Elections in Sark

Since 2008, Elections in Sark take place every two years to elect 14 members (called Conseillers) of the Chief Pleas, the parliament of Sark, to serve a four-year term in a rolling election cycle.

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The 2008 constitutional arrangement replaced the previous arrangement which was set up in 1922. The first elections to Chief Pleas took place in 1922 when 12 Deputies of the people were added to the property-owning Tenants. Both men and women were enfranchised in the 1922 reform, although equalisation of voting age and the granting of full rights to married women occurred later.

On 16 January and 21 February 2008, the Chief Pleas approved a law which introduced a 30-member chamber, with 28 elected members, and two unelected leaders, the Seigneur and the Seneschal. As a transitional measure, all 28 Conseillers were elected at the 2008 election; and after the results were declared, another ballot was held among the 28 successful Conseillers to determine who would serve a two-year term, and who a four-year term.[1]

Voters are eligible to be enrolled on the electoral roll of Sark if they are:[2]

  • 17 or over (being able to vote from the age 18)
  • have been ordinarily resident in Sark for 24 months continuously
  • are ordinarily resident in Sark, and
  • are not subject to a legal disability.

Latest election

Chief Pleas
Main article: Sark general election, 2008

Results from the second count were:[3][4]

Position Candidate Votes Years
1 David Thomas Cocksedge 336 2
2 Rossford John de Carteret 318 4
3 Helen Mildred Plummer 302 2
4 David Woods Melling 284 2
5 Helen Clair Magell 282 4
6 Christopher Howard Bateson 280 2
7 Antony Dunks 270 4
8 Stephen Laurence Henry 266 4
9 David Pollard 263 4
9 Andrew Charles Prevel 263 4
11 Elizabeth Mary Dewe 253 4
11 Sandra Williams 253 4
13 Edric Baker 249 2
14 Paul Williams 242 4
15 Diane Baker 233 2
16 Paul Martin Armorgie 230 4
17 Andrew James Cook 228 4
18 Richard James Dewe 227 2
18 Charles Noel Donald Maitland 227 4
20 Michelle Andrée Perrée 224 2
21 Christopher Robert Nightingale 215 2
22 Janet Mary Guy 212 2
22 John Edward Hunt 212 2
24 Anthony Granville Ventress 201 2
25 Stefan Bernard Gomoll 200 2
26 Ann Atkinson 199 4
27 Christine Dorothy Audrain 185 4
28 Peter John Cole 184 2
29 Philip James Carré 179
30 Tony Eric le Lievre 178
31 William George Raymond 169
32 Peter Blayney Stisted 169
33 Bertha Helen Cole 165
34 Simon Peter Elmont 147
35 Bernard John Southern 136
36 Kevin Patrick Delaney 131
37 Peter Francis Luce Tonks 123
38 Simon Ashley Couldridge 122
39 John Trevor Greer Donnelly 118
40 Paul David Mitchell Burgess 117
41 Roger Ian Wynne Kemp 106
42 Colin Francis John Guille 104
43 Belinda Doyle 96
44 Michael Joseph Doyle 93
45 Mini McCusker 91
45 Natalie Tighe 91
47 Fiona Ann Bird 90
48 Cheryl Mary Tonks 85
49 Natalie Alexandra Criak 82
50 Daniel Walter Robert Parsons 75
51 David John Bird 74
52 Kevin Laws 70
53 Kaye Jin Mee Char 59
54 Jamie Karl John Swanson 50
55 Leigh Dianne Gibbins 45
56 Susan Christine Strachey 43
57 Javie John Dance 14

After the results of the ballot were declared, a separate ballot was held among the 28 successful Conseillers to determine which would serve a two-year term, and which a four-year term, which is indicated by the figure after the number of votes. After the initial period, Conseillers will serve four-year terms with half elected every two years.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Democratic Revolution". The Economist. 14–20 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  2. "The Reform (Sark) Law, 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  3. "Sark Election — Provisional results in". Channel Television. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  4. bbc.co.uk
  5. "Sark's new look Chief Pleas". BBC News online. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
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