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Vale district | |||
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| Registered | 4,665 [1] | ||
| Turnout | 20% [1] | ||
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The 2003 Vale by-election was held in the States of Guernsey district of Vale on 9 July 2003, following the resignation of deputy Rodney Collenette due to ill health. [2] [3] Graham Guille was elected as the new deputy. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | Graham Guille | 420 | 43.2% | |
| Independent | Richard Brache | 252 | 25.9% | |
| Independent | John McQuaigue | 249 | 25.6% | |
| Independent | Peter Falla | 38 | 3.9% | |
| Majority | 168 | 17.3 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | |||
| Turnout | 973 | 20% | ||
| Registered electors | 4,665 | |||
Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, and is one of the British Channel Islands. It lies roughly north of Saint-Malo and to the west of Jersey and the Cotentin Peninsula. With several smaller nearby islands, it forms a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey - a British Crown dependency. The jurisdiction is made up of ten parishes on the island of Guernsey, three other inhabited islands, and many small islets and rocks.
Politics of Guernsey take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Crown dependency.
Sark is a part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population of about 500. Sark has an area of 2.10 square miles (5.44 km2).
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Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2019 was 18,958. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from Saint Pierre Du Bois.
Elections in Guernsey gives information on election and election results in Guernsey with additional information of Sark and Alderney elections.
Vale is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands.
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Saint Peter Port North is an electoral district in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It was created following the Machinery of Government changes which came into effect in 2004.
The 2008 Guernsey general election was held on 23 April 2008 to elect 45 members of the States of Guernsey. 18,576 voters or 40.58% of the eligible population of 45,772 turned out and cast a total of 89,239 votes; there were 10 blank papers, 35 spoilt papers and on average 4.8 votes were cast. Of the 28 standing deputies all but two, were re-elected to the house; this means that 19 of the Deputies-Elect are new to the chamber. Five of the 12 candidates who had stood unsuccessfully in 2004 were elected in 2008.
Lyndon Trott was born on 17 July 1964 from St. Sampson, Guernsey and served as the Chief Minister of Guernsey.
The States of Election has only one purpose, to elect a new Jurat to the Courts in Guernsey.
The 2012 Guernsey general election was held on 18 April 2012 to elect 45 members of the States of Guernsey. 78 candidates stood for the 45 seats. A total of 29,745 people, or about two-thirds of the population of Guernsey and Herm, registered to vote. There were 20,459 voters, with 81 blank papers and 65 spoilt papers, amended to 71 blank and 72 spoilt after the two recounts. Only five women were elected in 2012.
The 2016 Guernsey general election was held on 27 April 2016 to elect 38 members of the States of Guernsey who will serve until 2020.
Same-sex marriage is legal in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the United Kingdom. It became legal in the jurisdiction of Guernsey on 2 May 2017, in Alderney on 14 June 2018, and in Sark on 23 April 2020.
The 2020 Guernsey general election will take place on 7 October 2020 to elect 38 members of the States of Guernsey. Originally scheduled to be held in June 2020, it was delayed a year to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being brought forward to its current date.
The 2016 Vale by-election was held in the States of Guernsey district of Vale on 19 October 2016 following the death of deputy Dave Jones in July 2016. Nominations closed on 23 September. Neil Inder was elected as the new deputy.
The 2015 St Peter Port North by-election was held in the States of Guernsey district of St Peter Port North on 2 December 2015 following the death of deputy Martin Storey in July 2015.
The 2005 St Peter Port South by-election was held in the States of Guernsey district of St Peter Port South on 21 September 2005 following the death of deputy Michael Burbridge in June 2005. The deadline for nominations was 26 August.
The 2003 St Sampson by-election was held in the States of Guernsey district of St Sampson on 12 November 2003, following the death of deputy Peter Falla in August 2003. Sam Maindonald was elected as the new deputy.
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