Kristina Moore

Kristina Louise Moore is a Jersey politician and former journalist, who served as Deputy for St Peter before being elected as a Senator in 2018. She worked for ITV Central in the UK and ITV Channel Television in Jersey before entering the States Assembly in 2011. She served as Minister for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2018, and since then has served as Chair of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.

Senator

Kristina Moore
Chair of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel
Assumed office
2018
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
2014–2018
Preceded byIan Le Marquand
Succeeded byLen Norman
Senator
Assumed office
2018
ConstituencyIsland Wide
Majority15,292
Deputy for Saint Peter
In office
2011–2018
Succeeded byRowland Healin
ConstituencySt Peter
Majority1,135
Personal details
Spouse(s)James
Children2 boys
ResidenceSt Peter, Bailwick of Jersey, Channel Islands
OccupationReporter, Politician
Websitemoore4jersey.squarespace.com

Journalism

Before her election to the States Assembly in 2011, Moore spent over ten years working as a broadcast journalist based in the Channel Islands and the UK and presented Channel Television's nightly regional news programme, Channel Report.

After completing a BA in French at the University of Birmingham and a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at Highbury College, Moore worked in news departments for independent local radio stations in the South of England. For a few years, she worked for ITV Central in Nottingham as a reporter and newsreader for Central News East.

In 2000, she joined Channel Television as a News Reporter, before going on to replace Jenny Kirk as a main anchor of Channel Report and taking up a role as a political correspondent. She also spent a short period working for BBC Spotlight in the Channel Islands.

Political career

Moore stood for St Peter's sole Deputy seat in the 2011 general election for the States Assembly. She was elected on 19 October 2011, defeating Wayne Le Marquand by 1,169 votes to 589.[1]

In her 2011 manifesto, she stated that she would resist any further increases in Jersey's Goods and Services Tax (GST), and would like to see the proposed reduction in the number of States Members carried out by 2014.[2] At this time in 2011, the GST rate was 5%, having been increased from 3% in June 2011.[3]

On 15 October 2014, Moore was re-elected as deputy, defeating Debbie Hardisty by 1,335 votes to 200. Between 2014 and 2018, during Ian Gorst's second term as Chief Minister, she served as Minister for Home Affairs - the minister responsible for public safety, law enforcement, emergency services and immigration. Her Assistant Minister was Deidre Mezbourian, Connétable of Saint Lawrence. One notable law introduced during Moore's tenure was the Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2018, which strengthened protections for islanders (particularly children) against sexual offences, and for the first time introduced protection against Female genital mutilation.

In 2018, Moore announced that she would stand for Senator in the upcoming general election. She was elected Senator on 16th May 2018, coming second out of the seventeen candidates standing for the eight Senator positions. She received 15,292 votes, only narrowly beaten by Tracey Vallois who received 15,518 votes.[4] In the preceding election for Chief Minister, she supported the incumbent, Senator Ian Gorst, who lost to Senator John le Fonré. Moore left Government, and took up positions on various scrutiny panels, most prominently as Chair of the Corporate Services Panel and President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee.

In November 2020, Moore lodged a vote of no confidence in Chief Minister John le Fondré, over a scandal involving the Government of Jersey Chief Executive Charlie Parker being allowed to take up a non-executive directorship as a second job.[5]

References
  1. "Election results 2011". Gov.je. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  2. "MOORE, Kristina Louise". Vote.je. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  3. "BBC News - Thousands sign petition against Jersey GST rise". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  4. "BBC Jersey - Jersey General Election 2018". bbc.co.uk. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  5. "Bailiwick Express - Senator brings no confidence vote against Chief Minister". bailiwickexpress.com. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
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