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BBC News
an hour ago
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Guernsey Election 2025: Eleven women elected to States
The number of female deputies in the States of Guernsey is rising by three, from eight in the current assembly to Lindsay de Sausmarez and Yvonne Burford topped the polls, with Sasha Kazantseva-Miller and Tina Bury coming in the top Andrea Dudley-Owen, Sue Aldwell and Victoria Oliver lost their made up 33% of candidates this year, compared to 24% in 2020. Outside the top 10, first-time candidate Sally Rochester came in was followed by Jennifer Strachan, Munazza Malik, Jayne Ozanne and Haley Camp, who are all new to the Humphreys, another new candidate and member of the Forward Guernsey party, and former deputy Sarah Hansmann Rouxel were the last two candidates over the line. Deputy Tina Bury was re-elected for a second term, coming eighth."It's great to see so many women at the top and more in the list as a whole. I think it has the potential to change the dynamic of the States."Tom Rylatt, a member of the Forward Guernsey party, was the youngest candidate successful in this said: "I think a States that more broadly reflects our community is one that's better placed to serve our community as well."So I think it's fantastic that we have this diverse melting pot of an assembly now." In 2020, eight women were elected, but the number was higher in 2016, with Green is the Chair of Women in Public Life, who's been credited by some candidates as a driving force behind more women standing for said: "We're heading in the right direction, but we've lost three current female deputies I wasn't expecting."Mr Rylatt said, "Almost no-one has worked harder than Shelaine to increase female representation in the States.""She has made a concerted effort over the last five years."
BBC News
10 hours ago
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Guernsey Election 2025: Eighteen deputies re-elected
The people of Guernsey have elected the island's next government, after the returning officer announced the 38 People's Deputies elected to the next Lindsay de Sausmarez topped the poll as the only candidate who was picked by more than half of the island's said she was "quite stunned" by the result and was "really pleased" the number of women in the assembly was increasing from 8 to deputies to lose their seats included former chief minister Peter Ferbrache and Andrea Dudley-Owen, President of Education, Sport and Culture. De Sausmarez, President of Environment and Infrastructure, got 10,721 votes, meaning 54.47% of voters had her on their ballot said she would be back at Beau Sejour, where the count took place, in the evening to see a play, but hoped to "pop home for some cake" before hand. Eighteen current deputies were re-elected, with 17 first-time candidates becoming deputies-elect in the next States of will be 11 women in the new States, with new female deputies include Sally Rochester, Jennifer Strachan, Munazza Malik, Jayne Ozanne, Haley Camp and Rhona deputy Sarah Hansmann Rouxel has also been returned to the States. The 2025 election was expected by many to be a referendum on the Goods and Service Tax (GST).While other priorities, such as housing, health and education have also been prominent, the makeup of the new States is broadly of Guernsey's next assembly - 19 in total - told the BBC they were firmly against GST or GST+, a package of tax reforms.A further eight said they wanted to explore other options before ratifying the last States' decision to introduce the new tax, but would consider GST+ as a last November, the States approved working on tax reforms including a 5% GST, lower income tax rates for earnings under £30,000 and social security reform, to start in 2027.
BBC News
14 hours ago
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Guernsey General Election 2025: Results
The result of Guernsey's island-wide general election held on 18 June 2025 was declared at 16:41 BST on Thursday, 19 June. Successful candidates DE SAUSMAREZ Lindsay 10,721BURFORD Yvonne 9,427PARKINSON Charles 9,294FALLA Steve 9,017MONTAGUE Paul Anthony 8,884KAZANTSEVA-MILLER Sasha 8,794ST PIER Gavin Anthony 8,577BURY Tina 8,496LE TOCQ Jonathan Paul 8,002BLIN Chris 7,664OSWALD George Anthony 7,613LAINE Marc 7,556MATTHEWS Aidan 7,312LEADBEATER Marc 7,292CAMERON Andy 7,177ROCHESTER Sally 7,119GABRIEL Adrian 7,069VAN KATWYK Lee 7,063McKENNA Liam Jude 7,040HELYAR Mark 6,980WILLIAMS Steve 6,915GOLLOP John Alfred Bannerman 6,860GOY David 6,703RYLATT Tom 6,689STRACHAN Jennifer Decker 6,683VERMEULEN Simon Peter James 6,228MALIK Munazza 6,215OZANNE Jayne 6,197SLOAN Andy 6,081KAY-MOUAT Bruno 6,051CAMP Haley Louise 5,886COLLINS Garry 5,876NILES Andrew James 5,846CURGENVEN Rob 5,738INDER Neil 5,651DORRITY David 5,644HUMPHREYS Rhona Mary 5,630HANSMANN ROUXEL Sarah 5,458 Unsuccessful candidates Peter Ferbrache FERBRACHE Peter 5,437David Nussbaumer NUSSBAUMER David de Garis 5,381Adrian Dilcock DILCOCK Adrian Geoffrey 5,326Carl Meerveld MEERVELD Carl 5,225Susie Gallienne GALLIENNE Susie 5,190Stuart Jehan JEHAN Stuart David 5,178John Dyke DYKE John 5,097Sam Haskins HASKINS Sam 5,058Andrea Dudley-Owen DUDLEY-OWEN Andrea 5,016Paul Luxon LUXON Paul 4,979Lexi Lundberg LUNDBERG Lexi 4,934David De Lisle DE LISLE David 4,827Victoria Oliver OLIVER Victoria 4,783Simon Fairclough FAIRCLOUGH Simon 4,780Sue Aldwell ALDWELL Susan 4,688Nikki Symons SYMONS Nikki 4,676Rob Prow PROW Rob 4,583Kerensa Gardner GARDNER Kerensa 4,529Nick Moakes MOAKES Nick 4,382Andy Le Lievre LE LIEVRE Andy 4,345Tammy Menteshvili MENTESHVILI Tammy 4,328Ross Le Brun LE BRUN Ross 3,893Charlie Murray-Edwards MURRAY-EDWARDS Charlie 3,857Mary Lowe LOWE Mary 3,760Sofi Noakes NOAKES Sofi 3,661Heidi Almonte ALMONTE Heidi Nicola 3,631Diane Mitchell MITCHELL Diane Elizabeth 3,279Jez Mercer MERCER Jez 3,200Christopher Le Tissier LE TISSIER Christopher 3,179Sally Rochester GILMAN Sally (Sal) 3,146Tony Corbin CORBIN Tony 3,041Rob Harnish HARNISH Rob 2,830Christopher Machon MACHON Christopher 2,704Tim Carre CARRE Tim 2,152Steven Wall WALL Steven 2,024Dicky Parmar PARMAR Dicky 1,996Rosie Henderson HENDERSON Rosie 1,926Art Allen-O'Leary ALLEN Art 1,873Tom Moore MOORE Thomas 1,809Luke Graham GRAHAM Luke 1,721Kerry Barnfather BARNFATHER Kerry 1,665Barry Harris HARRIS Barry Richard 1,064Steph Shore SHORE Steph 945Christopher Nicolle NICHOLLE Christopher 631
BBC News
21 hours ago
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A priority for Guernsey voters is a housing plan
Rachel Davidson, 36, lives in St Peter Port with her husband, two children and her assistance dog Lily - and works for a local Guernsey says of the Guernsey general election's hot topics: "The vast majority of candidates have picked up on housing as an issue and I completely agree."A recent study found Guernsey's young people did not see a future for themselves in the island. "We are driving away a lot of our lovely local people, our great young people because they are being completely priced out of the housing market by ridiculously high rents and by lack of availability of affordable housing," Ms Davidson said. Guernsey Election 2025: The count A report previously found that Guernsey only added "one affordable home in two years" to the housing thinks an election can "cause tensions" within families, friend groups and also online when discussing political views."You go on social media at the moment and there are really personal, nasty insults being flung around, directed at candidates sometimes or sometimes members of the public directing them at each other."I've found it hard, for example, finding out that various people who I've been friends with and really thought that they were very supportive then have turned around and made comments about disability rights and women's rights and things that I've felt very passionate about."I can't see the person in the same way again when I know that actually they stand against things that I am very passionate about." Anik Hubert, who is 27 and has recently become a mum says that although Guernsey is "absolutely brilliant, there are things that need to change".She has picked her candidates based on her priorities of mental health, education, housing and plans to help retain young people in the Hubert is already looking to the future and wants to live in an island with a lower cost of living, where her children can afford to rent or buy a house and work in a job "that they really want to". "At the minute, there's a lot of people that have left the island because of the economy or they can't come back but they want to."She also found it important to look at candidates who had signed up to the LGBT rainbow pledge for charity said it wanted LGBTQ+ people to "feel seen, heard, and valued in Guernsey's political and public life"."It would be amazing if, in four years' time, I can look back and think I voted for those people and look what they've done." Anik's feedback for the next election would be for to become more digital rather than print a large manifesto booklet for each 2025 Guernsey general election booklet cost taxpayers £133,026.89 to produce and distribute across the island, according to the States."I would have happily just read all of these online and know a lot of other people would have. So I think maybe in four years' time we should only print these upon request."I know that there are people that really benefit from having a paper copy and that's great, and they can request one, but I think we could probably cut money in half in four years' time by not printing so many."
BBC News
a day ago
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How candidates were rated across eight BBC election events
Across eight BBC events, candidates in Guernsey's general election were questioned and tested - everything from their body language was analysed, to their ability to think on their feet - while one voter rated them all out of 10 on their Bailey attended all but one of the events: "I have learned who can think on their feet, who has well structured answers and who I'm going to vote for."A total of 78 out of the 82 candidates standing at Guernsey's general election took part, with only Bruno Kay-Mouat, Dicky Parmar, Tim Carré and Chris Machon not attending. The sessions saw potential politicians give a 90-second pitch to the public, before answering three questions from the audience and a meet-and-greet with voters. The ratings out of 10 came from Rachel Rose, who attended every single one of our Your Voice, Your Vote events, and rated the candidates on their answers, body language and ability to think on their feet. For her, the top performers over the evenings were Jayne Ozanne, Simon Fairclough, Paul Luxon, Rob Curgenven, Tom Rylatt and Dr Andy Sloan. Each candidate on the panel was given 45 seconds to answer the questions posed to them by the audience, which ranged from how would you address bed blocking at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, to what could be done to better support charities. Some questions left candidates flumoxed, with one admitting she could not name any local charities, whilte another said he did not know what was happening to the Sixth Form Centre. Larry Melchick was another regular face in the crowd, which ranged from 80-130 people every night. He said the events convinced him to vote for some candidates and put him off a few others: "I think that it's fair to say that this is a good way to see whether people are impressive or not. "That's an easy way of saying it."To actually hear them speak, to see how quickly they're able to answer, how much they've thought about the issues, it's a great forum because you're giving them a very concise amount of time."A number of candidates after the event said they would have preferred to have had more time to answer than 45 seconds, with some asking for 90 Melchick disagreed: "It means that they have to have thought about the issues." Jeanne and Peter Langford made it to six out of eight of the events and, between them, were picked to ask three questions across the nights. The two missed events meant extra homework for Ms Langford: "I'm very aware of the ones I missed on the two nights I couldn't come so I'm going to take particular notice of their manifestos."It's been fascinating to see nearly everyone."On the nights Ms Langford did make it to Les Cotils she focussed on how the candidates presented themselves and how they could make an argument. "You have got to be able to stand up and convince people. "I want leaders who will actually be prepared to stand up and say loudly what they think, like about GST, which was never presented as positively as it should have been in our lives." Last year Guernsey's States agreed a package of tax reforms including a 5% GST (goods and services tax), a lower rate of income tax for earnings under £30,000 and reforms to social security Langford's husband Peter said he had changed his mind on who he would vote for after having heard some of the answers from candidates. Filmaker Lars Janssen missed all but one of the events: "I think for me personally it was mainly interesting to see a lot of the new faces, but I was also kind of curious about the current deputies."I find it more important to see the body language opposed to what they're saying." The way the candidates interacted before and after the event was one of the main attractions for Mr Janssen: "We had several people at a table that we kind of know, they're not really fans of each other. So it was sometimes interesting to see the dynamic."Following complaints about the behaviour of States members in the last assembly, he was focussed on candidates he believed could work together."I hope this States can get more done." Retired civil servant Isabel de Menezes came to most of the events and said she found it helpful to decide who would be getting her vote: "It's helped me to understand who is going to be able to stand up in assembly and speak. That's very important to me."For Isabel, the breakout sessions at the end were the most useful part as it allowed her to pin candidates down on their policy positions."It's allowed me to see who was comfortable answering those questions and then to talk to the candidates afterwards and go into a bit more detail about what I want to know about them."
