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 careeredit
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 ratesedit
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]
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External linksedit
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simon, crowcroft, alan, jersey, politician, connétable, helier, former, teacher, been, elected, member, states, jersey, since, 1996, connétableconnétable, saint, helierincumbentassumed, office, december, 2001preceded, bybob, brocqdeputy, saint, helier, office,. Alan Simon Crowcroft is a Jersey politician Connetable of St Helier and former teacher He has been an elected member of the States of Jersey since 1996 1 ConnetableSimon CrowcroftConnetable of Saint HelierIncumbentAssumed office 14 December 2001Preceded byBob Le BrocqDeputy for Saint Helier No 2 In office 12 December 1996 14 December 2001Associate Member of the British Irish Parliamentary AssemblyPersonal detailsPolitical partyIndependentSpouseAngela CrowcroftChildrenFiveResidence s St Helier JerseyOccupationPoliticianWebsiteCrowcoft States Assembly Contents 1 Background 2 Political career 2 1 Parish rates 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBackground editCrowcroft 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 editCrowcroft 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 Connetable 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 edit 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 See also editParish AssemblyReferences edit 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 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a 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 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a 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 edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simon Crowcroft Simon Crowcroft blog Your Parish online St Helier Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Simon Crowcroft amp oldid 1210810029, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
