Carolyn Labey
Carolyn Fiona Labey | |
|---|---|
 Labey in 2011 | |
| Deputy | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Constituency | Grouville |
| Majority | 1,075 (56%)[1] |
| Deputy | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| Constituency | Grouville |
| Majority | Unopposed |
| Deputy | |
| In office 2005–2008 | |
| Constituency | Grouville |
| Majority | Unopposed |
Carolyn Fiona Labey is a Jersey politician who was first sworn in as a Deputy for Grouville on 12 December 2002. She was re-elected as Deputy in 2005, 2008 and 2011.[2]
She is Assistant Minister for Economic Development and Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment.[3][4]
Early and personal life
[edit]She was born into a farming family.[5] Her father died when she was 11.[5] She was educated in Jersey and in Paris, France.
Labey owns three fields in Jersey: fields G403C, G403D and G432A.[5]
Political career
[edit]Labey was first elected as a Deputy in the parish of Grouville, in the Jersey general election of 2002 with 774 votes. She stood against one other candidate, Patricia Anne Picot, who achieved 397 votes.[6]
She was previously Minister for International Development and Chair of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission and of the Executive Committee of the Jersey Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.[7] During her time as Minister for International Development, she worked on a project linking Jersey and Rwanda.[7] The project raised Jersey cows in Rwanda to produce milk and facilitated the Girinka programme.[7] For the 2022 Jersey general election, the post of senator was discontinued and voting boundaries changed Grouville into a parish.[8] This changed her from being the sole Deputy of Grouville to three representatives split between areas, with the East District covering Grouville and St. Martin.[8]
She supported Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying Ukrainian people had demonstrated resilience and said Jersey would support the people of Ukraine.[9] She also visited the east of Poland afterwards and met with refugees in the area.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jersey election 2011: Candidates and Results". 17 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Members". Statesassembly.gov.je. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ↑ "Ministers". Statesassembly.gov.je. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ "Ministers". Statesassembly.gov.je. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Grouville fields row: Deputy owns them...but doesn't see them as hers". Bailiwick Express News Jersey. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "Jersey Features - Deputies 2002". BBC. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- 1 2 3 "WORKING TOGETHER AND PLAYING TO OUR STRENGTHS: JERSEY AND THE COMMONWEALTH". Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. 100 (3). 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- 1 2 "'Singing postman' to run for Grouville Constable". Bailiwick Express News Jersey. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ Esnouf, Hannah (24 February 2025). "'Heavy hearts' as Island marks third anniversary of Ukraine invasion". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "Minister Visits Poland To See Aid Effort". Island FM. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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