Election Diary

This is my brief election diary (or Dairy, if you are Mr Sutton).

Went to Communicare with my youngest son (13), and saw Sean Power romp home (The Horse and Hounds will do well tonight!), and Montfort Tadier come a strong second.

At one point the JEP photographer wanted someone to be lined up as a Montfort supporter, so with rosettes, there stood Montfort, myself, and my son. Three of us in order of descending height! I am hopeful it may be in the JEP, probably for the caption competition - it was so like the Frost Report sketch with Cleese, Barker and Corbett!

Unlike the Senatorials, where a split vote meant failure for lots of good candidates, the Deputies have led to some good names getting in. Montfort, of course, Jeremy Macon, Daniel Wimberley, and lots of others, with the JDA being revenged for a poor showing with the Senatorials by sweeping the board.

Of the try-again Senatorials, Nick Palmer unfortunately did not get in - but I didn't see many posters in his parish of him in St Lawrence, and Cliff Le Clercq was in the wrong parish - his election.je section mentioned St Ouen as the jewel in Jersey's crown, even though he was standing in St Saviour, giving the impression that he had hastily revamped the Senatorial piece.

It was not perhaps surprising that David Richardson didn't do very well in St Mary, but his cartoon face posters did provide a touch of fun for anyone driving through St Mary. He gets the award for lowest vote to date with 28 (although St Helier No 3, recounting as I type this, may have someone lower). John Le Galle was not much better in a larger Parish with 29, and of whom I heard a rumour that 2 nominees had decided not to vote for him!