022–2026 Assembly

Michael Keith Jackson served as Connétable for St Brelade in the 2022–2026 Assembly, having previously held the same office between 2005 and 2011 and served as Minister for Transport and Technical Services for three years during an earlier period in the States Assembly. He did not continue into the 2026–2030 Assembly.

Standing for election in 2022, Jackson campaigned on maintaining quality of life in St Brelade No 1 district and bringing practical, locally rooted experience to bear in the Assembly. His specific pledges included consolidating parking management at St Aubin under a single authority, inviting residents' input on improving road and path safety for walkers and cyclists, and actively supporting local clubs, societies and Honorary Police recruitment. On island-wide matters he committed to reducing States expenditure and opposing tax increases, resisting development on greenfield land, opposing complex GST exemption schemes, and safeguarding pension values. He also pledged greater support for school leavers pursuing further education or vocational training, and called for a revision of licensing laws.

Jackson's background is in the marine industry; he is proprietor of a boatyard and chandlery business in St Aubin, and described himself as a lifelong resident of St Brelade.

Sources

Election manifesto · vote.je
Jersey election 2026 results for senator, deputy and ... · BBC
Jersey Election 2026 candidates announced · BBC

94%

States participation

856

Votes expected

Voted or abstained on 94% of the 856 votes they were expected to cast during 2022–2026 Assembly, with 36 further ballots excused, recused or otherwise set aside.

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Attendance

Turnout in the States Assembly — 2022–2026 Assembly

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94%

of the 856 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly

Voted or abstained812
Not present for vote44

Set aside from the rate · 36

Out of the Island26
Excused attendance10

These 36 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.

Manifesto

Promises, and how they voted — 2022–2026 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

2 promises · 2 kept

7recorded votes

7 Pour

Keptdirectional
Candidate will monitor for overdevelopment and ensure neighbours are respected in planning decisions.
“I shall watch for inappropriate over development and ensure neighbours receive due respect in the planning process.”
Planning And Development
4 recorded votes test this promise
4 Pour
- 29 Nov 2023✓P.83/2023 — Draft Planning and Building (Conservation Areas) (Jersey) Regulations 202-. Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver38-9
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Adopting Conservation Areas regulations strengthens planning protections that help ensure neighbours and the environment are respected in planning decisions, bearing on the promise to monitor overdevelopment.
- 29 Nov 2023✓P.83/2023 — Draft Planning and Building (Conservation Areas) (Jersey) Regulations 202-. Principles — Pour, voted to deliver36-9
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Adopting Conservation Areas regulations (principles stage) supports planning safeguards that protect against overdevelopment and respect neighbours.
- 29 Nov 2023✓P.83/2023 — Draft Planning and Building (Conservation Areas) (Jersey) Regulations 202-. Regulations — Pour, voted to deliver49-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Adopting Conservation Areas regulations (regulations stage) supports planning protections relevant to the promise to monitor overdevelopment.
- 29 Nov 2023✓P.87/2023 — Minimum Residential Space Standards (P.87/2023) - Paragraph (a) — Pour, voted to deliver22-20
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Adopting minimum residential space standards (paragraph a) advances planning protections that ensure development respects neighbours and avoids overdevelopment.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 29 Nov 2023·P.87/2023 — Minimum Residential Space Standards (P.87/2023) - Paragraph (c) — Contre13-27
  Paragraph (c) of minimum residential space standards bears on the promise to ensure neighbours are respected in planning decisions.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns protecting neighbours from overdevelopment in planning decisions, while paragraph (c) of P.87/2023 relates to minimum residential space standards—a different planning mechanism focused on internal dwelling size rather than the neighbour-impact and overdevelopment concerns the promise specifically addresses.
- 29 Nov 2023·P.87/2023 — Minimum Residential Space Standards (P.87/2023) - Paragraph (b) — Contre16-22
  The rejected paragraph (b) of minimum residential space standards is a detail of planning standards that partially bears on the promise to monitor overdevelopment.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns neighbours' rights and overdevelopment in planning decisions, while this motion is about minimum internal residential space standards—a related but distinct planning policy mechanism that does not directly address the neighbour-impact or overdevelopment concerns the promise specified.
Keptspecific
Candidate will oppose development on greenfield land.
“I will not support development on green fields.”
Planning And DevelopmentEnvironment And Climate
3 recorded votes test this promise
3 Pour
- 15 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(5) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): fifth amendment St Helier Country Park — Pour, voted to deliver20-25
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The St Helier Country Park amendment to the Government Plan would protect open land from development, bearing on the promise to oppose development on greenfield land.
- 19 Apr 2023✓P.14/2023 — Development Levies - as amended - parts (a) and (b) — Pour, voted to deliver40-1
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Development Levies (parts a and b) could deter development including on greenfield land, bearing on the promise to oppose greenfield development.
- 29 Nov 2024✓P.51/2024 Amd.(2) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024) – second amendment. West of Island Planning Framework — Pour, voted to deliver40-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The West of Island Planning Framework amendment to the Government Plan directly concerns planning policy for the St Brelade area, bearing on the promise to oppose development on greenfield land.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 10 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): amendment. Development Levies — Contre15-27
  Development levies could affect the economics of greenfield versus brownfield development, tangentially bearing on opposing greenfield development.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns opposing development on greenfield land, while this motion is a budget amendment about development levies—a fiscal/regulatory mechanism that does not directly decide whether greenfield development proceeds, so voting against it is not plainly equivalent to supporting greenfield development.

Health & Social Care

3 promises · 2 kept

25recorded votes

13 Pour · 11 Contre · 1 away

Keptaspirational
Candidate will support the delivery of modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare.
“I shall support the delivery of healthcare fit for the 21st Century.”
Health And Care
19 recorded votes test this promise
11 Pour · 8 Contre
- 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.) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach16-29
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Health Insurance Fund Transfer amendment concerns healthcare funding mechanisms directly relevant to the promise to support modern healthcare delivery.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to support "healthcare fit for the 21st Century" is a broad directional commitment, while this motion concerns a specific financial mechanism—a Health Insurance Fund transfer within the Government Plan—and a member could reasonably vote against this particular funding amendment while still pursuing the general goal of modern healthcare delivery through other means.
- 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)) — Pour, voted to deliver31-13
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Adopting the HIF Transfers amendment advances healthcare funding, bearing on the promise to support modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare.
- 14 Dec 2022·P.97/2022(Amd)(16) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): sixteenth amendment Multi-morbidity GP consultations — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach14-32
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion to fund multi-morbidity GP consultations directly advances modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare delivery.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to support "fit for the 21st Century" healthcare is a broad directional commitment, and voting against one specific amendment about GP multi-morbidity consultation funding could reflect a preference for a different mechanism or concerns about the particular measure rather than opposition to modern healthcare delivery in general.
- 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 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach24-22
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion adopts the eighteenth amendment providing free GP visits for children and young people, directly advancing modern fit-for-purpose healthcare delivery.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to support "fit for the 21st Century" healthcare is a broad directional commitment, and voting against one specific funding mechanism (free GP visits for children and young people) does not plainly contradict it, as the member could reasonably oppose this particular measure while still pursuing the general goal through other means.
- 14 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(20) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): twentieth amendment Hospital funding — Pour, voted to deliver33-12
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion adopts the twentieth amendment for hospital funding, directly advancing the promise to support delivery of modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare.
- 14 Jun 2023·P.19/2023 — Health and Community Services Interim Board as amended — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach28-16
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Adopting the Health and Community Services Interim Board advances governance of healthcare services, bearing on the promise to support modern healthcare delivery.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a broad directional commitment to modern healthcare, while the motion concerns a specific governance mechanism (an Interim Board for Health and Community Services), so voting against it does not plainly contradict the promise as it could reflect a preference for a different oversight structure rather than opposition to fit-for-purpose healthcare.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(29).Amd — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): twenty-ninth amendment (P.72/2023 Amd.(29)) – amendment. Funding of Acute Cardiac Nursing. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Funding of Acute Cardiac Nursing directly advances modern healthcare delivery, bearing on the promise to support fit-for-purpose healthcare.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(31) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): thirty-first amendment. Vaccination Service. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Vaccination Service amendment advances the delivery of modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare services.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(31).Amd — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): thirty-first amendment (P.72/2023 Amd.(31)) – amendment. Vaccination Service. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Vaccination Service amendment advances modern healthcare delivery bearing on the promise.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(6) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): sixth amendment. (P.72/2023 Amd.(6)). Medical Hosiery and wound dressing funding. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Funding for medical hosiery and wound dressing directly advances fit-for-purpose healthcare delivery.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(29) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): twenty-ninth amendment (P.72/2023 Amd.(29)) – amendment. Funding of Acute Cardiac Nursing. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Funding of Acute Cardiac Nursing directly advances modern healthcare delivery, bearing on the promise to support fit-for-purpose healthcare.
- 30 Apr 2024✓P.20/2024 — In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Funding — Pour, voted to deliver44-1
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The IVF Funding motion advances the provision of modern healthcare services, bearing on the promise to support modern fit-for-purpose healthcare delivery.
- 30 Apr 2024✓P.20/2024 — In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Funding (P.20-2024): Amendment — Pour, voted to deliver28-15
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The IVF Funding amendment bears on the promise to support modern fit-for-purpose healthcare delivery.
- 17 Jul 2024·P.43/2024 — New Healthcare Facilities Programme Paragraph (b) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach15-29
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion on New Healthcare Facilities Programme paragraph (b) directly concerns the delivery of new healthcare facilities, bearing on the promise to support modern fit-for-purpose healthcare.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to modern healthcare, and voting against one specific motion about a New Healthcare Facilities Programme could reflect disagreement with the particular approach, cost, mechanism, or scope rather than opposition to fit-for-purpose healthcare itself.
- 17 Jul 2024·P.43/2024 — New Healthcare Facilities Programme paragraph (a) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach13-30
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion on New Healthcare Facilities Programme paragraph (a) directly concerns delivery of modern healthcare facilities, a direct test of the promise to support modern healthcare.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to support "fit-for-purpose healthcare" is a general directional commitment, and voting against one specific programme or procedural motion about new healthcare facilities does not plainly contradict it, as the member could oppose this particular programme while still pursuing the broader goal through different means or on grounds of cost, design, or timing.
- 28 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(6) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028: sixth amendment. New Healthcare Facilities Programme expenditure — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach17-28
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The sixth amendment concerns New Healthcare Facilities Programme expenditure, directly testing the promise to support modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to support modern healthcare, and voting against one specific budget amendment concerning healthcare facilities expenditure does not plainly contradict it, as the member could have had reasons related to funding mechanisms, cost, or preferred alternative approaches rather than opposing modern healthcare delivery itself.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(6).Amd — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): sixth amendment (P.72/2023 Amd.(6)) – amendment. Medical Hosiery and wound dressing funding. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Funding for medical hosiery and wound dressing directly advances fit-for-purpose healthcare delivery.
- 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
  Free GP visits for full-time students directly advances modern, fit-for-purpose healthcare provision.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to support "fit for the 21st Century" healthcare is a broad directional commitment, and voting against one specific funding measure (free GP visits for full-time students) does not plainly contradict it, as a member could reasonably oppose this particular mechanism while still supporting the general goal of modern healthcare delivery.
- 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
  Funding medical hosiery and wound dressings is a direct component of fit-for-purpose healthcare delivery.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(2). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): second amendment. Health Insurance Fund Contributions — Contre14-28
  Increasing the share of Social Security contributions to the Health Insurance Fund bears on funding for healthcare provision.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to support "fit-for-purpose healthcare" is a broad directional commitment, and voting against one specific funding mechanism (raising the Health Insurance Fund's share of Social Security contributions by 0.5%) does not plainly contradict it, as the member could reasonably oppose this particular measure while still supporting healthcare delivery through other means.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will support improved care provision for elderly people.
“I shall support enhanced care of the elderly.”
Health And Care
3 recorded votes test this promise
3 Contre
- 30 Sept 2025·P.52/2025 Amd. — Health and Care Jersey Advisory Board and Partnership Board (P.52-2025) - Amendment — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach16-30
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Health and Care Jersey Advisory Board and Partnership Board motion concerns governance of health and care services for all ages including elderly, bearing on the promise to support improved care for elderly people.
  Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The motion concerns the governance structure of an advisory and partnership board for Health and Care Jersey, which is too procedurally remote from a substantive promise to "support enhanced care of the elderly" to constitute a clear or even ambiguous breach of that promise.
- 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) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach9-31
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Redirecting funds into palliative and respite care directly advances improved care provision for elderly people.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. While the amendment concerns palliative and respite care for the elderly, voting against it could reflect disagreement with the funding mechanism or source (redirecting assisted dying funds) rather than opposition to enhanced elderly care itself, making this an ambiguous rather than clear breach of a general directional promise.
- 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) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach8-32
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Part 2 of the same amendment to fund palliative and respite care is a direct test of supporting improved elderly care provision.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. While redirecting funds to palliative and respite care relates broadly to elderly care, voting against this specific budget amendment does not plainly contradict a general promise to "support enhanced care of the elderly," as the member could oppose this particular funding mechanism while still pursuing the broader goal through other means.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 14 Jun 2023·P.19/2023 — Health and Community Services Interim Board as amended — Contre28-16
  The Health and Community Services Interim Board governs services that include elderly care provision, partially bearing on the promise to support improved care for elderly people.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to improved elderly care, and it is not clear that voting against the Health and Community Services Interim Board (an oversight/governance mechanism) necessarily contradicts that aim, as the member could have opposed the board's composition, mandate, or other aspects unrelated to elderly care outcomes.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will work to safeguard the value of pensions.
“I shall ensure the value of pensions is safeguarded.”
Social Security And Benefits
3 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour · 1 away
- 15 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(23) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): twenty-third amendment Removing the Upper Earnings caps — Pour, voted to deliver16-28
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion to remove upper earnings caps would affect social security contributions and pension-related financial arrangements, bearing on the promise to safeguard pension values.
- 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): amendment. Social Security grant funding — Pour, voted to deliver26-21
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The States grant to the Social Security Fund directly affects the financial sustainability of pensions and benefits, bearing on safeguarding pension values.
- 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 — Absent, did not take a side15-25
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Halving the reduction in the States grant to the Social Security Fund helps protect the fund that underpins pension and benefit values.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 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) — Contre13-30
  Removing the upper earnings limit on Social Security contributions relates to the funding of the Social Security system that supports pensions, though it is a structural change not a direct pension safeguard.

Education & Families

2 promises · 2 kept

11recorded votes

5 Pour · 6 Contre

Keptdirectional
Candidate will support raising school standards and helping young people achieve their aspirations.
“I shall support the raising of standards in our schools and support young people with their aspirations.”
Education
5 recorded votes test this promise
3 Pour · 2 Contre
- 19 Mar 2024✓P.12/2024 — Update of Higher Education Student Funding as amended — Pour, voted to deliver42-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Update of Higher Education Student Funding motion directly advances support for young people in higher education, bearing on the promise to raise school standards and help young people achieve aspirations.
- 19 Mar 2024✓P.12/2024 Amd. — Update of Higher Education Student Funding (P.12/2024) – amendment - Parts 1 to 6 — Pour, voted to deliver33-9
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The amendment to Higher Education Student Funding advances support for young people pursuing further education, bearing on the promise.
- 11 Jun 2024✓P.28/2024 — Youth Service Statutory Provision as amended — Pour, voted to deliver43-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Youth Service Statutory Provision advances support for young people, bearing on the promise to support raising school standards and helping young people achieve aspirations.
- 07 Feb 2023·P.116/2022 — Skills Development Fund — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach38-3
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Skills Development Fund motion directly advances support for skills development, bearing on the promise to support raising school standards and helping young people achieve aspirations.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general commitment to raising school standards and supporting young people's aspirations, while the motion concerned a specific Skills Development Fund mechanism, and voting against one particular funding instrument does not plainly contradict a broad directional pledge, as the member could have had reservations about this specific fund while still pursuing the general aim by other means.
- 13 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(20) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): twentieth amendment. Additional funding for education — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach13-32
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Additional funding for education directly supports raising school standards and helping young people achieve their aspirations.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to "support raising of standards in our schools" is a general directional commitment, and voting against one specific funding amendment does not clearly contradict it, as the member may have opposed this particular mechanism, its funding source, or its design while still supporting the broader goal of improving school standards.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(8). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): eighth amendment. Sport addition to Jersey Premium — Contre11-32
  Adding sport and physical activity funding to the Jersey Premium scheme in primary schools touches on supporting young people's development.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to "raise standards in schools and support young people's aspirations" is a general directional commitment, and voting against one specific £350,000 funding amendment to a particular scheme does not plainly contradict it, as the member could reasonably oppose this specific mechanism, funding source, or pilot structure while still supporting school standards broadly.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will push for greater support for school leavers pursuing further education or vocational skills.
“I consider we must make far more effort to help those leaving school fulfil their chosen career paths whether it be through further education or in acquiring vocational skills.”
Education
6 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour · 4 Contre
- 07 Feb 2023·P.116/2022 — Skills Development Fund — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach38-3
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Skills Development Fund directly advances support for school leavers pursuing vocational skills, directly delivering the promise.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to support school leavers in further education or vocational training, and voting against one specific funding mechanism (the Skills Development Fund) does not plainly contradict that goal, as the member may have had objections to the particular design, cost, or delivery of this fund while still pursuing the broader aim by other means.
- 19 Mar 2024✓P.12/2024 — Update of Higher Education Student Funding as amended — Pour, voted to deliver42-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Update of Higher Education Student Funding directly advances support for school leavers pursuing further education, directly delivering the promise.
- 19 Mar 2024✓P.12/2024 Amd. — Update of Higher Education Student Funding (P.12/2024) – amendment - Parts 1 to 6 — Pour, voted to deliver33-9
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The amendment to Higher Education Student Funding directly advances support for school leavers pursuing further education, directly delivering the promise.
- 17 Jul 2024·P.38/2024 — Fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds paragraph (a) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach13-31
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds (paragraph a) directly tests the promise to push for greater support for school leavers pursuing further education or vocational skills.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. While the motion on fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds relates to the general area of the promise, voting against one specific funding mechanism does not necessarily contradict a general commitment to "push for greater support," as the member could have had objections to this particular scheme's design, cost, or scope while still pursuing the broader goal through other means.
- 17 Jul 2024·P.38/2024 — Fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds paragraph (c) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach17-27
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds (paragraph c) directly tests the promise to push for greater support for school leavers pursuing further education or vocational skills.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. While the promise broadly supports greater help for school leavers in further education or vocational skills, voting against one specific paragraph of a motion on fully funded education for 16-18 year olds could reflect concerns about the particular mechanism, funding arrangement, or wording of that paragraph rather than opposition to the underlying goal.
- 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 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach9-27
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Adjusting apprenticeship grants for inflation directly supports school leavers pursuing vocational skills.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. While the promise concerns greater support for vocational skills and the motion relates to apprenticeship grants, voting against an inflation adjustment to those grants could reflect concerns about the specific mechanism, cost, or budget context rather than opposition to the underlying goal of supporting school leavers in vocational pathways.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 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 — Contre24-20
  Free GP visits for full-time students provides support for young people in further education, touching on the promise of greater support for school leavers.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerned supporting school leavers in further education or vocational training, while the motion specifically addressed free GP visits for full-time students — a healthcare funding measure rather than an educational or vocational support measure — meaning a vote against it does not straightforwardly contradict the promise.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

4 promises · 3 kept

23recorded votes

15 Pour · 8 Contre

Keptdirectional
Candidate will support economic diversification.
“I shall support diversification of our economy.”
Economy And Business
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 19 Apr 2023✓P.13/2023 — Regulation of Estate Agents - as amended — Pour, voted to deliver42-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Regulation of estate agents advances economic diversification through a new regulated sector, bearing on the promise to support economic diversification.
- 14 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(12) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): twelfth amendment Jersey Business — Pour, voted to deliver3-43
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Jersey Business amendment to the Government Plan 2023-2026 concerns support for business, bearing on the promise to support economic diversification.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will support prudent investment in finance, tourism and agriculture.
“I shall support prudent investment in our finance, tourism and agricultural industries.”
Economy And BusinessAgriculture And FishingTourism
8 recorded votes test this promise
8 Pour
- 15 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(13)(Amd) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): thirteenth amendment (P.97/2022. Amd.(13).) – amendment Enhanced Capital Allowance (P.97/2022 Amd.(13)Amd.) — Pour, voted to deliver42-6
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Enhanced Capital Allowance supports prudent investment in business and industry, bearing on the promise to support prudent investment in finance, tourism and agriculture.
- 15 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(13) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): thirteenth amendment Enhanced Capital Allowance (P.97/2022 Amd.(13) as amended — Pour, voted to deliver48-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Enhanced Capital Allowance supports investment in the economy, bearing on the promise to support prudent investment in finance, tourism and agriculture.
- 07 Nov 2023✓P.74/2023 — Increase in revenue expenditure for agriculture and fisheries - as Amended — Pour, voted to deliver43-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The increase in revenue expenditure for agriculture and fisheries directly advances the promise to support prudent investment in agriculture.
- 10 Sept 2024✓P.41/2024 — Draft Agriculture (Loans) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- Regulations — Pour, voted to deliver40-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Agriculture Loans Amendment Regulations advance prudent investment in agriculture, directly bearing on the promise.
- 10 Sept 2024✓P.41/2024 — Draft Agriculture (Loans) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver43-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Agriculture Loans Amendment Regulations (Third Reading) advance prudent investment in agriculture, directly bearing on the promise.
- 10 Sept 2024✓P.41/2024 — Draft Agriculture (Loans) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- - Principles — Pour, voted to deliver43-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Agriculture Loans Amendment Regulations (Principles) advance prudent investment in agriculture, directly bearing on the promise.
- 30 Mar 2026✓P.54/2026 — Continuation of Rural and Marine Support (P.54-2026) — Pour, voted to deliver43-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Continuation of Rural and Marine Support directly advances prudent investment in agriculture and fisheries, bearing on the promise.
- 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 prudent investment in agriculture.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(30). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirtieth amendment. No Agricultural Loans for Cannabis-based products, as amended — Pour39-4
  Barring agricultural loans for cannabis-based products touches on the direction of agricultural investment policy.
Mixedspecific
Candidate will oppose complex GST exemption schemes that could lead to a rate increase.
“I will not support complex GST exemption schemes which will lead to an increase in the rate.”
Tax And Gst
4 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour · 2 Contre
- 24 Nov 2022✓P.100/2022 — Cost of living crisis – Removal of 5% goods and services tax (GST) from food (excluding alcoholic drinks) — Contre, voted to deliver17-28
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The motion to remove GST from food would create a complex GST exemption scheme, which the member promised to oppose; voting Contre advances the promise.
- 12 Sept 2023✓P.58/2023 — GST on menstrual sanitary products (P.66/2022) - Rescindment. — Pour, voted to deliver25-21
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Rescinding the GST on menstrual sanitary products reverses a complex GST exemption, directly advancing the promise to oppose complex GST exemption schemes.
- 08 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(13). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirteenth amendment. Fort Regent — Contre, voted to deliver10-34
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The Fort Regent amendment explicitly conditions the project on a 1% GST rise, and voting Contre opposes this complex GST-linked scheme, consistent with opposing measures that could lead to a rate increase.
- 15 Dec 2022✗P.97/2022(Amd)(22) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): twenty-second amendment GST on Sanitary Products — Pour, voted against delivering24-22
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The motion removes GST from sanitary products creating a partial GST exemption, which the member promised to oppose as complex exemption schemes; voting Contre delivers the promise.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will work to reduce States expenditure and oppose any tax increases.
“I shall focus on reducing excessive States expenditure and strongly resist any taxation increases.”
Public FinancesTax And Gst
9 recorded votes test this promise
3 Pour · 6 Contre
- 24 Nov 2022✓P.100/2022 — Cost of living crisis – Removal of 5% goods and services tax (GST) from food (excluding alcoholic drinks) — Contre, voted to deliver17-28
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Removing GST from food would reduce government revenue and risk higher rates elsewhere, bearing on the promise to reduce States expenditure and oppose tax increases.
- 09 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(35) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-fifth amendment. Reduction in Public Expenditure — Pour, voted to deliver2-40
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Freezing government spending at 2025 levels is a direct test of reducing States expenditure.
- 11 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(36). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-sixth amendment. Council of Ministers' adjustments to heads of expenditure — Pour, voted to deliver38-4
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Council of Ministers' amendment to reduce net revenue expenditure to balance the budget advances reducing States expenditure.
- 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 to deliver11-34
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Replacing the 20% income tax rate with 25% is a direct tax increase, voting Contre directly aligns with opposing tax increases.
- 20 Sept 2022✓P.80/2022(Amd)(6)(Re-issue) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): sixth amendment. New personal tax allowance — Contre, voted to deliver9-33
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Introducing a new personal tax allowance would affect tax revenues, bearing on the promise to oppose measures affecting the tax base.
- 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 to deliver13-30
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Removing the upper earnings limit on Social Security contributions would increase the contributions burden on employers and employees, constituting a tax increase.
- 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 to deliver16-28
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Removing the upper earnings limit on Long-Term Care contributions would increase contributions, constituting a tax increase that the promise opposes.
- 15 Dec 2022·P.97/2022(Amd)(23) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): twenty-third amendment Removing the Upper Earnings caps — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach16-28
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Removing upper earnings caps would increase social security contributions (a tax-like increase), bearing on the promise to oppose tax increases.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. Whether removing upper earnings caps on social security contributions constitutes a "taxation increase" within the meaning of the member's manifesto promise requires an inferential step about the scope of that promise, rather than being self-evidently the same thing.
- 26 Jun 2024·P.35/2024 — Transfer of 2024 Departmental Underspend into the Stabilisation Fund [P.35-2024] — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach1-42
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Transferring 2024 departmental underspend to the Stabilisation Fund reflects prudent financial management and reduced immediate expenditure, bearing on the promise to reduce States expenditure.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. Voting against transferring a departmental underspend into the Stabilisation Fund concerns a specific treasury management mechanism rather than directly increasing taxation or increasing expenditure, so rejecting this motion does not plainly contradict a promise to reduce spending and oppose tax rises.

Infrastructure & Environment

4 promises · 3 kept

11recorded votes

9 Pour · 1 Contre · 1 away

Keptdirectional
Candidate will invite public suggestions to improve road and path safety for walkers and cyclists.
“I shall invite suggestions on how to improve and make roads and paths safe for walkers and cyclists within the district.”
Infrastructure And TransportParish And Local Government
3 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour · 1 away
- 16 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(6) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): sixth amendment Walking and Cycling routes — Pour, voted to deliver44-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion adopts the sixth amendment to the Government Plan 2023-2026 specifically funding walking and cycling routes, directly advancing the promise to improve road and path safety for walkers and cyclists.
- 22 Oct 2025–P.54/2025 — Supplementary Planning guidance: parking (P.54-2025) paragraph (a) — Excused, did not take a side26-11
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The motion adopts Supplementary Planning Guidance on parking, which directly bears on road and path planning affecting walkers and cyclists in St Brelade.
- 19 Jul 2023·P.50/2023 — Supplementary Planning Guidance – Parking Strategy. — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach19-24
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The motion adopts Supplementary Planning Guidance on a Parking Strategy which was rejected; voting Contre would have rejected guidance that displaced active travel considerations, but the motion directly concerns road and path planning relevant to the promise.
  Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The motion concerns supplementary planning guidance on parking strategy, which is not the same subject as inviting public suggestions to improve road and path safety for walkers and cyclists.
No recorded votespecific
Candidate will seek to consolidate parking management at St. Aubin under a single authority.
“I shall seek to alter parking management at St.Aubin by bringing it under one authority.”
Infrastructure And TransportParish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
No evidence was found in parish assembly minutes (stbrelade.je), States Assembly records (statesassembly.je), gov.je, the Jersey Evening Post, or Bailiwick Express that Connétable Jackson took any formal steps during the 2022–2026 term to consolidate St. Aubin parking management under a single authority. Notably, an almost identical promise ('alter the convoluted parking management at St. Aubin by bringing it under one authority') appears to originate from Jackson's 2014 Deputy candidacy (Tony's Musings blog, September 2014), suggesting the pledge had already been carried forward undelivered across multiple election cycles. Jackson's publicly available 2022 and 2026 vote.je manifesto pages make no specific mention of parking consolidation, and no policy announcement, ministerial statement, or parish assembly resolution on the subject was surfaced.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will support investment in waste strategies to meet modern environmental standards.
“I shall support investment in our waste strategies to comply with the latest environmental standards.”
Environment And Climate
6 recorded votes test this promise
5 Pour · 1 Contre
- 18 Jul 2023✓P.17/2023 — La Collette Waste Management Site – Development Plan. As amended — Pour, voted to deliver39-3
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The La Collette Waste Management Site Development Plan directly concerns investment in waste management infrastructure to meet modern environmental standards, directly bearing on the promise.
- 18 Jul 2023✓P.17/2023(Amd)(2) — La Collette Waste Management Site – Development Plan (P.17/2023): second amendment. — Pour, voted to deliver44-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The second amendment to the La Collette Waste Management Site Development Plan directly concerns waste strategy investment bearing on the promise.
- 13 Sept 2023✓P.65/2023 — Reinstate the re-use centre at La Collette. As amended. — Pour, voted to deliver44-1
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Reinstating the re-use centre at La Collette advances waste strategy and environmental standards, bearing on the promise to support investment in waste strategies.
- 13 Sept 2023✓P.65/2023 Amd. — Reinstate the re-use centre at La Collette (P.65/2023) - amendment — Pour, voted to deliver45-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The amendment to reinstate the re-use centre at La Collette advances waste strategy bearing on the promise.
- 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 bears on supporting investment in waste strategies and environmental standards.
- 12 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(14) — Government Plan P72-2023 Amendment 14 - Waste charges — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach16-31
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The waste charges amendment to the Government Plan directly concerns waste management funding, bearing on the promise to support investment in waste strategies.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to support investment in waste strategies, while the motion concerns a specific amendment about waste charges within the Government Plan, and voting against one particular funding or charging mechanism does not clearly contradict a broader commitment to supporting environmental standards investment.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will support investment in roads and infrastructure.
“I shall support investment in our roads and infrastructure.”
Infrastructure And Transport
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 16 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(6) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): sixth amendment Walking and Cycling routes — Pour, voted to deliver44-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The sixth amendment to the Government Plan 2023-2026 funds walking and cycling routes, directly advancing investment in roads and infrastructure as promised.
- 13 May 2025✓P.23/2025 (re-issue) — Road Traffic - Offences and Penalties (P.23-2025) as amended — Pour, voted to deliver47-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Road Traffic Offences and Penalties concerns road regulation, which bears on the promise to support investment in roads and infrastructure.

Governance & Public Services

7 promises · 3 kept

19recorded votes

16 Pour · 3 Contre

Keptdirectional
Candidate will push for a revision of licensing laws.
“I shall encourage a revision of the licencing laws which are no longer fit for purpose.”
Governance And Constitution
12 recorded votes test this promise
12 Pour
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.112/2025 Amd.(2). — Draft Alcohol Licensing (Jersey) Law 202- (P.112-2025) Second Amendment — Pour, voted to deliver43-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Draft Alcohol Licensing Law Second Amendment directly concerns revision of licensing laws, directly testing the promise to push for a revision of licensing laws.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.112/2025 — Articles (as amended) — Pour, voted to deliver45-2
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Articles of the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law advance the revision of licensing laws as promised.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.112/2025 — Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver44-2
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Third Reading of the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law finalises revision of licensing laws, directly delivering the promise.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.113/2025 — Regulations 1 to 21 — Pour, voted to deliver44-1
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Regulations 1-21 of the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law advance the revision of licensing laws as promised.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.113/2025 — Regulation 22 — Pour, voted to deliver42-2
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Regulation 22 of the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law advances the revision of licensing laws as promised.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.113/2025 — Regulations 23 to 55 and Schedules 1 to 3 — Pour, voted to deliver44-1
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Regulations 23-55 of the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law advance the revision of licensing laws as promised.
- 10 Mar 2026·P.112/2025 Amd.(3). — Draft Alcohol Licensing (Jersey) Law 202- (P.112-2025) Third Amendment — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach11-35
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The Third Amendment to the Alcohol Licensing Law was rejected; the direction of the amendment relative to the promise depends on its content, but opposing an amendment that would restrict the revision could advance the promise.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to revise licensing laws, but voting for rather than against a specific amendment to the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law could reflect a genuine policy disagreement about one particular provision while still supporting the broader revision the member promised.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.112/2025 Amd.(4).Amd. — Draft Alcohol Licensing (Jersey) Law 202- (P.112-2025) Fourth Amendment (P.112-2025 Amd.(4)) Amendment — Pour, voted to deliver44-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Fourth Amendment (as amended) to the Alcohol Licensing Law advances the revision of licensing legislation.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.113/2025 — Principles — Pour, voted to deliver40-1
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Principles of the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law advance the revision of licensing laws as promised.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.113/2025 — Regulations 57 to 66 as amended — Pour, voted to deliver44-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Regulations 57-66 as amended of the Draft Alcohol Licensing Law advance the revision of licensing laws as promised.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.113/2025 — Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver44-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Third Reading of the Draft Alcohol Licensing regulations finalises the revision of licensing laws, directly delivering the promise.
- 10 Mar 2026✓P.112/2025 Amd.(4). — Draft Alcohol Licensing (Jersey) Law 202- (P.112-2025) Fourth Amendment as amended — Pour, voted to deliver43-2
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Fourth Amendment to the Alcohol Licensing Law as amended advances the revision of licensing laws.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will actively support and encourage development of local clubs and societies.
“I shall give active support to the Clubs and Societies in No 1 district and encourage their future development.”
Parish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictUnverifiablelow confidence
Web searches found no independent reporting or official States records documenting specific actions taken by Connétable Jackson between 2022 and 2026 to actively support clubs and societies in St Brelade No. 1 district. The promise appears to have originated in a 2014 Deputy candidacy for St Brelade No. 1, and his 2022 Connétable manifesto extended it to the whole parish without the district-specific focus. The parish website maintains a general clubs and associations listing, and his 2026 re-election campaign repeated a similar commitment, but no verifiable evidence of distinct delivery under this specific 2022-term promise was found.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will support and encourage recruitment to the Honorary Police.
“I shall support and encourage recruitment to the Honorary Police.”
Justice And Home AffairsParish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
During the 2022-2026 Assembly term, Connétable Jackson took concrete steps to support Honorary Police recruitment: as Chairman of the Comité des Connétables, he publicly backed and helped initiate an island-wide recruitment campaign in March 2023, citing the need for new recruits and discussing structural reforms to make the role more flexible (Bailiwick Express, March 2023). Parish Assembly minutes from June 2023 also show him presiding over the election of new Honorary Police officers in St Brelade. However, St Brelade's force remained at only 62% of its full complement of 32 (20 officers in post) as of the 2023 Bailiwick Express report, indicating that recruitment efforts had not yet closed the gap to full strength by mid-term. The promise was broadly acted upon through visible advocacy and a formal recruitment campaign, but measurable outcomes for St Brelade specifically remained incomplete within the term.
No recorded votedirectional
Candidate will engage with and listen to residents and businesses in St. Brelade's bay and St. Aubin.
“I shall listen to the residents and businesses in St.Brelade's bay and St.Aubin.”
Parish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
Jackson served as Connétable of St Brelade throughout the 2022–2026 term and demonstrably engaged with parishioners through regular Parish Assemblies (minutes published June 2023 through at least September 2025), responded to parishioner concerns about Parish Hall costs at a May 2024 assembly attended by around 40 residents, and pursued an Island Plan amendment protecting St Brelade's Bay from overdevelopment. He also personally supported local businesses such as the HSBC Les Quennevais branch (February 2026) and ran a boatyard and post office in St Aubin throughout the term. However, no independently reported evidence of a specific or structured consultation programme directed at residents and businesses of St Brelade's Bay and St Aubin specifically was found; engagement appears to have occurred through general parish machinery rather than any dedicated outreach to those named communities. Jackson lost his seat at the June 2026 election.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will oppose lengthy States debates on reform that prevent meaningful work.
“I will not support long debates in the States on reform. These achieve nothing and prevent members engaging in meaningful duties.”
Governance And ConstitutionPublic Sector Reform
5 recorded votes test this promise
3 Pour · 2 Contre
- 17 Jan 2023✓P.108/2022(Amd) — Re-instatement of Senators (P.108/2022): amendment — Contre, voted to deliver22-24
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The reinstatement of Senators debate was a lengthy reform debate; opposing it aligns with the promise to oppose lengthy States debates on reform that prevent meaningful work.
- 17 Jan 2023·P.108/2022(Amd)(2) — Re-instatement of Senators (P.108/2022): second amendment - para (a) — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach11-34
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The second amendment to reinstate Senators (para a) was part of a lengthy reform debate the member promised to oppose.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise opposes lengthy debates on reform generally, but voting on a specific amendment about reinstating Senators is one procedural step in a debate, not equivalent to supporting a lengthy debate itself; a member could support this amendment while still opposing prolonged reform debates overall.
- 29 Nov 2023✓P.76/2023 — Reform of the composition of the States Assembly. — Contre, voted to deliver14-30
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Reform of the composition of the States Assembly is a lengthy reform debate the member promised to oppose as preventing meaningful work.
- 18 Jan 2023·P.108/2022 — Re-instatement of Senators (P.108/2022) — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach23-24
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The main motion to reinstate Senators was a reform debate the member promised to oppose to focus on meaningful work.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise opposes lengthy debates on reform generally, but voting in favour of a motion to reinstate Senators is not the same as supporting a long debate — the member could favour the substantive constitutional change while still opposing protracted procedural debate, meaning the vote cannot be straightforwardly equated with a breach of the promise without inferring that the motion itself caused or constituted the kind of lengthy debate the member opposed.
- 20 Mar 2025·P.2/2025 — Re-instatement of Senators (P.2-2025) — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach25-20
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The reinstatement of Senators is a major reform debate the member promised to oppose as distracting from meaningful work.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise opposes lengthy reform debates in general, but voting in favour of the Senators reinstatement proposition could reflect support for the substantive policy rather than an endorsement of prolonged debate, so calling the vote a breach requires an inference about whether the debate was "lengthy" and whether this particular vote was cast to prolong debate rather than to advance a policy position.
No recorded voteaspirational
Candidate will work to maintain the quality of life in St. Brelade No 1 district.
“I shall continue to use my best efforts to ensure that St.Brelade No 1 remains the pleasant place to live that we currently enjoy.”
Parish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
Jackson served the full 2022–2026 term as Connétable of St Brelade, holding the role of Chair of the Comité des Connétables from January 2023 and Assistant Minister for Environment from February 2024, and his own 2026 campaign materials stated he had focused on 'maintaining the parish estate and representing the views of parishioners.' However, the promise is broadly aspirational and no independent reporting specifically assessed progress on quality of life in St Brelade No 1 district; Jackson was defeated in the June 2026 election by Steve Pallett (2,093 votes to 1,339), ending his tenure without a further mandate to continue the work.
Keptdirectional
Candidate will ensure strict adherence to immigration policies while acknowledging business needs.
“I shall ensure strict adherence to immigration policies whilst recognising genuine business need.”
Population And Migration
2 recorded votes test this promise
1 Pour · 1 Contre
- 19 Jul 2023✓P.49/2023 — Entitlement to work – reduction in residency requirement. — Contre, voted to deliver11-31
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The motion to reduce the residency requirement for entitlement to work directly loosens immigration/work status policy, and opposing it aligns with the promise to ensure strict adherence to immigration policies.
- 23 May 2023✓P.20/2023 — Draft Control of Housing and Work (Residential and Employment Status) (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 202- Principles — Pour, voted to deliver46-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The amendment to the Control of Housing and Work regulations concerns residential and employment status rules, bearing on the promise to adhere strictly to immigration policies while acknowledging business needs.

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