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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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Robert David Johnson

Connétable for St Mary · Independent

Member of Comité des Connétable

Robert David Johnson

Robert David Johnson was first elected to the States Assembly in 2014 as Deputy of St Mary, serving two terms before being elected Connétable of St Mary in 2022 and re-elected to that seat in 2026. He chaired the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel from 2016 to 2018, and chaired both the Economic and International Affairs Panel and the Legislation Advisory Panel from 2018 to 2022. He served as Lead Member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly from 2018 to 2026 and has been a member of the Comité des Connétables since 2022.

For the 2026–2030 term, Johnson's campaign focused on parish accessibility, fiscal responsibility and key island-wide priorities. His principal pledges included maintaining daily attendance at the Parish Hall, raising parishioners' concerns directly with ministers and departments, and pushing for reductions in public expenditure on staff and consultants. On broader policy, he committed to supporting the finance industry while promoting diversification of other sectors, prioritising delivery of the new hospital with appropriate staff recruitment, and backing affordable housing in the parish while opposing large greenfield developments.

Johnson is a solicitor with more than forty years of professional experience, a background he credits with shaping his ability to consider multiple perspectives and reach independent decisions.

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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.

5 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 abstained5

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 votedirectional

    Candidate will support affordable housing in the parish while opposing large greenfield developments.

    “I recognise the need for affordable homes in the parish but not in the form of large greenfield developments”

    HousingPlanning And Development
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    Connétable David Johnson was re-elected to the 2026-2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026, with his vote.je manifesto confirming the greenfield housing promise. The new Assembly sat from 19 June 2026, leaving only approximately 14 weeks to the assessment date (28 September 2026). No independent reporting from the Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, or official States records surfaced any specific action — proposition lodged, ministerial statement, planning objection, or parish assembly resolution — attributable to Johnson on affordable housing or opposing greenfield development in St Mary during this short window. The Jersey Island planning context remains live (the Bridging Island Plan was extended beyond its 2025 cut-off), but no evidence of Johnson acting on this specific promise in the 2026-2030 term was found. Given the very short time in office, this reflects the absence of recorded action rather than a failure to deliver.

Health & Social Care

1 promise · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will prioritise delivery of the new hospital and recruitment of healthcare staff, including accommodation provision.

    “Priority to be given to new hospital and recruitment of appropriate staff, with particular regard to accommodation.”

    Health And CareInfrastructure And Transport
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    Connétable David Johnson was re-elected and took his seat on 19 June 2026, giving him only approximately three months in the 2026-2030 Assembly term as of 28 September 2026. No evidence was found of any specific action attributable to Johnson personally — such as propositions lodged, written questions, scrutiny appearances, or public advocacy — regarding the new hospital, healthcare recruitment, or staff accommodation since he was seated. The hospital itself is progressing at government level (a construction contract with Bouygues UK was signed in June 2026 and construction is expected to begin late 2026), but this is the result of the executive programme, not Johnson's individual advocacy. Health and Care Jersey's own workforce restructuring plan was deferred to 2027–2028, and key worker accommodation costs were flagged as an unanticipated pressure in HCJ board papers in May 2026, suggesting the accommodation dimension of the promise remains an open issue.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

2 promises · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will push for further reductions in public expenditure on employees, consultants and other costs.

    “Further steps need to be taken to rein in the level of expenditure in terms of Employees/consultants and other savings”

    Public FinancesPublic Sector Reform
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    Connétable David Johnson was re-elected to the 2026-2030 Assembly on 7 June 2026, which first sat on 19 June 2026 — a window of only approximately 14 weeks to 28 September 2026. No evidence was found that Johnson has lodged a proposition, amendment, or written question specifically targeting reductions in public-sector employee or consultant expenditure in the new Assembly; his only recorded proposition in the current term (P.62-2026) concerns an unrelated procedural matter. Broader Jersey Government commitments to cut consultants (£9 million efficiency saving in the approved 2026-29 Budget) predate the new Assembly and are not attributable to Johnson personally.

  • No recorded voteaspirational

    Candidate will advocate for supporting the finance industry while also promoting diversification of other industries.

    “it is imperative that States Members understand the ongoing requirements for the sector to maintain its position in the international marketplace but not at the expense of expansion and diversification of other industries.”

    Economy And Business
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    Connétable David Johnson of St Mary was re-elected on 7 June 2026, with the new 2026-2030 Assembly first sitting on 19 June 2026 — only approximately 100 days before this assessment. No specific evidence was found of Johnson making formal representations, lodging propositions, or making ministerial statements advocating for the dual finance/diversification balance promised in his manifesto. His Assembly activity recorded to date relates to a rural and marine support amendment (P.54/2026) and attendance at the July 2026 sitting, with no economy-focused advocacy documented. Given the very short timeframe since the Assembly was constituted, this reflects the brevity of the term rather than a deliberate failure to act.

Governance & Public Services

3 promises · 0 kept

No recorded States Assembly vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded voteconditional

    Candidate commits to daily attendance at the Parish Hall to remain accessible to parishioners.

    “Subject to States commitments, I daily attend the Parish Hall where I am readily available to meet parishioners”

    Parish And Local Government
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictUnverifiablelow confidence

    David Johnson was re-elected as Connétable of St Mary on 7 June 2026 and the new Assembly sat from 19 June 2026, giving him only about three months in this term as of the assessment date. The promise — daily attendance at the Parish Hall to be accessible to parishioners — is a behavioural, day-to-day commitment rather than a policy measure, and no independent reporting (Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, BBC Jersey, ITV Channel Television, gov.je or statesassembly.je) was found that either confirms or contradicts whether Johnson has fulfilled this routine. The St Mary Parish Hall website confirms standard weekday opening hours of 09:00–13:00, which is consistent with but does not independently verify the promise.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will continue cooperating with the Community Centre to support parish community initiatives.

    “I continue to co-operate with the Community Centre in support of initiatives for the benefit of the parish community”

    Parish And Local Government
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictUnverifiablelow confidence

    Connétable David Johnson was re-elected for St Mary on 7 June 2026 and the new Assembly sat from 19 June 2026, meaning only approximately three months had elapsed by the assessment date of 28 September 2026. St Mary's Youth and Community Centre exists as an active registered charity whose management committee works with the Parish, but no independent reporting or official States/parish records found online specifically document Connétable Johnson's post-election cooperation with the Centre. The promise is an ongoing behavioural commitment rather than a discrete deliverable, making it inherently difficult to verify through open-source web evidence in such a short window.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will continue to raise parishioners' specific concerns with relevant Ministers and Departments.

    “I will continue to raise with the relevant Minister or Department specific concerns of parishioners.”

    Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedlow confidence

    Connétable David Johnson of St Mary was re-elected on 7 June 2026 and the new 2026–2030 Assembly first sat on 19 June 2026, meaning fewer than four months have elapsed since he took his seat. No independent reporting (Jersey Evening Post, Bailiwick Express, statesassembly.je, gov.je) has surfaced specific instances of Johnson raising parishioners' concerns with Ministers or Departments in the current term; the promise is a continuing, behavioural commitment rather than a discrete policy action, making it inherently difficult to evidence at this early stage. The rating reflects the absence of verifiable evidence rather than a finding of failure, given the very short window of the new Assembly term.

Voting record

Recent recorded votes

This member's most recent votes in the States Assembly's electronic voting record, regardless of whether they relate to a manifesto promise.

Manifesto · Closed term

Promises, and how they voted — 2022–2026 Assembly

Connétable for St Mary · 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.

50%

Kept rate

97%

States participation

8

Promises tracked

97%

of the 875 votes they were expected to cast in 2022–2026 Assembly

  • Voted or abstained852
  • Not present for vote23

Set aside from the rate · 16

  • Out of the Island16

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 · 1 kept

10recorded votes

5 Pour · 2 Contre · 3 away

  • No side takendirectional

    Candidate will oppose large-scale developments on greenfield sites.

    “I oppose large developments on greenfield sites”

    Planning And DevelopmentEnvironment And Climate

    2 recorded votes test this promise

    2 away
    • 15 Dec 2022–P.97/2022(Amd)(5) — Proposed Government Plan 2023-2026 (P.97/2022): fifth amendment St Helier Country Park — Absent, did not take a side20-25

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The St Helier Country Park amendment sought to designate land as parkland rather than allow development, supporting protection of open/greenfield land from large-scale development.

    • 29 Nov 2024–P.51/2024 Amd.(2) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024) – second amendment. West of Island Planning Framework — Absent, did not take a side40-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The West of Island Planning Framework directly governs planning policy for western parishes including St Mary, bearing directly on the control of large-scale greenfield development in those areas.

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

    • 19 Jul 2023·P.50/2023 — Supplementary Planning Guidance – Parking Strategy. — Contre19-24

      The Supplementary Planning Guidance on Parking Strategy if rejected could mean less restrictive planning conditions, but the connection to opposing greenfield development specifically is indirect.

    • 29 Nov 2023·P.83/2023 — Draft Planning and Building (Conservation Areas) (Jersey) Regulations 202-. Third Reading — Pour38-9

      Conservation Area regulations protect designated land from inappropriate development, indirectly supporting opposition to large-scale greenfield development.

    • 10 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd. — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): amendment. Development Levies — Absent15-27

      Development levies can act as a financial disincentive to large-scale greenfield developments, tangentially supporting the promise to oppose such developments.

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will support affordable housing in the parish while opposing large greenfield developments.

    “I recognise the need for affordable homes in the parish but not in the form of large greenfield developments”

    HousingPlanning And Development

    8 recorded votes test this promise

    5 Pour · 2 Contre · 1 away
    • 19 Apr 2023✓P.14/2023 — Development Levies - as amended - parts (a) and (b) — Pour, voted to deliver40-1

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Development levies (parts a and b) would impose charges on new development, a mechanism that moderately advances affordable housing and discourages speculative large developments.

    • 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 supports affordable housing access, a core element of this promise.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerned opposing large greenfield developments while supporting affordable housing, whereas this motion decided a specific funding mechanism (stamp duty revenue into first-time buyer funds), so voting against it is not a plain contradiction of the promise but rather a judgement about one particular financial instrument for affordable housing.

    • 29 Nov 2024–P.51/2024 Amd.(2) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024) – second amendment. West of Island Planning Framework — Absent, did not take a side40-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The West of Island Planning Framework amendment to the Government Plan directly concerns planning policy for the western parishes including St Mary, bearing on greenfield development controls.

    • 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 Social Rents Plan to Reduce Rental Stress amendment directly supports affordable housing access for tenants, bearing on the promise to support affordable housing.

    • 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 as amended directly advances affordable rented housing, consistent with the promise to support affordable housing.

    • 23 Apr 2025·P.26/2025 — Increase in Assets and Savings Threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway (P.26-2025) — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach7-30

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Increasing the assets/savings threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway would widen access to affordable housing, directly advancing the affordable housing strand of this promise.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise concerns opposing large greenfield developments while supporting affordable housing in principle, whereas the motion is about adjusting an assets and savings threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway—a specific administrative/eligibility mechanism rather than a decision about greenfield development or housing location.

    • 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, if aimed at bringing them back into use, supports increasing housing supply and affordable housing availability.

    • 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

      The motion requires affordable housing provision at the Waterfront, directly advancing the promise to support affordable housing in the parish/island context.

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

    • 28 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(17) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): seventeenth amendment. Le Squez — Contre15-31

      The Le Squez amendment concerns a specific housing site, touching the broader promise to support affordable housing.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The motion concerns a specific budget amendment relating to Le Squez, and without knowing whether this amendment directly funds greenfield development or affordable housing in the parish, voting against it cannot be clearly attributed to contradicting the promise to support affordable housing while opposing large greenfield developments.

    • 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 — Pour30-14

      Removing the stamp duty surcharge on second homes could disadvantage first-time buyers competing for housing, working against the affordable housing aspect of this promise.

      Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The promise concerns affordable housing and opposing greenfield developments in the parish, while this motion is about stamp duty surcharges on second homes — a different policy instrument with only an indirect, inferential connection to housing affordability.

    • 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 increase competition for housing stock against first-time buyers, working against affordable housing goals.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

2 promises · 0 kept

11recorded votes

6 Pour · 5 Contre

  • No recorded votespecific

    Candidate will oppose any quarry extension that results in the loss of agricultural land.

    “I will continue to oppose any extension of the quarry resulting in loss of agricultural land”

    Agriculture And FishingPlanning And DevelopmentEnvironment And Climate
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredmedium confidence

    As Deputy of St. Mary, David Johnson backed Senator Kristina Moore's 2021 amendment to remove the La Gigoulande Quarry extension into agricultural Field MY966 from the Draft Bridging Island Plan; the States voted heavily in favour of that amendment in March 2022 (Jersey Evening Post, March 2022), blocking the proposed extension. Throughout the 2022–2026 Assembly term, the field was not designated a safeguarded mineral site in the Bridging Island Plan 2022–2025, and no planning application for the extension was approved; when Granite Products resumed borehole drilling in October 2022, politicians including Johnson's neighbouring Connétables publicly reaffirmed their opposition. No evidence was found of Johnson departing from his stated position during the full term.

  • Mixeddirectional

    Candidate will support further steps to reduce public expenditure on employees, consultants and other costs.

    “Further steps need to be taken to 'rein in' the level of expenditure in terms of employees/consultants and other savings.”

    Public FinancesPublic Sector Reform

    11 recorded votes test this promise

    6 Pour · 5 Contre
    • 24 Nov 2022✓P.107/2022 — States Employment Board – Annual Reporting — Pour, voted to deliver38-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      States Employment Board Annual Reporting improves accountability for public employee costs, supporting the promise to reduce public expenditure on employees.

    • 17 Oct 2023✓P.69/2023 — Reporting of headcount and vacancies - Paragraph (a) as Amended — Pour, voted to deliver32-12

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Reporting of headcount and vacancies directly advances public scrutiny of government employee numbers, supporting the promise to reduce public expenditure on employees.

    • 17 Oct 2023·P.73/2023 — Audit of Government Department Vacancies — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach1-44

      Voting Pour delivers this

      An audit of government department vacancies directly supports identifying and reducing unnecessary employee costs, consistent with the promise to reduce public expenditure on employees.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. An audit of vacancies is a procedural/information-gathering step, and a member could reasonably vote against it while still genuinely pursuing the broader promise to reduce public expenditure on employees, for example by preferring a different mechanism or believing the audit unnecessary.

    • 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 — Pour, voted to deliver37-10

      Voting Pour delivers this

      A freeze on Public Health staff appointments directly reduces public expenditure on employees, a clear test of the promise to support further steps to reduce public expenditure on employees.

    • 27 Feb 2024✓P.8/2024 (re-issue) — Cabinet Office Expenditure Savings [P.8-2024] — Pour, voted to deliver38-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Cabinet Office Expenditure Savings directly implements reductions in government costs, a direct test of the promise to support reducing public expenditure on employees, consultants and other costs.

    • 27 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(20) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): twentieth amendment. Jersey Business and Digital Jersey Savings — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach18-27

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Saving on Jersey Business and Digital Jersey expenditure advances the promise to reduce public expenditure on consultants and other costs.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to reduce public expenditure, while this motion concerns one specific amendment to the Budget about Jersey Business and Digital Jersey savings, and a member could vote against this particular mechanism while still honestly pursuing the broader goal of expenditure reduction through other means.

    • 28 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(16) — Proposed Budget(Government Plan) 2025-2028: sixteenth amendment. New Office — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach7-38

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The amendment concerning a New Office (sixteenth amendment) in the Government Plan bears on government expenditure, consistent with the promise to reduce public expenditure on employees and other costs.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise calls generally for reducing public expenditure on employees and consultants, but voting against one specific budget amendment concerning a "New Office" could reflect a judgement that this particular measure was not the right vehicle for that goal, rather than opposition to the principle of cost reduction.

    • 11 Dec 2025✓P.70/2025 Amd.(36). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-sixth amendment. Council of Ministers' adjustments to heads of expenditure — Pour, voted to deliver38-4

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The Council of Ministers' amendment reduces net revenue expenditure across departmental heads to balance the Budget, materially bearing on the promise to reduce public expenditure.

    • 12 Mar 2026✗P.44/2026 — Curbing Growth of Public Sector - End-to-End Review of Government Procesess (P.44-2026) — Contre, voted against delivering2-42

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Curbing Growth of Public Sector through an end-to-end review of government processes is a direct test of the promise to support further steps to reduce public expenditure on employees, consultants and other costs.

    • 12 Dec 2023✓P.72/2023 Amd.(30).Amd.(2) — Proposed Government Plan 2024-2027 (P.72/2023): thirtieth amendment (P.72/2023 Amd.(30)) – second amendment. Freeze on Public Health Staff Appointments — Pour, voted to deliver49-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      A freeze on Public Health staff appointments in the Government Plan directly advances the promise to reduce public expenditure on employees.

    • 09 Dec 2025✗P.70/2025 Amd.(35) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): thirty-fifth amendment. Reduction in Public Expenditure — Contre, voted against delivering2-40

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Freezing government spending at 2025 levels is a direct, substantive step to reduce public expenditure, exactly what this promise commits to.

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

    • 28 Nov 2024·P.51/2024 Amd.(21) — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2025-2028 (P.51/2024): twenty-first amendment. Transform Project — Pour12-29

      The Transform Project amendment concerns government transformation spending which could reduce or increase long-term public expenditure, touching the promise to support reducing costs.

    • 11 Dec 2025·P.70/2025 Amd.(18). — Proposed Budget (Government Plan) 2026-2029 (P.70/2025): eighteenth amendment. Statistics Jersey, Administrative Support Funding — Pour18-25

      Adding administrative support funding to Statistics Jersey would increase public expenditure on employees/consultants, running against the promise to reduce such costs.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise is a general directional commitment to reduce public expenditure on employees and consultants, but this motion concerns a specific funding decision about administrative support for Statistics Jersey, and voting in favour of that funding could be consistent with the promise if the member judged the expenditure justified or necessary rather than wasteful.

    • 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 — Pour15-25

      A Government Plan amendment rejected here may have borne on expenditure savings, touching the promise to reduce public expenditure, though the specific content is not fully clear from the title alone.

Governance & Public Services

4 promises · 1 kept

6recorded votes

5 Pour · 1 Contre

  • No recorded votespecific

    Candidate commits to supporting the honorary system in the parish.

    “I commit to supporting the honorary system which is at the heart of parish life”

    Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredmedium confidence

    David Johnson served as Connétable of St Mary throughout the 2022–2026 term, maintaining continuous membership of the Comité des Connétables and overseeing the St Mary Honorary Police, with regular elections for Centeniers and Vingteniers conducted under his watch. The honorary system in St Mary remained fully operational during the term, with the parish administration page confirming active honorary officer rosters including Centeniers elected in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026. Johnson's commitment to the parish role was reinforced when he reversed a planned retirement and stood again for re-election in June 2026, citing his ongoing dedication to parish and States-level work.

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will encourage and support the formation of community groups for parish initiatives.

    “I would encourage and support the formation of groups to take forward particular initiatives for the benefit of the parish community”

    Parish And Local Government

    6 recorded votes test this promise

    5 Pour · 1 Contre
    • 07 Feb 2024✓P.5/2024 — The Seaside Café site at Grève de Lecq - acquisition by the public and transfer to the National Trust for Jersey. Part a — Pour, voted to deliver40-2

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Acquiring the Seaside Café site at Grève de Lecq for transfer to the National Trust supports a community asset for parish and community use, consistent with the promise to encourage community initiatives.

    • 07 Feb 2024✓P.5/2024 — The Seaside Café site at Grève de Lecq - acquisition by the public and transfer to the National Trust for Jersey. Part c — Pour, voted to deliver39-2

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Part c of the Grève de Lecq café acquisition supports community access to a parish amenity, consistent with encouraging community groups and parish initiatives.

    • 07 Feb 2024✓P.5/2024 — The Seaside Café site at Grève de Lecq - acquisition by the public and transfer to the National Trust for Jersey. Part d — Pour, voted to deliver39-3

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Part d of the Grève de Lecq café acquisition completes the transfer to the National Trust for community benefit, supporting the promise to encourage community groups and parish initiatives.

    • 19 Jul 2023✓P.53/2023 — Negotiation of purchase for the site of the Seaside Café Grève de Lecq. As amended — Pour, voted to deliver32-10

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Negotiating purchase of the Grève de Lecq café site for community benefit directly supports parish community initiatives, consistent with the promise to encourage and support such groups.

    • 19 Jul 2023✓P.53/2023(Amd) — Negotiation of purchase for the site of the Seaside Café, Grève de Lecq (P.53/2023): amendment. — Pour, voted to deliver49-0

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The amendment to negotiate purchase of the Grève de Lecq café site for community benefit supports a parish community initiative, consistent with the promise.

    • 07 Feb 2024·P.5/2024 — The Seaside Café site at Grève de Lecq - acquisition by the public and transfer to the National Trust for Jersey. Part b — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach35-7

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This vote on the Grève de Lecq café site acquisition supports preserving a community/parish amenity, consistent with the promise to support formation of community groups for parish initiatives.

      Considered and set aside: this motion does not bear on the promise. The promise concerned encouraging community groups for parish initiatives generally, while the motion was specifically about public acquisition and transfer of a café site to the National Trust for Jersey — a property transaction that does not directly bear on forming or supporting community groups.

  • No recorded votespecific

    Candidate commits to basing their daily office at the Parish Hall to be accessible to parishioners.

    “My daily office would be at the Parish Hall so as to be readily available to meet parishioners”

    Parish And Local Government
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredmedium confidence

    Johnson's own 2026 re-election manifesto on vote.je (June 2026) stated that 'subject to States commitments, I daily attend the Parish Hall where I am readily available to meet parishioners,' implying the practice was maintained throughout the 2022–2026 term. The Parish of St Mary website (stmary.je) lists the Parish Hall at La Rue du Pont as the active administrative base for the Connétable, with a direct telephone number for Johnson. No independent reporting contradicted this, though the primary evidence is Johnson's own re-election claim; no third-party source specifically corroborated or denied the daily attendance practice.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will continue to raise parishioners' specific concerns with relevant Ministers or Departments.

    “As when Deputy, I will continue to raise with the relevant Minister or Department specific concerns of parishioners.”

    Parish And Local GovernmentGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartiallow confidence

    Connétable David Johnson served the full 2022–2026 term, was present and active in the States Assembly (including sitting on the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel from February 2024), and was re-elected in June 2026 on a manifesto that explicitly repeated the same commitment to raise parishioners' concerns with relevant Ministers and Departments. His 2026 campaign page on vote.je and Jersey Evening Post coverage of his decision to stand again both confirm ongoing parish engagement throughout the term. However, no independent, case-specific reporting of particular parishioner concerns raised with Ministers was found via publicly available sources, making it impossible to verify the substantive exercise of this conduct promise beyond the structural indicators of attendance and re-election.

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