The States is due to debate the Government of Alderney (Amendment) Law 2026 at its meeting next week.
Most notably it proposes reducing the number of States members from 10 to eight from this December’s election by only offering three seats rather than five, for a two-year term only, before moving to elections for the whole of the government every four years from December 2028.
Alex Snowdon and Kevin Gentle want to delay the vote for a full public consultation on the constitutional and procedural reforms being proposed.
They want any such review to cover the reduction in States members, whether all States members should be elected ‘en-bloc’ from 2028, and whether the election for the president of the States should take place at mid-term in the politicians’ four-year cycle.
‘Following the various views expressed by the public, we strongly believe that, as elected members of the States of Alderney, we have a responsibility to consult on these items being brought before the States prior to any final approval,’ they said.
‘This ensures that the public are part of the governance journey.’
The proposals from the island’s Policy & Finance Committee have taken years to pull together over the past two political terms.
Further-reaching ideas, including an executive-style system, were rejected during the process.
The island’s good governance group has researched several governance models, before ultimately plumping to retain the committee system and reduce the number of members. At one time Alderney States used to have 12 members.
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