Reform Jersey
Social-democratic political party in Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Reform Jersey is a centre-left social-democratic political party in Jersey. In all general elections since 2014, Reform has won the most seats of any party in the States Assembly. However, it has not won a majority of seats in any general election due to the large number of independents in the Assembly.
Reform Jersey | |
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Governing body | Party Executive Committee[1] |
Leader | Sam Mézec |
Deputy Leader | Lyndsay Feltham[2] |
Chairperson | Helen Evans |
Secretary | Anne Southern |
Treasurer | Mericia Andrade |
Founded | 2012 (12 years ago) (2012) |
Registered | 4 July 2014 (10 years ago) (2014-07-04) |
Youth wing | Reform Youth[3] |
Ideology | Social democracy[4] Progressivism Environmentalism |
Political position | Centre-left[4] |
Colours | Blue Red |
States Assembly | 10 / 49
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Website | |
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Reform was initially founded as a pressure group in 2012 to campaign for electoral reform in the run up to the 2013 electoral reform referendum. It first stood candidates for election in the 2014 by-elections, where it won two seats. It officially registered as a political party in July 2014 to compete in the 2014 general election. Reform has gained seats in every subsequent general election, but has never won a majority. It was initially a junior coalition partner in the Le Fondré government, but left the coalition in November 2020 to support a vote of no confidence against it.
In January 2024, Reform returned to government following a vote of no confidence in Kristina Moore as a coalition partner in the Farnham government. As of February 2024, Reform has ten seats in the States Assembly. Sam Mézec has been the leader of Reform Jersey since its foundation.