Recount confirms St Helier Central result

The recount in one of Jersey’s closest election contests has concluded.

Election officials re-examined ballot papers at St Helier Parish Hall on Wednesday after just 21 votes separated the final successful candidate from the highest-placed loser.

The recount had been automatically triggered because the margin between the two candidates fell within 1% of the total votes cast.

Following the recount, Lee Carpenter of Reform Jersey has retained the final seat.

The revised figures were:

• Carina Alves (Reform Jersey) – 1106 (elected)
• Lyndsay Feltham (Reform Jersey) – 982 (elected)
• Catherine Curtis (Reform Jersey) – 850 (elected)
• Lee Carpenter (Reform Jersey) – 833 (elected)
• Robin Ward – 811 (812 previously)
• Claire de Than (endorses the priorities of Value Jersey) – 582 (581 previously)
• Cameron Monro (endorses the priorities of Value Jersey) – 524
• John Ttokkallos – 444

The original count had seen Mr Carpenter secure the fourth and final seat with 833 votes, ahead of Mr Ward on 812.

The result was one of the closest contests anywhere in the Island during Election 2026.

The recount means Reform Jersey retains all four of its seats in St Helier Central, despite suffering setbacks elsewhere in the election, including the defeat of party leader Sam Mézec in the Senatorial race and losses for other high-profile candidates including Rob Ward and Raluca Kovacs.

Mr Carpenter will now formally take his place in the States Assembly as Deputy for St Helier Central.

The recount concludes the final outstanding electoral process from Sunday’s election and brings the curtain down on the formal counting stage of Election 2026.

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