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.

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

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

• Politics of Sark

References

1. "Democratic Revolution". The Economist. 14–20 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
2. "The Reform (Sark) Law, 2008" (PDF). 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.

External links

• Sark Government