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

Deputy for St Saviour · Independent

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

Raluca Stefana Kovacs

Raluca Stefana Kovacs was elected as Deputy for St Saviour in 2022, serving in the 2022–2026 Assembly. No ministerial, scrutiny or committee offices are recorded for her term.

Standing with Reform Jersey, Kovacs campaigned on cost-of-living and housing affordability as her central themes. Her specific pledges included removing GST from essential items such as food, blocking outside investors from purchasing flats on new developments, and opposing housing development on green-field and agricultural land. She also committed to promoting care work as a career to deliver well-paid, tailored support for older people living independently, and to working with the parish, schools and parents to create safer walking and cycling routes to schools.

Kovacs brought a background in business, management, finance and accountancy, alongside experience working in public services. She held qualifications in project management and had been active in community roles including chairing the Romanian Association in Jersey and co-chairing an HSBC Diversity and Inclusion initiative. She and her husband ran a restaurant in Howard Davis Park.

Sources

98%

States participation

809

Votes expected

Voted or abstained on 98% of the 809 votes they were expected to cast during 2022–2026 Assembly, with 82 further ballots excused, recused or otherwise set aside.

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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.

98%

of the 809 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly

  • Voted or abstained800
  • Not present for vote5
  • En défaut4

Set aside from the rate · 82

  • Ill41
  • Out of the Island8
  • Parental responsibilities22
  • Excused attendance11

These 82 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

34recorded votes

27 Pour · 7 Contre

  • Keptdirectional

    Will support preventing outside investors from buying flats on new developments and ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose.

    “tackling the housing crisis... we could make a start by preventing investors from outside the Island from buying flats on new developments and ensuring the existing accommodation is fit for purpose and secure.”

    HousingPopulation And Migration

    32 recorded votes test this promise

    25 Pour · 7 Contre
    • 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

      The motion to move to next item would prevent debate on measures affecting Andium Homes rent increases, which bears on ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose and affordable; voting contre allows the debate to proceed in tenants' interests.

    • 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 proposition concerns measures affecting Andium Homes rent increases, directly bearing on ensuring existing social accommodation remains affordable and fit for purpose.

    • 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 — Pour, voted to deliver11-34

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Increasing stamp duty on buy-to-let investments and second homes would discourage outside investors from buying properties including flats, advancing the promise.

    • 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 stamp duty amendment on buy-to-let investments and second homes would deter outside investor purchases of residential properties.

    • 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 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach2-42

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Part 2 of the stamp duty amendment on buy-to-let investments and second homes would deter outside investor purchases of residential properties.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise called for restricting outside investors from purchasing flats on new developments, while the motion addressed stamp duty on buy-to-let, second, and holiday homes — a different mechanism in the same policy area, meaning rejecting this particular fiscal measure does not plainly contradict the stated commitment.

    • 02 May 2023✓P.18/2023 — Rent Control Measures [P.18/2023] - as amended - paragraph (a)(i) — Pour, voted to deliver19-23

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Rent control measures bear directly on the promise to prevent outside investors exploiting the rental market and ensuring accommodation is affordable/fit for purpose.

    • 02 May 2023✓P.18/2023 — Rent Control Measures [P.18/2023] - as amended - paragraph (a)(ii) — Pour, voted to deliver17-25

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Rent control measures (paragraph a(ii)) directly advance the promise's goal of protecting tenants in existing accommodation.

    • 02 May 2023✓P.18/2023 — Rent Control Measures [P.18/2023] - as amended - paragraph (a)(iii) — Pour, voted to deliver12-30

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Rent control measures (paragraph a(iii)) directly advance the promise's goal of protecting tenants in existing accommodation.

    • 02 May 2023✓P.18/2023 — Rent Control Measures [P.18/2023] - as amended - paragraph (b)(i) — Pour, voted to deliver10-32

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Rent control measures (paragraph b(i)) directly advance the promise's goal of protecting tenants in existing accommodation.

    • 02 May 2023✓P.18/2023 — Rent Control Measures [P.18/2023] - as amended - paragraph (b)(ii) — Pour, voted to deliver16-26

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Rent control measures (paragraph b(ii)) directly advance the promise's goal of protecting tenants in existing accommodation.

    • 28 Nov 2023✓P.40/2023 — Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Licensing) (Jersey) Regulations 202- Reference back — Contre, voted to deliver18-26

      Voting Contre delivers this

      A reference back would delay the rented dwellings licensing regulations; voting contre keeps the legislation on track to ensure accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 29 Nov 2023✓P.87/2023 — Minimum Residential Space Standards (P.87/2023) - Paragraph (c) — Pour, voted to deliver13-27

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Paragraph (c) of minimum residential space standards bears on ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 18 Jul 2023✓P.40/2023 — Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Licensing) (Jersey) Regulations 202- Principles — Pour, voted to deliver34-10

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Licensing rented dwellings for public health and safety standards directly advances the promise of ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 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

      The amendment to abolish interest relief for landlords discourages buy-to-let investment, advancing the promise to prevent outside investors from dominating housing.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise specifically concerns preventing outside investors from buying new-development flats and ensuring accommodation is fit for purpose, while the motion concerns abolishing interest relief for landlords—a different mechanism in the same broad housing policy area, and a member could reasonably oppose this specific tax measure while still pursuing the promised goals through other means.

    • 11 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(22) — Government Plan P72-2023 Amendment 22 as amended - Abolition of interest relief for landlords — Pour, voted to deliver33-12

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Adopting the abolition of interest relief for landlords as amended discourages outside investor purchases of residential properties.

    • 28 Nov 2023✓P.40/2023 — Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Licensing) (Jersey) Regulations 202- Regulation 2 — Pour, voted to deliver35-4

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Adopting regulations for licensing rented dwellings advances the promise of ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 28 Nov 2023✓P.40/2023 — Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Licensing) (Jersey) Regulations 202- Regulations 3-6 — Pour, voted to deliver37-4

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Adopting regulations for licensing rented dwellings advances the promise of ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 28 Nov 2023✓P.40/2023 — Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Licensing) (Jersey) Regulations 202- Third Reading — Pour, voted to deliver37-9

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Third reading of rented dwellings licensing regulations advances the promise of ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 29 Nov 2023✓P.87/2023 — Minimum Residential Space Standards (P.87/2023) - Paragraph (b) — Pour, voted to deliver16-22

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Paragraph (b) of minimum residential space standards bears on ensuring existing and new accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 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

      Investing stamp duty uplift into first-time buyer funds helps prevent outside investors from crowding out owner-occupiers in the housing market.

    • 29 Nov 2023✓P.87/2023 — Minimum Residential Space Standards (P.87/2023) - Paragraph (a) — Pour, voted to deliver22-20

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Paragraph (a) of minimum residential space standards directly advances ensuring accommodation is fit for purpose.

    • 01 Apr 2025·P.16/2025 — Increase Stamp Duty for Properties that are not Principal Residences to 5 per cent (P.16-2025) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach3-41

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Increasing stamp duty for properties that are not principal residences would discourage outside investors from buying flats and homes, advancing the promise.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise specifically targets preventing outside investors from buying flats on new developments, while the motion concerns increasing stamp duty on all non-principal-residence properties—a different mechanism in the same policy area—so voting against this particular measure does not plainly contradict the specific promise made.

    • 14 May 2025✓P.29/2025 Amd. — Social Rents Plan to Reduce Rental Stress for Tenants (P.29-2025) Amendment — Pour, voted to deliver32-12

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The amendment to the Social Rents Plan to Reduce Rental Stress for Tenants bears on ensuring existing social accommodation is affordable and fit for purpose.

    • 14 May 2025✓P.29/2025 — Social Rental Plan to Reduce Rental Stress for Tenants (P.29-2025) as amended — Pour, voted to deliver34-4

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The Social Rental Plan to Reduce Rental Stress for Tenants directly advances ensuring existing accommodation is affordable for tenants.

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

      Voting Pour delivers this

      An amendment on empty residential properties bears on ensuring existing accommodation is utilised and fit for purpose rather than left vacant by investors.

    • 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

      Removing interest tax relief for buy-to-let mortgages would deter outside investors from buying properties, advancing the promise.

    • 26 Jun 2024✓P.37/2024 — Affordable Housing Provision at the Waterfront [P.37-2024] as amended — Pour, voted to deliver44-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Affordable housing provision at the Waterfront relates to ensuring new developments include affordable accommodation rather than being dominated by outside investors.

    • 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 — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach30-14

      Voting Contre delivers this

      Removing the stamp duty surcharge on second homes advantages outside/investor buyers, working against the promise to prevent outside investors from buying residential properties.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerned preventing outside investors from buying flats on new developments, whereas this motion addressed removing a stamp duty surcharge on second homes — a related but distinct mechanism in a different policy area, and a member could oppose the surcharge removal for various reasons while still honestly pursuing the original promise through other means.

    • 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 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach2-42

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Part 3 of the stamp duty amendment on buy-to-let investments and second homes would deter outside investor purchases of residential properties.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise specifically concerned preventing outside investors from buying flats on new developments, whereas this motion addressed stamp duty rates on buy-to-let, second homes, and holiday homes — a different mechanism in the same general policy area, meaning a vote against it does not plainly contradict the manifesto commitment.

    • 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(31).Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-first amendment (P.70/2025 Amd.(31)), amendment. Empty Residential Properties — Pour, voted against, not counted as a breach16-27

      Voting Contre delivers this

      An amendment to the empty residential properties amendment could weaken measures to bring empty homes back into use, working against ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerned preventing outside investors from buying flats in new developments and ensuring accommodation is fit for purpose, while this motion was a procedural amendment to an amendment about empty residential properties within a broader Budget, making it impossible to directly attribute the vote to the specific promise without additional inference.

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

      Voting Contre delivers this

      Removing the stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-let and second homes would advantage outside investors buying flats, working against the promise to prevent such purchases.

    • 21 Sept 2022✓P.80/2022(Amd)(2) — Mini-Budget 2022 (P.80/2022): second amendment. Residential rent controls — Pour, voted to deliver9-35

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Residential rent controls directly bear on ensuring existing accommodation is fit for purpose and protecting tenants from exploitative outside investor practices.

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

    • 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(31).Amd.(2). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-first amendment (P.70/2025 Amd.(31)), second amendment. Empty Residential Properties — Pour40-4

      A second amendment to the empty residential properties amendment touches on housing stock availability relevant to the promise.

  • Keptdirectional

    Will oppose housing development on green-field sites and agricultural land.

    “I am against housing development on green-fields and agricultural land.”

    HousingPlanning And DevelopmentEnvironment And Climate

    2 recorded votes test this promise

    2 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 would protect green space from development, directly advancing the promise to oppose development on green-field sites.

    • 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 bears on planning policy for areas that may include green-field and agricultural land.

Health & Social Care

2 promises · 2 kept

11recorded votes

8 Pour · 2 Contre · 1 away

  • Keptaspirational

    Will support Reform Jersey's commitment to timely, high-quality and affordable healthcare for all.

    “Reform Jersey is committed to providing healthcare which is timely, high-quality, available and affordable at the point of need for all.”

    Health And Care

    9 recorded votes test this promise

    6 Pour · 2 Contre · 1 away
    • 14 Dec 2022✓P.97/2022(Amd)(16) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): sixteenth amendment Multi-morbidity GP consultations — Pour, voted to deliver14-32

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Funding multi-morbidity GP consultations would improve healthcare access and affordability, advancing the promise of timely, high-quality and affordable healthcare for all.

    • 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 — Pour, voted to deliver24-22

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Free GP visits for children and young people directly advances affordable healthcare access as part of the promise of healthcare for all.

    • 30 Apr 2024✓P.20/2024 — In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Funding — Pour, voted to deliver44-1

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Funding IVF treatment advances the promise of affordable, high-quality healthcare for all by extending healthcare access.

    • 30 Apr 2024–P.20/2024 — In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Funding (P.20-2024): Amendment — Abstained, did not take a side28-15

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The amendment to IVF funding advances the promise of affordable healthcare for all.

    • 17 Jul 2024✓P.43/2024 — New Healthcare Facilities Programme Paragraph (b) — Pour, voted to deliver15-29

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Paragraph (b) of the New Healthcare Facilities Programme bears on delivering high-quality healthcare infrastructure as part of the promise of timely healthcare for all.

    • 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

      Paragraph (a) of the New Healthcare Facilities Programme directly advances the commitment to timely, high-quality healthcare for all.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a broad directional commitment to affordable, high-quality healthcare, and voting against a specific capital programme motion (New Healthcare Facilities Programme paragraph (a)) could reflect concerns about cost, design, or delivery mechanism rather than opposition to the underlying healthcare goal itself.

    • 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(2). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): second amendment. Health Insurance Fund Contributions — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach14-28

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Increasing contributions to the Health Insurance Fund would help fund affordable healthcare access for all Islanders.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise commits to affordable healthcare for all as a general principle, but whether voting against a specific 0.5-percentage-point increase in the Health Insurance Fund's share of Social Security contributions breaches that principle requires inference about whether this particular funding mechanism was the right or necessary route to delivering affordability.

    • 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 — Pour, voted to deliver24-20

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Free GP visits for full-time students directly advances affordable and timely healthcare access, consistent with Reform Jersey's healthcare commitment.

    • 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 advances affordable, high-quality healthcare for all.

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

    • 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.) — Contre16-29

      The amendment to the Health Insurance Fund Transfer motion bears on how healthcare is funded, touching the promise of affordable healthcare for all.

    • 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)) — Pour31-13

      The Health Insurance Fund transfer amendment relates to healthcare funding mechanisms relevant to the broader promise of affordable healthcare.

    • 12 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): amendment. Social Security grant funding — Pour26-21

      Maintaining the States grant to the Social Security Fund supports the funding base for health and social security services.

    • 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 — Contre15-25

      Halving the reduction in the States grant to the Social Security Fund preserves funding that supports healthcare and social security for all.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a broad directional commitment to affordable healthcare for all, while the motion concerns a specific funding mechanism—halving a reduction in the States grant to the Social Security Fund by drawing from the Strategic Reserve—and a member could reasonably vote against this particular fiscal route while still pursuing the general goal of affordable healthcare through other means.

  • Keptdirectional

    Will support promoting care work as a career to provide tailored, well-paid care for over-65s living independently.

    “By supporting the promotion of 'Caring as a Career' within the Community, those over 65's, who need support to live independently, would get tailored care provided by a well-paid and skilled workforce.”

    Health And CareSocial Security And Benefits

    2 recorded votes test this promise

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

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Redirecting funding into palliative and respite care directly supports well-funded care services for older people living independently.

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

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Part 1 of the respite care funding amendment similarly supports care provision for elderly people, aligning with the promise to support tailored care for over-65s.

    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 2 (Long-Term Care contributions) — Pour16-28

      Removing the upper earnings limit on Long-Term Care contributions could increase funding for care services benefiting over-65s living independently.

Education & Families

1 promise · 1 kept

8recorded votes

4 Pour · 3 Contre · 1 away

  • Keptdirectional

    Will work to improve the education system and better support staff to enable all children to reach their full potential.

    “We need to improve our education system and better support its staff, to allow all children to reach their full potential and provide better welfare and life-long learning.”

    Education

    8 recorded votes test this promise

    4 Pour · 3 Contre · 1 away
    • 17 Jul 2024–P.38/2024 — Fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds paragraph (c) — Abstained, did not take a side17-27

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds (paragraph c) directly advances the promise of improving the education system to enable all children and young people to reach their full potential.

    • 24 Oct 2024✓P.45/2024 — Delivery of Three Bilingual Primary Schools as amended Paragraph (b) — Pour, voted to deliver22-20

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Delivery of Three Bilingual Primary Schools (paragraph b) advances improving the education system and enabling all children to reach their full potential.

    • 24 Oct 2024✓P.45/2024 — Delivery of Three Bilingual Primary Schools as amended Paragraph (c) — Pour, voted to deliver11-29

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Delivery of Three Bilingual Primary Schools (paragraph c) advances improving the education system and enabling all children to reach their full potential.

    • 24 Oct 2024✓P.45/2024 — Delivery of Three Bilingual Primary Schools as amended Paragraph (a) — Pour, voted to deliver15-26

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Delivery of Three Bilingual Primary Schools (paragraph a) advances improving the education system and enabling all children to reach their full potential.

    • 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 advances the promise of improving the education system to enable all children to reach their full potential.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a broad, directional commitment to improving education generally, while the motion concerns one specific measure—fully funded education or training for 16-18 year olds—meaning a vote against it could reflect concerns about the particular mechanism, funding approach, or implementation rather than opposition to the general goal of improving education and supporting students.

    • 05 Feb 2025·P.74/2024 Amd. — Modern Languages in Schools (P74-2024) amendment - Parts 3 & 4 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach24-20

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Modern Languages in Schools amendment (Parts 3 & 4) advances improving the education system and enabling children to reach their full potential.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a broad, general commitment to improving education, while the motion concerns a specific amendment about modern languages provision in schools, meaning voting against it could reflect a preference for a different approach to language education rather than opposition to the general goal of improving the education system.

    • 13 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(20) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): twentieth amendment. Additional funding for education — Pour, voted to deliver13-32

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Additional funding for education directly advances the promise to improve the education system and better support staff and children.

    • 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(8). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): eighth amendment. Sport addition to Jersey Premium — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach11-32

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Adding funding for sport and physical activity in primary schools through the Jersey Premium scheme supports children reaching their full potential.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise to "improve the education system and better support its staff" is a broad, directional commitment, and voting against one specific £350,000 pilot for sport and physical activity in primary schools does not plainly contradict it, as the member could reasonably prefer different mechanisms, question the funding source, or support the general aim through other means.

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

    • 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(17). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): seventeenth amendment. Office of the Children's Commissioner for Jersey, 2026 Savings Allocation — Pour14-26

      Opposing cuts to the Children's Commissioner's budget supports oversight of children's services, indirectly supporting the promise to improve education and children's wellbeing.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns improving education and supporting staff for children's potential, while this motion concerns a specific savings allocation to the Office of the Children's Commissioner—a related but distinct body—making it unclear that voting to preserve its funding is the only way to honour a general education commitment.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

2 promises · 2 kept

13recorded votes

8 Pour · 2 Contre · 3 away

  • Keptdirectional

    Will support removing GST from essential items such as food.

    “removing GST from essential items like food”

    Tax And GstCost Of Living

    4 recorded votes test this promise

    3 Pour · 1 Contre
    • 24 Nov 2022✓P.100/2022 — Cost of living crisis – Removal of 5% goods and services tax (GST) from food (excluding alcoholic drinks) — Pour, voted to deliver17-28

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This motion directly proposes removing 5% GST from food (excluding alcoholic drinks), which is exactly what the promise commits to.

    • 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 to deliver24-22

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This amendment removes GST from sanitary products, which is a partial step towards the broader promise of removing GST from essential items.

    • 12 Sept 2023✓P.58/2023 — GST on menstrual sanitary products (P.66/2022) - Rescindment. — Contre, voted to deliver25-21

      Voting Contre delivers this

      Rescinding the GST removal from menstrual sanitary products would reverse a prior step towards removing GST from essential items, so voting against the rescindment advances the promise.

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

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Widening the Community Costs Bonus income threshold helps lower-income households afford essential items, partially advancing the goal of reducing costs of essentials like food.

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

    • 08 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(13). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirteenth amendment. Fort Regent — Contre10-34

      The amendment conditions Fort Regent funding on a 1% GST rise, and opposing it avoids a GST increase that would raise costs on essential items.

  • Keptdirectional

    Will push for greater support to make the agricultural sector more viable, sustainable and environmentally adapted.

    “More effort should be put into making the agricultural sector more viable and sustainable whilst adapting to modern environmental practices, to ensure we do not lose this important part of our economy.”

    Agriculture And FishingEnvironment And ClimateEconomy And Business

    9 recorded votes test this promise

    5 Pour · 1 Contre · 3 away
    • 07 Nov 2023–P.74/2023 — Increase in revenue expenditure for agriculture and fisheries - as Amended — Excused, did not take a side43-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This vote directly increases revenue expenditure for agriculture and fisheries, advancing the promise of greater support to make the agricultural sector more viable and sustainable.

    • 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 — Abstained, did not take a side35-1

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Increasing revenue expenditure on agriculture and fisheries directly advances the promise to support a more viable, sustainable and environmentally adapted agricultural sector.

    • 10 Sept 2024✓P.41/2024 — Draft Agriculture (Loans) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- Regulations — Pour, voted to deliver40-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The Draft Agriculture (Loans) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations directly provide financial support to the agricultural sector, advancing 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

      Third reading of agriculture loans amendment regulations advances the promise of greater financial support for the agricultural sector.

    • 10 Sept 2024✓P.41/2024 — Draft Agriculture (Loans) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- - Principles — Pour, voted to deliver43-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The principles of the Draft Agriculture (Loans) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations advance the promise of greater support for the agricultural sector.

    • 26 Nov 2024✓P.51/2024. Amd.(24).Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): twenty-fourth amendment (P.51/2024 Amd.(24) – amendment. Agricultural Loan Restrictions — Pour, voted to deliver27-18

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The amendment on agricultural loan restrictions in the Government Plan bears directly on support for the agricultural sector.

    • 26 Nov 2024–P.51/2024 Amd.(24) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): twenty-fourth amendment. Agricultural Loan restriction - as amended — Abstained, did not take a side18-25

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The agricultural loan restriction amendment as amended bears on the level of financial support provided to the agricultural sector.

    • 30 Mar 2026✓P.54/2026 Amd. — Continuation of Rural and Marine Support (P.54-2026) - Amendment (P.54-2026 Amd.) as amended — Contre, voted to deliver18-22

      Voting Contre delivers this

      The amendment to the Continuation of Rural and Marine Support proposition, if adopted, would have changed the support; voting contre the failed amendment and then for the main proposition advances continuing rural/agricultural support.

    • 30 Mar 2026✓P.54/2026 — Continuation of Rural and Marine Support (P.54-2026) — Pour, voted to deliver43-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The Continuation of Rural and Marine Support proposition directly advances the promise of greater support for the agricultural sector.

    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 is a design detail within agricultural loan policy, touching on how agricultural support is directed.

    • 10 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): amendment. Development Levies — Pour15-27

      Development levies could affect land use and viability for agriculture, touching on the promise to support a viable agricultural sector.

    • 09 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(30).Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirtieth amendment (P.70/2025 Amd.(30)), amendment. No Agricultural Loans for Cannabis-based products — Pour28-13

      The amendment to the cannabis agricultural loans bar is a further detail within agricultural support policy, tangentially relevant to directing agricultural funding appropriately.

Infrastructure & Environment

1 promise · 1 kept

2recorded votes

2 Pour

  • Keptdirectional

    Will work with the parish, schools and parents to create safer routes and encourage children to walk or cycle to school.

    “I would work with others in the Parish, as well as schools, parents and students to encourage children to walk or cycle to school. We can do more to create safer routes to schools, with less traffic.”

    Infrastructure And TransportEducationParish And Local Government

    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

      This amendment directly funds walking and cycling routes, which advances the promise of creating safer routes and encouraging children to walk or cycle to school.

    • 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 parking strategy supplementary planning guidance, if adopted, could undermine active travel and walking/cycling infrastructure; voting contre could protect routes for walking and cycling to school.

      Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The promise concerns working with parishes, schools, and parents to create safer walking and cycling routes to school, while the motion is about adopting supplementary planning guidance on a parking strategy — a different policy mechanism with no direct, obvious connection to the specific commitment made.

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

    • 14 Dec 2023·P.72/2023 Amd.(9) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): ninth amendment. Subsidised Annual Bus Pass — Pour17-29

      A subsidised annual bus pass encourages sustainable travel and could complement efforts to create safer routes for children walking or cycling to school.

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