Jersey Liberal Conservatives

The Jersey Liberal Conservatives is a centre-right party in Jersey founded in 2021 to compete for the following year's general election. It was officially registered on 8 January 2022.

Jersey Liberal Conservatives
AbbreviationJLC
LeaderPhilip Bailhache
ChairpersonGraham Boxall[1]
Vice-ChairpersonPierre Horsfall
SecretarySusana Rowles
TreasurerGeorge Baird
FoundedJune 2021[2]
Registered8 January 2022 (2022-01-08)[3]
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Fiscal conservatism[4]
Political positionCentre-right
Colours 
States Assembly
2 / 49
Website
jlc.je

Founding members include former the Bailiff of Jersey Philip Bailhache.[5] The party describes itself as being conservative on economic matters and liberal on sociocultural matters.

Electoral performance
States Assembly
Election Leader Votes Seats Position Government
No. Share No. ± Share
2022 Philip Bailhache 4,259 4.1
2 / 49
 2 4.1 2nd Independent–Better Way–JLC

References
  1. @JLC_Jersey (15 April 2023). "The Annual General Meeting of the @JLC_Jersey took place last night and was a great opportunity to map out our future. Congratulations to Graham Boxall for being elected as Chair of the party, and thanks go to Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache for providing refreshments" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 November 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. "Liberal Conservatives political party formed in Jersey". ITV News. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. "Former Bailiff announces that he will stand again". Jersey Evening Post Develop. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. "What is the JLC? - Jersey Liberal Conservatives - Political Party, Jersey, Channel Islands". JLC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  5. "Constitution - JLC - Jersey Liberal Conservatives". JLC. Retrieved 11 January 2022.


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