Philip Francis Cyril Ozouf

Deputy for St Saviour · Independent

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

Philip Ozouf served in the States Assembly across multiple terms, previously holding seats as both Deputy and Senator, along with ministerial office, before returning to the Assembly in 2022 as Deputy for St Saviour, a seat he held until the end of the 2022–2026 term.

Campaigning on themes of government accountability, cost control, and constituency service, Ozouf stood on a platform of independent thinking and delivery for islanders. His specific pledges included opposing the single-site Overdale hospital in favour of a dual-site approach combining an expanded Gloucester Street with day-care and convalescence facilities at Overdale, and restarting his earlier proposal to cut the marginal rate of income tax for lower and middle earners. He also committed to introducing a Social Security exemption limit to ease pressures on the self-employed, publishing a radical housing plan to address the Island's shortage, and reducing expenditure on outside consultants to redirect savings towards frontline workers such as nurses, carers and teachers. For St Saviour specifically, he pledged to conduct a full review of parish finances, hold regular constituency surgeries from a parish-based office, and develop the first St Saviour Parish Plan covering housing, traffic and footpaths.

Ozouf describes himself as the son of a farmer and Connétable, and credits that background with instilling in him the values of hard work and public service.

Sources

Election manifesto · vote.je
X (Twitter) · twitter.com
Facebook · facebook.com
Deputy and hotel director to face Royal Court over ... · Bailiwick Express

82%

States participation

412

Votes expected

Voted or abstained on 82% of the 412 votes they were expected to cast during 2022–2026 Assembly, with 480 further ballots excused, recused or otherwise set aside — below the 85% bar, absent without an accepted reason.

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Attendance

Turnout in the States Assembly — 2022–2026 Assembly

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

82%

of the 412 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly

Voted or abstained341
Not present for vote71

Set aside from the rate · 480

Ill113
Out of the Island13
Excused attendance38
Suspended316

These 480 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

1 promise · 0 kept

2recorded votes

1 Contre · 1 away

No side takenspecific
Will publish a radical housing plan in the coming weeks to address the Island's housing shortage.
“I will be publishing a radical plan to address this in the coming weeks.”
Housing
2 recorded votes test this promise
1 Contre · 1 away
- 09 Dec 2025–P.70/2025 Amd.(31). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-first amendment. Empty Residential Properties, as amended — Suspended, did not take a side41-3
  Voting Pour delivers this
  An amendment on empty residential properties directly targets bringing unused housing stock back into use, bearing on the promise to address the island's housing shortage.
- 13 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(19) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): nineteenth amendment. Investment of stamp duty uplift into first time buyer funds — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach12-34
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Investing stamp duty uplift from second homes into first-time buyer funds directly addresses housing affordability, which is central to the promise to publish a radical housing plan addressing the island's shortage.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise was to publish a radical housing plan addressing the shortage, while this motion concerns one specific fiscal mechanism (directing stamp duty revenue to first-time buyer funds), and voting against it does not clearly contradict a general commitment to produce a housing plan.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(14). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): fourteenth amendment. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief — Suspended13-26
  Reinstating mortgage interest tax relief is a housing affordability measure that touches the broad promise to address the housing shortage, though it is one specific mechanism within a larger housing agenda.
- 10 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): amendment. Development Levies — Suspended15-27
  Development levies affect the economics of new housing construction and thus bear on the promise to address the housing shortage, though the direction of effect depends on the levy's design.

Health & Social Care

1 promise · 0 kept

5recorded votes

3 Pour · 1 Contre · 1 away

No side takenspecific
Will oppose the single-site Overdale hospital and advocate for a dual-site plan with Gloucester Street and Overdale.
“The proposed single site Overdale is an expensive hilltop folly. It's clear a dual-site on an expanded Gloucester Street with day-care, mental-health and convalescence located at Overdale is a much more affordable plan, that needs to be accelerated without delay.”
Health And CareInfrastructure And Transport
5 recorded votes test this promise
3 Pour · 1 Contre · 1 away
- 13 Dec 2022·P.109/2022 — Our Hospital Project: Reporting — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach15-32
  Voting Pour delivers this
  A proposition requiring reporting on the Our Hospital Project bears on the promise to oppose the single-site Overdale plan, as scrutiny and transparency could facilitate advocacy for a dual-site alternative.
  Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The motion concerned reporting arrangements for the hospital project, not a decision on the single-site versus dual-site question, so voting against a reporting mechanism does not contradict the promise to oppose the single-site Overdale plan.
- 14 Dec 2022·P.97/2022(Amd)(20) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): twentieth amendment Hospital funding — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach33-12
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The hospital funding amendment in the Government Plan advances funding for the single-site hospital project; voting Contre would align with opposing the single-site Overdale plan.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The motion is a specific amendment to hospital funding within the broader Government Plan, and voting against it could reflect opposition to the dual-site promise, but it could equally reflect objections to the amendment's particular funding mechanism, amounts, or procedural approach rather than the underlying site question itself.
- 17 Jul 2024–P.43/2024 — New Healthcare Facilities Programme paragraph (a) — Absent, did not take a side13-30
  Voting Contre delivers this
  This vote on New Healthcare Facilities Programme paragraph (a) is a direct vote on the hospital development programme, and voting Contre advances the promise to oppose the single-site Overdale hospital.
- 17 Jul 2024·P.43/2024 — New Healthcare Facilities Programme Paragraph (b) — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach15-29
  Voting Contre delivers this
  This vote on New Healthcare Facilities Programme paragraph (b) directly concerns the hospital development programme; voting Contre aligns with opposing the single-site Overdale plan the promise commits to opposing.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The motion concerns a specific paragraph of a "New Healthcare Facilities Programme" whose content is not fully specified, making it unclear whether voting Pour directly endorsed a single-site approach (contradicting the dual-site promise) or approved some other programmatic element of a potentially revised plan.
- 28 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(6) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028: sixth amendment. New Healthcare Facilities Programme expenditure — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach17-28
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The sixth amendment concerning New Healthcare Facilities Programme expenditure directly funds the hospital project; voting Contre aligns with opposing the single-site Overdale plan.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The motion concerns budget expenditure for the New Healthcare Facilities Programme, a funding/procedural vote, and while related to hospital development, voting on a specific budget line is not the same as choosing between a single-site Overdale or dual-site plan—a member could support this funding while still advocating for a dual-site approach through other means.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

3 promises · 1 kept

10recorded votes

1 Pour · 3 Contre · 6 away

Keptdirectional
Will support introducing a Social Security exemption limit to ease costs for the self-employed.
“A Social Security exemption limit will help the self employed and many who are suffering with rising costs.”
Tax And GstSocial Security And BenefitsCost Of Living
5 recorded votes test this promise
1 Pour · 1 Contre · 3 away
- 21 Sept 2022✓P.82/2022(Re-issue) — Draft Social Security (Amendment of Law - Temporary Reduction of Contribution Rates) (Jersey) Regulations 202-. Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver46-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Draft Social Security (Temporary Reduction of Contribution Rates) Regulations directly reduces Social Security contribution rates, bearing on the promise to ease SS costs for the self-employed.
- 20 Sept 2022·P.80/2022(Amd)(10) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): tenth amendment. Social Security Contributions Decrease - reduced lodging period — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach11-32
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This amendment specifically concerned a Social Security Contributions Decrease, directly bearing on the promise to ease Social Security costs for the self-employed through an exemption limit.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The motion concerned reducing the lodging period for a Social Security contributions decrease, which is a procedural/timing mechanism rather than directly enacting the substantive exemption limit promised, so voting against it does not plainly contradict the commitment to support introducing such an exemption limit.
- 20 Sept 2022–P.80/2022(Amd)(5) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): fifth amendment. Extend the temporary Social Security contribution reduction to 31 March 2023 — Absent, did not take a side14-30
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Extending the temporary Social Security contribution reduction directly eases SS costs, bearing on the promise to introduce SS exemptions to ease costs for the self-employed.
- 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) — Suspended, did not take a side13-30
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Removing the upper earnings limit on Social Security contributions would increase the SS burden on higher-earning self-employed, contrary to the promise to ease SS costs for the self-employed.
- 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) — Suspended, did not take a side16-28
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Removing the upper earnings limit on Long-Term Care contributions would increase costs on the self-employed, working against the promise to ease SS costs for the self-employed.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 15 Dec 2022·P.97/2022(Amd)(23) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): twenty-third amendment Removing the Upper Earnings caps — Contre16-28
  Removing the upper earnings cap on Social Security contributions is a different mechanism from a Social Security exemption limit for the self-employed, but touches the same SS contribution framework.
- 14 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(3) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 P72 Amendment 3 - Removal of earnings cap — Contre12-33
  Removing the earnings cap changes Social Security contribution structures but is a different measure from an exemption limit for the self-employed, making this only a tangential connection.
- 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(2). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): second amendment. Health Insurance Fund Contributions — Suspended14-28
  Raising the Health Insurance Fund share of SS contributions increases the total SS contribution burden, touching the promise to ease SS costs for the self-employed.
- 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(11). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): eleventh amendment. Overpayments of Social Security Contributions, as amended — Suspended43-0
  The amendment on overpayments of Social Security contributions touches the administration and level of SS charges, tangentially bearing on easing SS costs for the self-employed.
Mixeddirectional
Will pursue restarting a proposal to cut the marginal rate of income tax for lower and middle earners.
“My proposal to cut the marginal rate of tax should be re-started to help the lowest and middle earners.”
Tax And GstCost Of Living
3 recorded votes test this promise
2 Contre · 1 away
- 14 Dec 2023✗P.72/2023 Amd.(7) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 P72 Amendment 7 - Marginal Relief — Contre, voted against delivering11-35
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This amendment directly concerns Marginal Relief in the Government Plan, which is precisely the mechanism for cutting the marginal rate of income tax for lower and middle earners that the promise commits to pursuing.
- 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
  This motion proposed replacing the 20% standard income tax rate with 25%, directly contradicting the promise to cut the marginal rate of income tax for lower and middle earners.
- 20 Sept 2022–P.80/2022(Amd)(6)(Re-issue) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): sixth amendment. New personal tax allowance — Absent, did not take a side9-33
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Introducing a new personal tax allowance would reduce income tax for lower earners, bearing on the promise to cut the marginal rate for lower and middle earners.
No side takendirectional
Will push to cut spending on outside consultants and redirect savings to recruit frontline workers.
“Control spending. The money wasted is typified by £millions spent on outside consultants. Savings need to be made to free up resources to recruit more carers, nurses, teachers, and the frontline workers that islanders need.”
Public FinancesPublic Sector Reform
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 away
- 17 Oct 2023–P.73/2023 — Audit of Government Department Vacancies — Excused, did not take a side1-44
  Voting Pour delivers this
  An audit of government department vacancies directly supports identifying where frontline workers could be recruited, consistent with the promise to redirect savings from consultants to frontline staff.
- 27 Feb 2024–P.8/2024 (re-issue) — Cabinet Office Expenditure Savings [P.8-2024] — Excused, did not take a side38-0
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Cabinet Office Expenditure Savings motion directly concerns cutting government spending, which materially bears on the promise to cut spending on outside consultants and redirect savings.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 17 Oct 2023·P.69/2023 — Reporting of headcount and vacancies - Paragraph (a) as Amended — Excused32-12
  Reporting on headcount and vacancies touches on workforce transparency, which partially bears on the promise to redirect spending toward frontline workers.
- 14 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(30).Amd — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 P72 Amendment 30 as amended - Freeze on Public Health staff appointments — Pour37-10
  A freeze on Public Health staff appointments works against recruiting frontline workers, so voting Contre would better align with the promise to redirect savings to frontline staff.
  Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerned cutting consultant spending to redirect savings to frontline workers, whereas this motion was a freeze on Public Health staff appointments — a different mechanism (a hiring freeze) in a different spending category, and voting for it could plausibly be seen as either contradicting or unrelated to the promise depending on how "frontline workers" is defined and whether the freeze targeted clinical or administrative posts.
- 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(35) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-fifth amendment. Reduction in Public Expenditure — Suspended2-40
  Freezing government spending at 2025 levels would pressure departments to reduce expenditure including on consultants, tangentially supporting the promise to cut spending on outside consultants.

Governance & Public Services

4 promises · 1 kept

2recorded votes

1 Contre · 1 away

Keptdirectional
Will strongly defend the role of Connétables in the States Assembly.
“I stand for strengthening Parishes and commit to strongly defend the role of Connétable in the States.”
Governance And ConstitutionParish And Local Government
2 recorded votes test this promise
1 Contre · 1 away
- 29 Nov 2023–P.76/2023 — Reform of the composition of the States Assembly. — Excused, did not take a side14-30
  Voting Contre delivers this
  Reform of the composition of the States Assembly could affect the role of Connétables; voting Contre a reform that reduces their role advances the promise to strongly defend the Connétables' place in the Assembly.
- 22 Nov 2022✓P.98/2022(Amd)(2) — Common Strategic Policy (P.98/2022): second amendment [P.98/2022 Amd.(2)] — Contre, voted to deliver23-24
  Voting Contre delivers this
  The second amendment to the Common Strategic Policy concerned constitutional/Assembly composition matters that could bear on the role of Connétables in the States Assembly.
No recorded votespecific
Will conduct a full review of St Saviour parish finances and functions to ensure affordable rates.
“With the Constable I would undertake a full review of St Saviour finances and functions to ensure services are affordable through domestic and commercial rates.”
Parish And Local GovernmentPublic Finances
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found in any authoritative Jersey source — including statesassembly.je, gov.je, the Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, or the Parish of St Saviour's own website — of a formal review of St Saviour's finances and functions being undertaken jointly by Deputy Ozouf and the Constable at any point during the 2022–2026 term. Ozouf's attention during the term was largely consumed by his role as Minister for External Relations (July 2022–January 2024) and a series of personal and legal crises, including being summoned to the Petty Debts Court over an unpaid St Saviour parish rates bill in December 2022, two criminal convictions in 2025, and two Assembly suspensions; he did not stand in the 2026 election. Parish rates and expenditure decisions continued through standard annual rates assemblies with no reported connection to any joint review promised in the manifesto.
No recorded votespecific
Will base his office in St Saviour parish and hold regular constituency surgeries.
“My office will be in the Parish, hold regular surgeries and will be available for you.”
Parish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
Ozouf's registered parliamentary office address was listed on statesassembly.je as Morier House, Halkett Place, St Helier — not a dedicated parish office in St Saviour as promised. However, the St Saviour parish website confirmed that Deputies (as a collective) held regular surgeries throughout 2023 at the Parish Hall and Georgetown Methodist Church, suggesting some participation in constituency surgeries during the earlier part of the term. The promise was never fully delivered: no independent evidence of a personal, dedicated St Saviour office emerged, the term was severely disrupted by two suspensions (September and November 2025) and criminal convictions, and Ozouf stepped down from politics entirely ahead of the June 2026 election.
No recorded voteaspirational
Will work to develop and implement the first St Saviour Parish Plan covering housing, traffic and footpaths.
“Working together we can develop and implement the first St Saviour's plan that meets the needs of our parish's future in housing, traffic, foot-paths and more.”
Parish And Local GovernmentHousingInfrastructure And Transport
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found across Jersey sources (statesassembly.je, stsaviour.je, Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, ITV Channel) of a St Saviour Parish Plan covering housing, traffic and footpaths being developed or implemented during the 2022–2026 Assembly term. Ozouf's tenure was severely disrupted: he lost his ministerial role in January 2024 following a vote of no confidence, was convicted of motoring offences in February 2025, pleaded guilty to immigration offences in October 2025 leading to two Assembly suspensions, was sentenced to 120 hours of community service in February 2026, and stood down from politics at the June 2026 election without having advanced this parish-level commitment.

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