"She will continue to help drive us forward as a government-in-waiting"

Friday 17 November 2023

Reform Jersey's Leader has said he hopes the appointment of the party's first Deputy Leader will help drive it "forward as a government-in-waiting".

Deputy Lyndsay Feltham – who was elected to represent St Helier Central in 2022 – was previously the Party’s Chair.

In her new role, she will sit on the Party Executive Committee, which is responsible for the governance of the party.

She will also deputise for the Party Leader, Deputy Sam Mézec, when he is unavailable.

In September, party members adopted a new constitution which established this role, alongside other changes intended to strengthen the party.

She continued: "I look forward to working with our Party Executive Committee to grow our organisation further and Parliamentary Party members as we continue to deliver on our manifesto."

Current party leader Deputy Sam Mézec said that he had worked closely with Deputy Feltham in recent years and that he was "pleased" to support her.

"Lyndsay has played a prominent part in developing our party and I know she will continue to help drive us forward as a government-in-waiting," he continued.

Reform were the only successful party in the June election, taking 10 seats in the States Chamber – double the amount it had during the previous term, when it positioned itself as the 'Opposition'.

Pictured: Members of Reform Jersey on election night.

In September of this year, Members of Reform Jersey adopted a new party constitution – which created the role of Deputy Leader – which they said at the time was "designed to pave the party's way toward Government".

Other changes included in the constitution enabled the party leader to appoint members to spokesperson positions, potentially including ministerial candidates in future, and introducing a new complaints process by revamping the 'Party Executive Committee' (to replace the previous Management Committee).