Sark election, 10th December

[politicus]

So the Bros. went to the ECHR, on the presumption that Sark was undemocratic, and forced the island to have their first ever election in 2008 which went down well - except, to the immense annoyance of the Barclays, only five of their lackeys won a place in the Chief Pleas. In a show of might, the Barclays closed all their businesses in the island for a few weeks, putting 200 people (a third of the islands population!) out of work. They also opened a nutty local paper, that melodramatically started labelling candidates (and indeed, ten percent of the population signed a letter saying they were "personally victimised" by the editor) as "extremely dangerous". Recently the newspaper attacked the island's doctor, for not taking a patient into the Barclay's (illegal under Sark law) helicopter. This prompted the only Sark medic to move away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfIxTB6mQBg

[politicus]

The result of this fascinating election was as follows:

Candidates Term (years)
BAKER, Diane 4
BAKER, Edric 4
BURGESS, Paul David Mitchell 4
BYRNE, Peter Gabriel Paul 4
COURTNEY, Elsie Grace 4
GOLDS, Colin Matthew 4
MAITLAND, Charles Noel Donald 4
MOLONEY, Nicolas John Patrick 4
NIGHTINGALE, Christopher Robert 2
NORWICH, Elizabeth Jane 4
NORWICH, Roger Peter 4
PLUMMER, Helen Mildred 4
RAYMOND, William George 4
ROLFE, Arthur James 4
TAYLOR, Stephen Treweek 4
VENTRESS, Anthony Granville 2

I expect Crabcake to enlighten us about the significance of the difference in term limits for representatives of varoius factions.