A healthy run for Deputy Green...

Tuesday 12 August 2014

Housing Minister Andrew Green has confirmed that he is running for Senator in October and that he’s targeting the Health job.

The two-term Deputy – who is chairman of the national brain injury charity Headway – has served in the States for six years as a Deputy for St Helier No 3, representing the First Tower and La Pouquelaye areas of town.

During his time in office, Deputy Green won the States’ backing for a compulsory cycle helmet law for under-14s, and has led the transformation of the Housing department from an arm of the States to a States-owned company.

He served in the Army before working in the UK health service and then for the Health department in Jersey as a senior manager.

There are eight seats up for grabs in the Senatorial election and competition could be fierce – there are currently ten sitting Senators, most of whom are expected to stand for re-election, as well as newcomers who might want to stand for an Islandwide mandate.

All candidates elected when Islanders go to the polls on 15^th October will serve three and a half years, because the States have decided that they want to shift the elections to the summer to try to get more people out to vote.