Mark Boleat

{{Short description|British politician}}

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Sir Mark John Boleat (born January 1949, in Jersey{{Cite news|date=2022-02-12|title=Sir Mark Boleat elected as Jersey Alliance Party leader|work=Jersey Evening Post|url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2022/02/12/sir-mark-boleat-elected-as-jersey-alliance-party-leader/|access-date=2022-02-13}}) is leader of the Jersey Alliance political party, and was a deputy chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee from 3 May 2012 to 4 May 2017. He has previously been director general of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers.[https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=136 Mark Boleat.] City of London. Retrieved 28 October 2017. He is a Common Councilman for Cordwainer Ward and trustee of Centre for London.

He was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B2|date=17 June 2017}}

Boleat was appointed Chairman of the LINK Scheme Ltd, the company that runs the UK ATM network in early 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.link.co.uk/about/news/news-archive/link-atm-network-announces-appointment-of-mark-boleat-as-new-chairman/|title=LINK / LINK announces Mark Boleat as new chairman|website=www.link.co.uk|date=16 February 2017 |access-date=2020-04-21}}

Boleat joined the board of Arron Banks's Eldon Insurance Service Ltd on 12 June 2019. {Companies House}[https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/NIWmWkhUBj39ZP1BB3ZigrbBadqWUvHS3TaoyxEpIxc/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3HD4LY6UU%2F20190816%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20190816T211413Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=AgoJb3JpZ2luX2VjELL%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJHMEUCIQDdquTwMCDjx4HKMkzG5cteAfvAlrD87e022UXkfLK1kwIgOz3pNG0ezu6kxNCBVbkvPSww02Hh6hvJZjsR7FhvTOUq2gMISxACGgw0NDkyMjkwMzI4MjIiDEWvizydXoVqcs834Sq3Axw%2BAJnApbbAyTrs%2BZkj8unyh8L9SvLGCDQzyRd%2B%2FaBd34t02zlFuMhh2%2FAy50ItKJNrF%2F4DEiJj4gvZ9DZlhL6fUqqnDoieEgZhE%2F%2BQT5k9L7WOtfa8WBAN%2FFJE2fxOBtkjAB1gt4BJUktcKkv%2Fdm%2BiHX4BPJa%2BowRiauEBFYizwbb3%2BR2%2FP1eBZIsod0HUBVY1l%2FZ7fs5SrlEOaJfZvoqsKzS40h6G2kg1cpwFJPDs1cbAU7RNIDWLsZBiYNPvnOXnwmOEKjYk3Gkd7FGVWX1sMn%2BlWt%2Fky0OCZj0CWYhq2txr09niikaBbswOdNalWsR8HZ7wfXZLMCwHJ1Z1CTuuGtFHstdMuI5ehS%2FxtU9JCHpYj994rOmIGQbDlgJ2PLlHsbBwM3IAEw%2FFSHRpMhQFvubdo6xXanXSlOjn5gw%2BPhrGcp9vzLzjboZ2%2B7OHplQOD7jKje8WX3TIKhpYN7LzDp6H1CusgGWjztLuym3UqOjZaoDZmhGaS%2Fa6vIAN5J4Vi1J0WnoeI66NGJo8Uc6YwiH%2BjrlTo9EZjZNZ7wrzXB%2BVCq5SXP%2Bp5vnVC1BO9xRr%2B8fl%2B5cw1tvb6gU6tAH7LBgpbo%2FdWzy%2FmVUJ1m3wQ9anDPdVXUmemmar9%2FEe%2FwcIs0fex1%2Fkh7WYYF0LY7J6blzHd%2FrvRT%2F88KLOxj%2FUuO25%2Bc2UISYcNZDe5dC1R3Xh9PcGJARfXXKKca12JPUqkfi3Jilha8r4nJfDemhDBIbZZh5y8HP%2BZVtYkQBB7cH1mhAcf%2BR6KzW4TIkLA4AAqydTJmC4qNqJfnuopDVulonuS0g7J4Qq5Z6DTwJLYIh7w%2B8%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=39bd92192e6651cfe3cda2a0223e4b82a9823672e4b0f5de21085daa2823e3f7]

In the 2022 Jersey election, Boleat ran in the St Clement electoral district and was Jersey Alliance's candidate for the role of Chief Minister.{{Cite web |last=Express |first=Bailiwick |title=Arise Sir Mark: CM left out as Alliance elects leader |url=https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/jersey-alliance-elects-sir-mark-boleat-leader-no-role-current-chief-minister/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Bailiwick Express |language=en}} Boleat polled last place out of 7 candidates in the district he stood in, receiving 721 votes, and was unelected.{{Cite web |last=Express |first=Bailiwick |title=Jersey Alliance leader enters "period of reflection" over election disaster |url=https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/sir-mark-boleat-expresses-disappointment-election-battle-failure/ |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Bailiwick Express |language=en}} As a result of the election, the Jersey Alliance party lost 8 seats, with only a single seat representing the party in the States Assembly, until their sole member resigned from the Party several weeks later.{{Cite news |date=2022-07-19 |title=Jersey Alliance yet to decide future as sole elected Member quits |language=en-GB |work=Jersey Evening Post |url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2022/07/19/jersey-alliance-yet-to-decide-future-as-sole-elected-member-quits/ |access-date=2022-07-19}}