Jersey· References
Data sources
Every dataset used across this site, by section, with a link to its primary source. For how these sources are turned into scores and rankings, see the methodology.
Scorecard: promises & voting record
- vote.je - each candidate’s manifesto for the 2022 and 2026 States elections (promise extraction)
- States Assembly (statesassembly.je) - recorded votes (every Pour / Contre / Abstained ballot from the propositions voting record), members and portfolios, used in delivery verdicts and attendance
- States Assembly Official Report (Hansard) - the verbatim record of debate, used for speaking activity and to evidence delivery verdicts
“In the news” coverage
Member news links are drawn from a fixed allow-list of Jersey outlets: Jersey Evening Post (jerseyeveningpost.com), Bailiwick Express (bailiwickexpress.com), BBC (bbc.co.uk), ITV Channel (itv.com) and Channel 103 (channel103.com). AI delivery verdicts additionally cite the States Assembly record, and every verdict names its evidence inline on the member’s page.
Balance the Budget
- Government of Jersey, "Budget 2026-2029" (P.70/2025, as amended) - gov.je PDF
- Government of Jersey, "Government announces 2026-2029 Budget" (News, 2025)
Political-survival layer
- Standing Orders of the States of Jersey, 11 December 2024 (as amended by P.12/2026) (Standing Orders 15, 16, 19, 21B, 22, 26, 80A, 89A)
- States of Jersey Law 2005 (Articles 2, 15, 16, 19)
- Results of the 2026 Jersey general election
- Statistics Jersey, Total population: December 2024
- Statistics Jersey, Labour Market December 2025
- Statistics Jersey, Household Income Distribution 2021/2022
Every fiscal baseline in the budget tool is a published figure from P.70/2025, and each department’s lines reconcile to the Budget’s own totals. The price elasticities behind the behavioural model, and the poll-rating and re-election projections behind the political layer, are Bridgehead’s own assumptions using ordinary published ranges rather than Jersey measurements; the page sets out what it models and what it does not.
Economy
- opendata.gov.je, "National Accounts: GVA and GDP" - GDP in real terms, constant 2024 values
- opendata.gov.je, "National Accounts: GVA and GDP" - GDP per head of population
- Statistics Jersey, National Accounts dataset page (CKAN ID a8d377e2-…-8f26e6933b95)
- opendata.gov.je, "House Price Statistics" - Annual House Price Index, Retail Price Index and Average Earnings Index
- opendata.gov.je, "House Price Statistics" - First time buyer index
- opendata.gov.je, "House Price Statistics" - Comparison with Guernsey
- opendata.gov.je, "Total population, annual change, natural growth, net migration per year"
- opendata.gov.je, "Population projections" - 2025 to 2080 (summary)
- opendata.gov.je, "Passenger statistics" - Total passengers
- opendata.gov.je, "National Accounts: GVA and GDP" - GVA (Market) by sub-sector in real terms, constant 2024 values
- opendata.gov.je, "Average Earnings Index" - Real terms index of average earnings
- opendata.gov.je, "RPI, RPI(X), RPI(Y), RPI Pensioners and RPI Low Income percentage changes" - RPI indices annual averages from 1949
Derived measures on the Economy tab are Bridgehead’s own calculations from the sources above; each chart’s source note on that page states the exact method and its caveats.
Quality of Life
Living Standards
The Size of the State
Crime
Jersey
- opendata.gov.je, "Crime and Policing Statistics" - Monthly recorded crime data
- opendata.gov.je, "Crime and Policing Statistics" - Monthly recorded RTC data
- opendata.gov.je, "Policing and Crime Statistics" - Recorded crime per 1,000 population
- States of Jersey Police, Annual Reports (for more recent years than the open-data series)
- opendata.gov.je, "Island Outcome Indicators" - Annual data (indicators 1 and 3, sourced from the States of Jersey Police)
- opendata.gov.je, "Prison statistics" - Prison population statistics
Guernsey comparators
Healthcare
Jersey
- opendata.gov.je, "Mortality of Jersey residents" - Life expectancy
- gov.je, Jersey in Figures - health statistics index
- Health and Care Jersey, Quality and Performance Reports (A&E four-hour standard, not open-data)
- opendata.gov.je, "Annual mortality" - Premature death rate
- opendata.gov.je, "Health" - Adult obesity (Jersey Opinions and Lifestyle Survey)
- opendata.gov.je, "Island Outcome Indicators" - Annual data (Government of Jersey Common Strategic Policy indicator set)
- opendata.gov.je, "Mortality of Jersey residents" - Annual mortality numbers
- opendata.gov.je, "Health behaviours" - Smoking prevalence
- opendata.gov.je, "Health behaviours" - Alcohol: hazardous or harmful drinkers (FAST)
- opendata.gov.je, "Health Insurance Fund Statistics" - Medical Benefit (GP Consultations and HIF services)
- opendata.gov.je, "Health Insurance Fund Statistics" - Pharmaceutical Benefit
Guernsey comparators
Education
Transport
- opendata.gov.je, "Transport Statistics" - Bus passengers weekly
- opendata.gov.je, "Transport Statistics" - Departures monthly (air and sea)
- opendata.gov.je, "Total number of vehicles registered in Jersey"
- opendata.gov.je, "Island Outcome Indicators" - Annual data (Government of Jersey Common Strategic Policy indicator set)
Housing
Environment
Information Freedom & Transparency
- Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011
- Government of Jersey, FOI disclosure log
- opendata.gov.je, Freedom of Information data and statistics
- Government of Jersey, FOI statistics (live Power BI dashboard)
Jersey publishes the volume of Freedom of Information requests received, but no receipt date for an individual request, so - unlike Guernsey - there is no response-time or outcome breakdown to report. The Information Freedom tab explains this gap in the States’ own terms rather than inferring figures it does not publish.
Media Reach
- media.info, Channel 103 listening figures (RAJAR-licensed data)
- media.info, BBC Radio Jersey listening figures (RAJAR-licensed data)
- Jersey Evening Post, "Advertise with us" - publisher-stated readership and reach
- HoldTheFrontPage, "Local news website launches weekly titles with circulation of almost 70,000" (10 Apr 2019) - Bailiwick Express Jersey print circulation at launch
- ITV Channel Television, Jersey Skills Show exhibitor page - self-stated audience and reach
- Statistics Jersey, Population (stats.je) - last published estimate, end of 2024 (provisional)
- Ahrefs Site Explorer - modelled organic (Google) search traffic, Sep 2022-Aug 2026, retrieved 8 Sep 2026 (in-progress month excluded)
Corrections
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Who builds this
The Jersey States Member Scorecard is built, paid for and maintained by Bridgehead Communications, a PR, public affairs and reputation consultancy. No member, party, States committee or campaign funds it. Nobody pays to appear on it, and nobody pays to have an entry corrected.
We publish it to showcase the best of Channel Island politics, and to help readers see the vibrancy, and sometimes the sheer grind, behind the contributions made in the chambers of both Guernsey and Jersey.