Tom Binet
Tom Binet is the current Deputy of District 7 and was first elected to the States of Jersey in 2022. Tom Binet has declared his intention to stand in the upcoming 2026 Senators Election. \[jerseyeveningpost.com\]
Tom Binet is a long-time St. Saviour resident with business experience in agriculture, retail/services, and property, and involvement in mental health and end-of-life charities. He is standing as Deputy for St. Saviour to address government dysfunction, prioritizing restoration of ministerial control, civil service efficiency, health service improvements, and housing development. His platform emphasizes culture change towards openness, decisiveness, and efficient use of taxpayer money.
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Supports using Jersey businesses and advisors for government spending to ensure efficiency.
"Ensure effective and efficient use of all taxpayers’ money, using Jersey businesses, and advisors, whenever possible"
Promotes local training to develop skills.
Promote local training to develop skills
“Promote local training to develop skills to reduce immigration.”
Commits to producing and implementing an affordable environmental strategy.
Produce and implement affordable environmental strategy
“Produce and implement an affordable and deliverable environmental strategy.”
Proposes increasing investment in health services, controlling the new hospital project, and boosting GP services.
Reverse decline in Health Service by increasing investment
“Reverse the decline in our Health Service by increasing investment and support for frontline staff.”
Bring new hospital project under proper control
“Bring the new hospital project under proper control, both physically and financially.”
Increase investment in GP services
“Increase investment in GP services, reducing the cost to patients.”
Supports accelerating development on States-owned sites to ease the housing crisis.
Accelerate release of States-owned sites for development
“Accelerate the release of States-owned sites for development, to ease the housing crisis.”
Aims to reduce immigration through local training and revise residency policy for 2.1 degrees.
Promote local training to reduce immigration
“Promote local training to develop skills to reduce immigration.”
Revise policy for acceptance of 2.1.Es as residents
“Revise the policy for the acceptance of 2.1.Es to become Jersey residents”
Seeks to restore control, efficiency, morale, and responsiveness in government and civil service.
Restore Ministerial control to every section of Government
“Restore Ministerial control to every section of Government.”
Restore civil service efficiency and morale
“Restore civil service efficiency, effectiveness and general morale”
Ensure effective use of taxpayers’ money with local businesses
“Ensure effective and efficient use of all taxpayers’ money, using Jersey businesses, and advisors, whenever possible”
Revise Jersey Complaints Board procedures for redress
“Revise the procedure for dealing with Jersey Complaints Board outcomes to ensure fair and timely redress”
Deliver effective public administration using Digital Jersey
“Ensure government delivers a more effective public administration system, using the benefits of technology/Digital Jersey.”
Supports raising the income tax threshold and simplifying the tax system.
Raise income tax threshold to relieve low earners
“Raise the income tax threshold to relieve more low earners and simplify the tax system to make it more efficient and user friendly.”
Tom Binet
Candidate for Deputy St. Saviour
Dear Parishioner,
Having witnessed the defunction of our current Government with great frustration, I have decided to put my name forward for election.
By way of background, I have always lived in the parish and attended both St Saviour’s primary school and Hautlieu. Whilst lacking any distinguishing qualifications, I’ve gained considerable experience, developing businesses in agriculture, retail/services and property.
I served as Chairman of the Jersey Schizophrenia Fellowship for a number of years, and recently co-founded (and currently chair) the charity Focus on Mental Illness. I chair the campaign group, End of Life Choices Jersey, which played a significant role in the recent decision by the States to approve the principle of an assisted dying law. I am an associate member of the group, Friends of our New Hospital, and served four years on the Employment Forum.
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2022 Deputies Election
Deputy of District 7 · 22nd June 2022 · 4 seats
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Binetthis candidate | Independent | 1,541 | 46.8% |
| 2 | Malcolm Ferey | Advance Jersey | 1,320 | 40.1% |
| 3 | Louise Doublet | Independent | 1,272 | 38.6% |
| 4 | Raluca Kovacs | Reform Jersey | 1,032 | 31.3% |
| 5 | Philip Ozouf Jr | Independent | 1,000 | 30.4% |
| 6 | Suzanne Webb | Better Way | 946 | 28.7% |
| 7 | Sophie Walton | The Progress Party | 770 | 23.4% |
| 8 | Lee Cornick | Independent | 693 | 21.1% |
| 9 | Jonathan Channing | Independent | 606 | 18.4% |
| 10 | Mary O’Keeffe | Jersey Alliance | 590 | 17.9% |
| 11 | Kevin Pamplin | Independent | 567 | 17.2% |
| 12 | Jeremy Maçon | Independent | 411 | 12.5% |