Redundancy payments for unsuccessful politicians (FOI)

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Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 21 July 2022.
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Request

I have been lead to believe that standing politicians that fail to get back into the states are entitled to redundancy pay.

If this is the case, can you supply a list of all states members who fail to be voted back in will receive redundancy payments and also how much each person will receive.

Also if those states members who decided not to stay on, what payments if any they receive. Per person and what amount

Response

Details in relation to loss of office compensation for States Members were provided recently within the following Freedom of Information response:

Severance pay for States Members (FOI)

As detailed within the previous response, loss of office compensation is paid in accordance with a recommendation of the former States Members' Remuneration Review Body and is limited to Members who stand for, but who fail to secure, re-election. Such Members are entitled to one month's basic remuneration per four years' continuous service (subject to a minimum of two years' service and pro-rated as necessary). One month's salary in this context is £4,166.67, in line with the current salary for elected States members.

Those Members who stood for election in June 2022 and who were unsuccessful are detailed, along with the relevant loss of compensation payment, within the below table:

Name	Role	Sworn in	End of service	Years	Amount
Judy Martin	Deputy	05/12/2000	27/06/2022	21.5	£22,395.83
John Le Fondré	Senator	05/12/2005	27/06/2022	16.5	£17,187.50
Jeremy Maçon	Deputy	08/12/2008	27/06/2022	13.5	£14,062.50
Steve Pallett	Senator	14/11/2011	27/06/2022	10.6	£11,024.31
Russell Labey	Deputy	03/11/2014	27/06/2022	7.6	£7,899.31
Gregory Guida	Deputy	01/06/2018	27/06/2022	4.0	£4,166.67
Hugh Raymond	Deputy	01/06/2018	27/06/2022	4.0	£4,166.67
Kevin Pamplin	Deputy	01/06/2018	27/06/2022	4.0	£4,166.67
Lindsay Ash	Deputy	01/06/2018	27/06/2022	4.0	£4,166.67
Rowland Huelin	Deputy	01/06/2018	27/06/2022	4.0	£4,166.67
Trevor Pointon	Deputy	01/06/2018	27/06/2022	4.0	£4,166.67

The former Chief Minister, John Le Fondré, continued to hold responsibility for this role past 27th June 2022 until all new Ministers were elected to their roles on 11th July 2022. He was not remunerated for this additional time.

Members who did not stand for re-election were not entitled to any loss of compensation or additional salary and were paid for the period to 27th June, when they ceased to be Members.

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.