Phil Romeril

Deputy Phil Romeril was elected to the 2026–2030 States Assembly on 7 June 2026, having campaigned on 'shifting healthcare towards prevention' (vote.je manifesto). He was subsequently appointed Assistant Economic Development Minister — not a health-related post — and there is no publicly recorded evidence from statesassembly.je, gov.je, the Jersey Evening Post or Bailiwick Express of any proposition, ministerial statement, or formal initiative by Romeril specifically advancing preventive healthcare policy in the roughly three months since the Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026. The promise therefore remains outstanding, though the Assembly term is barely under way and the short window since June 2026 should not be read as evidence of failure.

• Phil Romeril | Vote.je – manifesto
• EXPLAINED: Who has taken what jobs in the States? – Bailiwick Express
• Jersey Election 2026 live blog – ITV Channel

Deputy Phil Romeril was elected on 7 June 2026 and the new Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026. He was subsequently appointed Assistant Social Security Minister in Chief Minister Farnham's Council of Ministers — a role with direct portfolio responsibility over pensions — placing him in a position to pursue his manifesto commitment to fair and sustainable pension reform. No specific pension reform proposition, ministerial statement or review has yet been publicly reported as at 4 September 2026, but the ministerial appointment is the expected first step; the Assembly has had fewer than three months to act.

• Jersey Election 2026: Results — ITV Channel Television
• Phil Romeril manifesto — vote.je
• EXPLAINED: Who has taken what jobs in the States? — Bailiwick Express
• Economic Development Minister says minimum wage is 'strangling' Jersey's economy — Channel 103

Phil Romeril was elected as Deputy for St John, St Lawrence and Trinity on 7 June 2026, with the 2026-2030 Assembly first sitting on 19 June 2026 — less than three months before the assessment date. He endorsed the Value Jersey programme's economic priorities, which explicitly include supporting entrepreneurship to grow the real economy, and was appointed Assistant Social Security Minister in the new administration, giving him a ministerial platform relevant to business and workforce conditions. No specific proposition or policy delivery directly tied to entrepreneurship support had been publicly reported by 4 September 2026, but the very short window since taking office makes this consistent with normal legislative timelines rather than any evidence of inaction.

• Phil Romeril | Vote.je – Candidate Manifesto
• Island FM / Channel 103 – 2026 Election Results
• Channel 103 – Economic Development Minister on minimum wage
• Jersey Votes – Phil Romeril hustings transcript

Deputy Romeril's manifesto on vote.je explicitly pledged to support 'innovation through a research campus and a sovereign data trust,' but the new 2026–2030 Assembly only first sat on 19 June 2026, leaving him in post for under three months as of 5 September 2026. No proposition, ministerial statement, or formal initiative attributable to Romeril on either a research campus or a sovereign data trust has been identified in searches of statesassembly.je, gov.je, Bailiwick Express, or the Jersey Evening Post. Pre-existing Jersey data-trust activity (Digital Jersey's Data Trust Company Limited) predates his election and cannot be credited to him.

• Phil Romeril – Vote.je candidate profile (manifesto)
• Island FM / Channel 103 – 2026 election results: Phil Romeril elected
• States Assembly – Members listing confirming Romeril's seat
• Digital Jersey – Data Trust Company Limited (pre-existing initiative)

Phil Romeril was elected on 7 June 2026 and the new Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026; as of 4 September 2026 he has held office for fewer than three months. No independent reporting, States Assembly records, or official government sources surfaced any proposition, ministerial statement, or specific initiative by Romeril directed at modernising the parish system. He was appointed Assistant Social Security Minister and Assistant Economic Development Minister (Bailiwick Express, July 2026), neither of which directly covers parish administration; the parish modernisation agenda is being driven separately by the Comité des Connétables in response to the pre-election Parishes and Government Review Panel report (JEP, June 2026). The very short timeframe means this is recorded as outstanding rather than as evidence of failure.

• Jersey Election 2026: Results – Phil Romeril elected Deputy for St John, St Lawrence and Trinity
• EXPLAINED: Who has taken what jobs in the States? – Bailiwick Express
• Constables should stay in the States – Comité chief on parish modernisation agenda – JEP
• Panel backs parish system but calls for review – Jersey Evening Post

Phil Romeril was elected Deputy for St John, St Lawrence and Trinity in the June 2026 general election and took his seat when the new Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026. The promise is a broad behavioural commitment — to listen, collaborate, challenge poor decisions and prioritise islanders' interests — rather than a specific, measurable policy pledge, making independent verification inherently difficult. With fewer than three months elapsed since the Assembly was constituted, no independent reporting from authoritative Jersey sources (statesassembly.je, Bailiwick Express, Jersey Evening Post) has surfaced that either confirms or contradicts conduct consistent with this commitment.

• Jersey Election 2026: Results — Island FM
• Phil Romeril — States Assembly Members
• Phil Romeril — Vote.je candidate profile