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A local hair salon owner is pledging to stand up for small businesses and entrepreneurs in the States Assembly if she gets elected on behalf of the Progress Party.
Jersey-born Sophie Walton lives in St. Clement, but will be standing in St. Saviour, where she has run her salon for the past seven years.
Ms Walton was one of the small business owners behind the successful “Support Jersey Family Businesses” campaign and says she wishes to continue supporting local entrepreneurs if elected.
“Sophie has come through our selection process successfully,” said Party Chair Eliot Lincoln. “She impressed upon us that she identified very much with our values and has been enthused by the policies that have been developed, on a wide variety of issues, by TPP.”
Party Leader Senator Steve Pallett added: “As an owner of a small business in St Saviour for the last seven years, interacting daily with parishioners, Sophie understands the local challenges and how much needs to be done.
“It is critical that the many and varied needs of voters in St. Saviour can be addressed by those with knowledge and day-to-day experience: there is no doubt in my mind that Sophie fits that bill.”
Pictured: The other candidates standing for Progress - Senator Steve Pallett, Steve Bailey and Deputy Steve Luce.
The Progress Party launched in January last year, branding itself as a "grassroots party" with a "sustainable agenda" sitting in the centre of the political spectrum.
Among their key policies are addressing housing demand with cheaper, faster construction methods, commissioning a feasibility study into developing land east of Fort Regent and Pier Road car park into affordable homes and incentivising islanders to continue working beyond retirement age to help reduce reliance on inward migration.
Ms Walton is the fourth candidate to be announced to be standing for the Progress Party.
Former Island Games Director Steve Bailey is hoping to be elected alongside sitting politicians Senator Pallett and Party Whip Deputy Steve Luce.
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