Five deputies to leave politics at the 2025 general election

Committee presidents Lyndon Trott, Al Brouard and Peter Roffey, as well as Charles Parkinson and Lester Queripel, do not intend to run again on 18 June next year, having between them served in the Assembly for a total of 104 years.

And only 11 deputies have declared that they do intend to seek re-election, including committee presidents Yvonne Burford and Carl Meerveld, Policy & Resources member and father of the house John Gollop, who by the end of this States term will have served 28 years as a deputy, and Marc Leadbeater.

The seven other deputies prepared to nail their colours to the mast early and say they will be candidates again next year are all currently in their first term in the Assembly – Chris Blin, Andy Cameron, Adrian Gabriel, Aidan Matthews, Liam McKenna, Nick Moakes and Simon Vermeulen.

A Guernsey Press survey of the intentions of all 38 deputies – as part of the newspaper’s one-year countdown to the election – also prompted 14 replies from members who said they were undecided about the 2025 election.

Two of those undecided – Tina Bury and Jonathan Le Tocq – have indicated that they were more likely to seek re-election than not.

Two others – Sue Aldwell and Sam Haskins – expressed at least some interest in running again but said there were some considerations which still left them undecided.

A handful, notably David Mahoney, Bob Murray and Rob Prow, said it was still too early to decide, with 15 meetings of the current States Assembly left, before nominations open at 9am on Monday 12 May for Guernsey’s second island-wide general election.

Five deputies failed to respond – committee presidents Andrea Dudley-Owen, Neil Inder and Victoria Oliver, and former P&R members Peter Ferbrache and Mark Helyar.

Anyone considering standing for election still has 11 months to make up their mind, but already some people outside the States have declared their intention to run or said they are seriously thinking about it.

They include equality and LGBTQ+ campaigner Jayne Ozanne, Bruno Kay-Mouat, best known as the managing director of Alderney Shipping, Richard Corbin, who has retired after a career in financial services, and Andrew Le Lievre, who was previously a deputy between 2008 and 2016 after a career in the civil service.

There were 119 candidates at Guernsey’s first island-wide general election in 2020.

The States has set up an election website – election2025.gg – aimed at anyone considering standing or who wants more information about eligibility, how the States works, the roles and responsibilities of a deputy and what successful candidates can expect once they take office.

• The full list of deputies’ replies to the question ‘Do you intend to stand at the 2025 general election?’

Intend to stand (11)

Chris Blin

Yvonne Burford

Andy Cameron

Adrian Gabriel

John Gollop

Marc Leadbeater

Aidan Matthews

Liam McKenna

Carl Meerveld

Nick Moakes

Simon Vermeulen

Do not intend to stand (5)

Al Brouard

Charles Parkinson

Lester Queripel

Peter Roffey

Lyndon Trott

Undecided (14)

Sue Aldwell

Tina Bury

Lindsay de Sausmarez

John Dyke

Simon Fairclough

Sam Haskins

Sasha Kazantseva-Miller

Chris Le Tissier

Jonathan Le Tocq

David Mahoney

Bob Murray

Rob Prow

Heidi Soulsby

Andy Taylor

Replied but did not wish to say (3)

David De Lisle

Steve Falla

Gavin St Pier

Did not reply (5)

Andrea Dudley-Owen

Peter Ferbrache

Mark Helyar

Neil Inder

Victoria Oliver