States Members and membership of the Labour Party (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 16 July 2024.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

​​​​Request

Please confirm the names of States Members that have previously been, or still are, members of the UK Labour Party.  ​This should include all members of political party Reform Jersey. 

Response

The requirements on Members to declare their interests are set out in the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey. There is no requirement to declare political membership outside of the Island.

Standing Orders of the States of Jersey​

The information requested is not held. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly.  Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.​