Carolyn Labey

She was born into a farming family.^[5] Her father died when she was 11.^[5] She was educated in Jersey and in Paris, France.

Labey owns three fields in Jersey: fields G403C, G403D and G432A.^[5]

Labey was first elected as a Deputy in the parish of Grouville, in the Jersey general election of 2002 with 774 votes. She stood against one other candidate, Patricia Anne Picot, who achieved 397 votes.^[6]

She was previously Minister for International Development and Chair of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission and of the Executive Committee of the Jersey Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.^[7] During her time as Minister for International Development, she worked on a project linking Jersey and Rwanda.^[7] The project raised Jersey cows in Rwanda to produce milk and facilitated the Girinka programme.^[7] For the 2022 Jersey general election, the post of senator was discontinued and voting boundaries changed Grouville into a parish.^[8] This changed her from being the sole Deputy of Grouville to three representatives split between areas, with the East District covering Grouville and St. Martin.^[8]

She supported Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying Ukrainian people had demonstrated resilience and said Jersey would support the people of Ukraine.^[9] She also visited the east of Poland afterwards and met with refugees in the area.^[10]