Simon Crowcroft

Connétable
Simon Crowcroft
Connétable Simon Crowcroft
Connétable of Saint Helier
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 December 2001
Preceded by	Bob Le Brocq
Deputy for Saint Helier (No. 2)
	In office; 12 December 1996 – 14 December 2001
Associate Member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
Personal details
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Angela Crowcroft
Children	Five
Residence(s)	St Helier, Jersey
Occupation	Politician
Website	Crowcoft States Assembly

Alan Simon Crowcroft is a Jersey politician, Connétable of St Helier, and former teacher. He has been an elected member of the States of Jersey since 1996.^[1]

Background

Crowcroft is the son of zoologists Peter Crowcroft and Gillian Godfrey.^[2] He was educated at Canford School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, and received a Diploma in Education from Westminster College, Oxford. After a career in teaching English in Oxford and Jersey, he founded the Jersey School of English in 1991. He is married with five children.^[3] He founded the Jersey Pedestrians Association following an accident suffered by his son in St Helier in 1994.^[4]

Political career

Crowcroft was first elected to the States of Jersey as a Deputy of St Helier in 1996 as a representative of St Helier District No. 2 constituency. In December 2001, he successfully stood for election as Connétable of St Helier, defeating incumbent Bob Le Brocq. He was re-elected unopposed in December 2004.^[5] In January 2008, he defeated Jersey Democratic Alliance candidate, Alvin Aaron.^[6] He was again re-elected unopposed in 2011.^[7]

Crowcroft supported the creation of the Millennium Town Park in St Helier, which was opened in 2011.^[8]^[9]

In 2012 Crowcroft completed the signing of a twinning agreement with the Mayor of Funchal, Dr Miguel Albuquerque.^[10] St Helier and Madeira have close ties due to a significant number of Madeirans living in Jersey.

Parish rates

In March 2013, Crowcroft stated that the States of Jersey should pay parish rates on the properties it owns, and that "they would probably be more efficient in their use of property" if they were paying annual rates in the same way as others do. The Treasury Minister, Senator Philip Ozouf, said that the rates payment could be around £1.6m and that there was no provision for it in the budget.^[11]

In Jersey, parish rates are normally paid annually by owners or occupiers of land, structures and buildings. These payments are used to pay for each parish's general expenses.^[12]

References

^ "Members". Statesassembly.gov.je. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ Anon (2001). "The Peter Crowcroft memorial archive". user.itl.net. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ Crowcroft, Simon (2010). "Election Manifesto 2011". sthelier.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ Crowcroft, Simon (1998). "Jersey Pedestrians Association". user.itl.net. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ Anon (2004). "Town Constable is elected for a second term". thisisjersey.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Anon (2008). "Landslide victory for Crowcroft". thisisjersey.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Channel TV (2011). "St Helier Candidates – Jersey Elections 2011". channelonline.tv. Retrieved 20 October 2011.; Channel TV (2011). "Simon Crowcroft outlines manifesto". channelonline.tv. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ "Plan for Jersey's Millennium town park work to start". BBC News. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ "Jersey's Millennium town park opens after 13-year wait". BBC News. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ "St Helier 'twinned' with Madeiran capital Funchal". BBC News. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ "The States of Jersey 'should pay parish rates'". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
^ "Parish and islandwide rates". Gov.je. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

External links

Simon Crowcroft blog
Your Parish online: St Helier

[1] "Members". Statesassembly.gov.je. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[2] Anon (2001). "The Peter Crowcroft memorial archive". user.itl.net. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

[3] Crowcroft, Simon (2010). "Election Manifesto 2011". sthelier.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

[4] Crowcroft, Simon (1998). "Jersey Pedestrians Association". user.itl.net. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

[5] Anon (2004). "Town Constable is elected for a second term". thisisjersey.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[6] Anon (2008). "Landslide victory for Crowcroft". thisisjersey.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[7] Channel TV (2011). "St Helier Candidates – Jersey Elections 2011". channelonline.tv. Retrieved 20 October 2011.; Channel TV (2011). "Simon Crowcroft outlines manifesto". channelonline.tv. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

[8] "Plan for Jersey's Millennium town park work to start". BBC News. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[9] "Jersey's Millennium town park opens after 13-year wait". BBC News. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[10] "St Helier 'twinned' with Madeiran capital Funchal". BBC News. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[11] "The States of Jersey 'should pay parish rates'". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

[12] "Parish and islandwide rates". Gov.je. Retrieved 30 March 2013.