{"id":626675,"date":"2026-06-07T23:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626675\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:24:11","slug":"jersey-general-election-2026-polls-closed-and-count-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626675\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey general election 2026: Polls closed and count under way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Footfall &#8220;off the charts&#8221; in St Clementpublished at 23:02 BST<\/p>\n<p>23:02 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\">Roseanna Leconte<br \/>Reporting from St Clement<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A picture of St Clement Parish Hall. There is a number of people inside the hall counting.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b4477773-32cd-4f23-bf30-ae2b19d8f83e.jpg.webp\"  width=\"2964\" height=\"1800\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In St Clement, there are seven candidates going for three Deputy seats<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It\u2019s certainly been a busy one here &#8211; with queues out the door for most of the day &#8211; a footfall that volunteers here described as \u201coff the charts\u201d. And it\u2019s no wonder &#8211; with eight candidates going for four roles to represent the parish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are seven candidates going for three Deputy seats &#8211; that\u2019s down from four seats in the last political term. Of those four, Sir Philip Bailhache is retiring after a States Assembly career spanning five decades. The other three &#8211; Deputy Alex Curtis, Deputy Barbara Ward, and Deputy Karen Wilson are all seeking re-election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Standing alongside them is Lindsay Ash, who is hoping to make a return to the States having previously served as deputy of St Clement. And there are some fresh faces this year as well &#8211; Noah Jervis, Mick Robbins and Joanne Vandermerwe-Mahon. Jervis and Robbins are representing Reform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It\u2019s a different story in the run for constable with only one person in the running &#8211; the current sitting Constable of St Clement Marcus Troy is seeking re-election unopposed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A picture of Le Hocq Tower. It is a brick building with stairs to the left of it. There is a body of water in the distance.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b42029d6-f57e-4fe1-9b27-4554c8c88d25.jpg.webp\"  width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">St Clement may be small, but it has lots to offer<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">St Clement is the smallest parish in Jersey by land area, but it\u2019s quite population dense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There\u2019s been particular growth in the last decade with the development of new large housing estates, including social housing and homes for first time buyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The parish is also home to two primary schools and one secondary school, and boasts a wide range of outdoor sports facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So St Clement may be small, but it has lots to offer &#8211; and tonight we\u2019ll be finding out who will be taking care of it for the next four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Footfall &#8220;off the charts&#8221; in St Clementpublished at 23:02 BST 23:02 BST Roseanna LeconteReporting from St Clement Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-626675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}