Tom Coles

{{Short description|Jersey politician}}

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| name = Tom Coles

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| office1 = Deputy of St Helier South

| term_start1 = 27 June 2022

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| suboffice1 = {{unbulleted list|Sam Mézec|Beatriz Porée|David Warr}}

| majority1 = 122

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| birth_place = Jersey

| residence = St Helier, Jersey

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| party = Reform Jersey

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Thomas Antony Coles is a Reform Jersey politician who has served as Deputy for St Helier South since 2022.

Coles was born in Jersey in the early 1980s, and attended Grainville School and Highlands College.{{cite web |last1=Coles |first1=Tom |title=Coles, Tom |url=https://archive.vote.je/candidates-2018/coles-tom-18/ |website=vote.je |publisher=States Greffe |access-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606120755/https://archive.vote.je/candidates-2018/coles-tom-18/ |archive-date=6 June 2023 |url-status=dead}} He first stood for election in 2018 as the Reform candidate for deputy of St Saviour No. 3, but was unsuccessful.{{cite news |title=Jersey Election 2018: St. Saviour District No. 3 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2018-04-11/jsy2018-stsaviour3 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=itv.com |date=11 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022043247/http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2018-04-11/jsy2018-stsaviour3/ |archive-date=22 October 2018 |url-status=live}} He stood for election again in 2022 as deputy for St Helier South, this time winning with a majority of 122 votes.{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Christie |title=ELECTION 2022: The results in full... |url=https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/results-full/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=bailiwickexpress.com |date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326213057/https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/results-full/#.ZCC5mp3P1qY |archive-date=26 March 2023 |url-status=live}}

In 2024, Coles brought a proposition to the States Assembly to decriminalise the possession of cannabis for recreational use by November 2025.{{cite news |last1=Yettram |first1=Jodie |title=Could Jersey be next to decriminalise cannabis? |url=https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/could-jersey-be-next-decriminalise-cannabis/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=bailiwickexpress.com |date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526075845/https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/could-jersey-be-next-decriminalise-cannabis/ |archive-date=26 May 2024 |url-status=live}} However, the proposition failed to pass by a single vote.{{cite news |title=Cannabis decriminalisation in Jersey rejected by one vote |url=https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/cannabis-decriminalisation-jersey-rejected-one-vote/ |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=bailiwickexpress.com |date=26 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626152609/https://gsy.bailiwickexpress.com/gsy/news/cannabis-decriminalisation-jersey-rejected-one-vote/ |archive-date=26 June 2024 |url-status=live}}