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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 Jeune04 SeptStamp duty on buy-to-let and second homes regraded from Mixed to Kept after the vote that delivered it was found unlinked; Long-Term Care cap ruling stands, with the December 2025 vote added.— Stephen Ahier04 SeptSustainable finance promise regraded from No recorded vote to Kept after a reader challenge found the amendment that delivered it, which she lodged herself, unlinked.— Hilary Jeune04 SeptTwo further verdict-based promises revised after reader challenges: constituency surgeries regraded Partial to Delivered; Equalities Minister regraded Outstanding to In progress.— Hilary Jeune
Member of the Planning Committee · Member of Comité de Connétables
Richard Honeycombe has served as Connétable for St Ouen since first being elected to the States Assembly in June 2022, and was re-elected to the same seat in 2026. During his first term he sat on the Comité des Connétables, the Planning Committee, the Public Accounts Committee, and the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel. He currently holds membership of the Planning Committee and the Comité des Connétables.
Campaigning for his second term, Honeycombe emphasised his commitment to completing projects begun in his first term and maintaining an undivided focus on parish duties. His specific pledges included seeing through the completion of twelve new Over-55s housing units on the Rue de la Croix site by 2027, and placing the Parish of St Ouen above all other considerations. He also committed to not seeking a ministerial or assistant ministerial role, describing the Connétable's position as a ministerial responsibility in its own right.
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Coverage
Media mentions
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Attendance
Turnout in the States Assembly — 2026–2030 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.
4 votes in 2026–2030 Assembly so far — fewer than the 10 needed before this scorecard will publish a participation rate. The record to date:
Voted or abstained4
Manifesto
Promises, and how they voted — 2026–2030 Assembly
Grouped by policy area. Each promise carries the recorded States Assembly votes that test it, and whether this member voted to deliver — open any vote for the motion and the reasoning. A vote counts against a promise only where it plainly contradicts it; where a member voted against one particular measure but the breach is arguable, the vote is shown and set aside rather than counted. Where no recorded vote bears on a promise, an AI delivery verdict assesses progress against the public record.
Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained
Housing & Planning
1 promise · 0 kept
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded votespecific
Candidate will see through completion of 12 new Over 55s housing units on Rue de la Croix site by 2027.
“it's a project I hope to see through to its completion in 2027”
HousingParish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
Planning permission for the 37-home Rue de la Croix development — of which the Parish of St Ouen was reported in June 2025 as 'keen' to take on 12 units for over-55s — was unanimously approved by Jersey's Planning Committee in June 2025 (Bailiwick Express, 20 June 2025). Honeycombe was re-elected as Connétable on 8 June 2026 and the new 2026-2030 Assembly sat from 19 June 2026; no evidence of construction commencement or completion has been found as of September 2026, but this is consistent with a project that secured planning consent roughly 15 months ago and for which residents were told works would last 'at least 18 months'. The commitment is credibly in progress, with the structural groundwork (rezoning, drainage approval, planning consent) already laid in Honeycombe's previous term.
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded voteaspirational
Candidate commits to prioritising the Parish of St Ouen above all other duties if re-elected.
“If reelected, I will continue to put the Parish of St Ouen at the forefront of everything I do.”
Parish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
Richard Anthony Kingston Honeycombe was re-elected unopposed as Connétable of St Ouen on 7 June 2026, confirmed by official Vote.je results and Bailiwick Express reporting, and the new 2026–2030 Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026. The promise is an aspirational commitment to prioritise the Parish of St Ouen throughout his term, which is inherently ongoing and coextensive with holding the office; at only approximately 11 weeks into the new term as of 3 September 2026, it is far too early to assess whether the commitment has been delivered or fallen short. No independent evidence of any reversal or neglect of parish duties has been found.
Candidate will not seek a Ministerial or Deputy Minister role, focusing solely on the Connétable's duties.
“my focus will remain entirely on looking after people's needs, rather than seeking a position as Minister or Deputy Minister.”
Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredhigh confidence
Following his re-election as Connétable of St Ouen at the June 2026 general election (confirmed after a recount on 8 June 2026), Honeycombe was not nominated for, nor appointed to, any Ministerial or Assistant Minister role in Chief Minister Farnham's government, which was fully constituted by 30 June – 3 July 2026. His States Assembly profile records him solely as Connétable of St Ouen, consistent with his manifesto pledge.
Connétable for St Ouen · Independent. This term has closed — shown here as this member's earlier record, not the live one. A vote counts against a promise only where it plainly contradicts it; an arguable breach is shown and set aside rather than counted.
100%
Kept rate
92%
States participation
9
Promises tracked
91%
of the 876 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly
Voted or abstained805
Not present for vote65
En défaut6
Set aside from the rate · 16
Ill9
Excused attendance7
These 16 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.
Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained
Housing & Planning
2 promises · 0 kept
2recorded votes
1 Pour · 1 Contre
No recorded voteaspirational
Will work to progress provision of homes for elderly parishioners.
“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Homes for the elderly”
HousingHealth And Care
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
Connétable Honeycombe took concrete steps toward the promise during the 2022–2026 term: in February 2024 a parish assembly of 150 parishioners voted in favour of purchasing High Marsh House for £950,000 with the intent to demolish it and create around eight one-bedroom elderly-housing units, and a formal offer was placed (Jersey Evening Post, 20 Feb 2024). By June 2025, the Planning Committee unanimously approved a separate scheme of 37 new affordable homes on two St Ouen fields, prioritised for islanders over 55 wishing to downsize (Bailiwick Express, 20 Jun 2025). However, no independent source confirmed the High Marsh House purchase was completed, and the approved 37-home scheme remained under construction/pre-construction as at the date of assessment, meaning new elderly homes had not yet been delivered to parishioners.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
26 Jun 2024·P.37/2024 — Affordable Housing Provision at the Waterfront [P.37-2024] as amended — Pour44-0▾
Affordable Housing Provision at the Waterfront touches on provision of affordable homes, partially relevant to the aspiration to progress homes for elderly parishioners.
29 Nov 2023·P.87/2023 — Minimum Residential Space Standards (P.87/2023) - Paragraph (a) — Pour22-20▾
Minimum Residential Space Standards paragraph (a) relates to housing quality standards, partially bearing on progressing adequate homes including for elderly residents.
23 Apr 2025·P.26/2025 — Increase in Assets and Savings Threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway (P.26-2025) — Contre7-30▾
Increase in Assets and Savings Threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway relates to access to affordable housing, partially relevant to progressing homes for elderly parishioners.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to progress homes for elderly parishioners, while the motion concerns raising the assets and savings threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway — a specific eligibility mechanism that a member could reasonably oppose while still pursuing the broader goal of providing elderly housing through other means.
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 — Pour41-3▾
Bringing empty residential properties back into use could increase housing stock available to elderly parishioners needing homes.
No recorded voteaspirational
Will work to progress low-cost housing for young people in St Ouen.
“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Low cost housing for the young people of our Parish”
HousingCost Of Living
2 recorded votes test this promise
1 Pour · 1 Contre
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
This amendment would direct stamp duty revenue from second homes into first-time buyer funds, directly supporting affordable home ownership for young people.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to progress low-cost housing for young people in St Ouen, while the motion concerns a specific island-wide fiscal mechanism (redirecting stamp duty revenue into first-time buyer funds), and voting against one particular funding mechanism does not straightforwardly contradict a broader parish-level housing aspiration.
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
This amendment would remove the stamp duty surcharge on second homes, reducing a source of funds that can support first-time and affordable housing for young people.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns progressing low-cost housing for young people in St Ouen, while the motion concerned removing a stamp duty surcharge on second homes — a related but distinct policy lever whose connection to delivering affordable housing for young people in St Ouen requires inferential reasoning rather than being self-evident.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
26 Jun 2024·P.37/2024 — Affordable Housing Provision at the Waterfront [P.37-2024] as amended — Pour44-0▾
Affordable Housing Provision at the Waterfront bears on low-cost housing supply, tangentially relevant to the promise to progress low-cost housing for young people.
23 Apr 2025·P.26/2025 — Increase in Assets and Savings Threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway (P.26-2025) — Contre7-30▾
Increase in Assets and Savings Threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway directly concerns access to affordable housing, relevant to the promise to progress low-cost housing for young people in St Ouen.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general parish-level commitment to low-cost housing for young people in St Ouen, while the motion concerns a specific island-wide policy change to the Affordable Housing Gateway's assets and savings threshold — a member could oppose this particular mechanism while still pursuing their broader parochial housing commitment through other means.
19 Apr 2023·P.14/2023 — Development Levies - as amended - parts (a) and (b) — Pour40-1▾
Development Levies parts (a) and (b) concern mechanisms to fund affordable housing development, partially relevant to progressing low-cost housing for young people.
08 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(15). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): fifteenth amendment. Removal of 3% Stamp Surcharge — Contre2-42▾
Removing the stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-let and second homes could reduce fiscal pressure on the housing market and funding available to support first-time buyers.
Reinstating mortgage interest tax relief could ease housing costs for young people seeking to buy their first home, partially touching on affordable home ownership.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns low-cost housing for young people in St Ouen, while the motion is a specific fiscal mechanism (mortgage interest tax relief) that could be seen as related but is a distinct, contestable policy tool that a member could oppose while still pursuing the broader housing affordability goal through other means.
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 — Pour41-3▾
Measures on empty residential properties could bring more homes into use, potentially increasing housing supply available to young people seeking affordable housing.
Infrastructure & Environment
3 promises · 0 kept
No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.
No recorded voteaspirational
Will pursue extending the main sewer system to all properties in the parish.
“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: The extension of main sewer system to all properties”
Infrastructure And TransportParish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Connétable Honeycombe's 2022 manifesto promise to extend the main sewer system to all properties in St Ouen remained undelivered by the end of the 2022–2026 term. The Government of Jersey's own Bridging Liquid Waste Strategy (R.71/2023) recorded St Ouen as having only approximately 75.3% of properties connected to the mains foul sewer — one of the lowest rates on the island — and a July 2023 JEP report cited St Ouen specifically as a parish where planned housing developments faced an estimated £1m connection cost due to inadequate mains drain infrastructure. No evidence was found of Honeycombe lodging a proposition, securing a ministerial commitment, or completing any extension scheme specific to St Ouen properties during his term; when announcing his 2026 re-election bid (April 2026) he referred to projects he still wished to 'see through to completion', suggesting the sewer ambition was not delivered.
Will pursue making mains water available to all properties across the parish.
“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Mains water available to the whole Parish”
Infrastructure And TransportParish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
No evidence was found across the 2022–2026 Assembly term that Connétable Honeycombe made measurable progress on extending mains water to all properties in St Ouen. The Bailiwick Express end-of-year review for St Ouen published in December 2025 listed parish highlights and Honeycombe's wishes for 2026—covering housing, speed limits, and a bus shelter at Plémont—but made no mention of any mains water initiative or progress. His April 2026 re-election statement similarly referred to unspecified projects he wished to complete, without identifying mains water. Jersey Water's own published resources focus on PFAS-related borehole issues at St Ouen and island-wide supply challenges, with no recorded mains-network extension programme targeting the parish during this period.
Will work to introduce kerbside recycling in the parish.
“If elected, I would hope to move forward on the following: Kerbside re-cycling”
Environment And ClimateParish And Local Government
No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredmedium confidence
The parishioner vote to introduce kerbside recycling in St Ouen took place in July 2021 under Connétable Richard Buchanan, who announced the scheme was expected to start 'early in the new year' (i.e. early 2022), before Honeycombe was elected. By September 2024, Jersey Insight listed St Ouen among the parishes with an active monthly kerbside recycling scheme, confirming the service was operational throughout Honeycombe's 2022–2026 term. The commitment was therefore substantively delivered, though the groundwork was laid by Honeycombe's predecessor rather than by Honeycombe himself.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
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 — Pour44-1▾
Restoring Environment department funding could support waste management and recycling infrastructure relevant to introducing kerbside recycling in the parish.
Governance & Public Services
4 promises · 1 kept
2recorded votes
1 Pour · 1 Contre
No recorded votedirectional
Will hold regular Parish Assemblies, meetings and working parties to gather parishioners' views.
“I would hold regular Parish Assemblies, meetings and working parties to gain your views on important propositions.”
Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
During the 2022–2026 term, Connétable Honeycombe convened multiple Parish Assemblies on substantive matters, including a well-attended February 2024 assembly of approximately 150 parishioners to vote on the £950,000 purchase of High Marsh House — independently reported by the Jersey Evening Post and Bailiwick Express as generating significant community discussion. The stouen.je meeting minutes and gov.je gazette confirm assemblies were held across 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 covering accounts, licensing, elections and major spending decisions. However, no independent evidence of distinct 'working parties' — a specific element of the promise — was found, and the assemblies documented largely reflect standard statutory parish business rather than demonstrably additional or more frequent engagement introduced by Honeycombe.
Will focus exclusively on parish duties and remain accessible to parishioners at all times.
“I have no interest in becoming a Minister or Deputy Minister, my focus will be the Parish, the Parishioners and be accessible at all times.”
Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredhigh confidence
Throughout the 2022–2026 Assembly term, Connétable Honeycombe accepted no ministerial or assistant ministerial post, consistent with his stated commitment. He served on scrutiny and oversight bodies (the Public Accounts Committee from September 2022 and the Planning Committee), which are standard non-executive roles for Connétables and do not constitute ministerial office. The parish website shows active ongoing parish engagement, and parishioners re-elected him as Connétable of St Ouen in June 2026, suggesting confidence in his parish-focused conduct.
Will explore streaming parish meetings and enabling online participation.
“Maybe even stream some meetings and have online input.”
Parish And Local GovernmentDigital And Connectivity
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
Throughout the 2022–2026 Assembly term, all recorded St Ouen parish assemblies continued to be held in person at St Ouen's Parish Hall, with no evidence of live-streaming or online participation being introduced. The Jersey Law Commission's 2024 report (R-187-2024) noted that virtual attendance at parish assemblies remained only a future legislative possibility requiring new States Regulations, indicating no parish had yet implemented such measures. No independent reporting from the Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, or other Jersey outlets identified any steps taken by Connétable Honeycombe toward streaming or online input during his first term.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
23 May 2023·P.21/2023 — Amendment to Standing Orders – remote participation in states meetings - Reference back — Contre26-16▾
Amendment to Standing Orders on remote participation in States meetings was referred back; while about States rather than parish meetings, it touches on the concept of remote/online participation that the promise aspires to extend to parish meetings.
11 Dec 2024·P.63/2024 — Amendment to Standing Orders – remote participation in States Meetings - Reference Back — Contre28-11▾
Amendment to Standing Orders on remote participation in States Meetings reference back vote touches on the principle of enabling remote online participation, loosely related to the promise to explore online participation in parish meetings.
Keptdirectional
Will oppose the removal of Connétables from the States Assembly.
“We must never lose the Connetables from the States Assembly.”
Governance And ConstitutionParish And Local Government
2 recorded votes test this promise
1 Pour · 1 Contre
29 Nov 2023✓P.76/2023 — Reform of the composition of the States Assembly. — Contre, voted to deliver14-30▾
Voting Contre delivers this
This vote directly concerns reforming the composition of the States Assembly, which could include removing or altering the role of Connétables, making it a direct test of the promise to oppose such removal.
20 Mar 2025✓P.2/2025 — Re-instatement of Senators (P.2-2025) — Pour, voted to deliver25-20▾
Voting Pour delivers this
Re-instatement of Senators as adopted concerns reshaping Assembly membership; supporting senators' return is broadly consistent with maintaining traditional parish/representative structures including Connétables, though it is not a direct vote on Connétables.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
18 Jan 2023·P.108/2022 — Re-instatement of Senators (P.108/2022) — Pour23-24▾
The main re-instatement of Senators proposition concerns Assembly composition, tangentially related to the promise to oppose removal of Connétables from the Assembly.
Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The motion concerned reinstating Senators, a separate constitutional question from retaining Connétables; voting for Senator reinstatement does not bear on the promise to oppose removal of Connétables from the Assembly.
Draft Elections (Senators) Amendment Law fourth amendment concerns Assembly composition changes that could affect the balance of representation including the Connétables' role.
17 Jan 2023·P.108/2022(Amd) — Re-instatement of Senators (P.108/2022): amendment — Pour22-24▾
Re-instatement of Senators amendment touches on Assembly composition reform, indirectly bearing on the broader question of which roles exist in the Assembly including Connétables.
Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The motion concerns reinstatement of Senators, not the removal of Connétables, and while the two issues are related to States Assembly composition, voting for this amendment does not directly bear on whether Connétables remain in the Assembly.
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