A total of 12 people have put themselves forward for election onto the States of Alderney.
As the deadline for nominations closed on Tuesday November 6th the tally included two existing States members, Bill Walden and Boyd Kelly, and three women - Lin Maurice, Helen Martin and Caroline Ely.
The three other serving States members, whose seats were up for election, have decided not to seek re-election. They are the chairman of Policy and Finance, John Beaman, the chairman of the Building, Development and Control Committee, Geoffrey Sargent, and Marina Advisory Group chairman Pete Allen. Other residents battling for one of the five seats up for grabs on the States are are Ken Hampton, Neil Harvey, Martin Hunt, Louis Jean, Robert McDowall, Chris Rowley and Francis Simonet.
Voting takes place on November 17th.
The candidates will face a grilling by the electorate at hustings, held on November 15th.
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors.