Ex-minister who brought no confidence vote in Jersey's Chief Minister out of race to replace her

Tom Binet, who lodged the vote of no confidence that ousted Jersey's Chief Minister, did not get the number of backers in time to continue his nomination. Credit: ITV Channel

Deputy Tom Binet is out of the race to be Jersey's next Chief Minister.

The former Infrastructure Minister resigned from his role earlier this month to lodge the vote of no confidence that ousted Deputy Kristina Moore.

However, he was not able to get the number of political backers needed to be a candidate in the vote to replace her.

Deputy Binet told ITV News that he had six supporters from the States Assembly, the number required to continue with his nomination, but mistakenly thought he needed a minimum of seven.

Despite running to the States' Greffe to submit his formal nomination once he realised the error, he says he was four minutes past the 5pm deadline on Wednesday 17 January and cannot now be considered for the top job.

It is now a three-way race as Deputies Ian Gorst, Lyndon Farnham and Sam Mézec remain in the running to become Jersey's next Chief Minister.