Eighteen deputies re-elected as 12 lose seats

Guernsey's next government has been selected with 38 People's Deputies elected to the next States.

Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez topped the poll as the only candidate who was picked by more than half of the island's voters and was joined by 17 other sitting deputies.

She said she was "quite stunned" by the result and was "really pleased" the number of women in the assembly was increasing from 8 to 11.

High-profile deputies among the 12 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 paper.

She 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.

Three current deputies, Charles Parkinson, Mark Helyar and Jonathan Le Tocq, have already announced their intention to stand for president of Policy and Resources, the island's most-senior politician - also known as chief minister.

Turnout was 73%, down on the 79% turnout recorded in the 2020 election.

However, the figure is still high compared with previous elections, before island-wide voting was introduced at the last election.

It is also higher than the UK, which had a 59.7% turnout at last year's general election.

A total of 27,293 people were registered to vote out of more than 64,000 people living in the island, according to States figures.

Of those, 19,683 people voted, with each person being able to vote for up to 38 prospective deputies.

On average voters selected 22 candidates on their ballot paper.

Eighteen current deputies were re-elected, with 17 first-time deputies joining States of Guernsey.

There will be 11 women in the new States, with new female deputies including Sally Rochester, Jennifer Strachan, Munazza Malik, Jayne Ozanne, Haley Camp and Rhona Humphries.

Former 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 anti-GST.

Half 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 resort.

In 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.

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