Alliance Party Guernsey

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Alliance Party Guernsey
AbbreviationAPG
Leader Barry Weir
FoundedJanuary 2020 (2020-01)
Registered12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)
Ideology Liberalism
Political position Centre
Colours  Red
  Blue
SloganA Better Guernsey For All
States of Guernsey
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Website
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The Alliance Party Guernsey is a political party in Guernsey, and was the first political party to organise in Guernsey.

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History

On 12 February 2020, the Alliance Party Guernsey was registered by the Greffe becoming the first political party to organise in Guernsey. [1] [2] The party ran eleven candidates in the 2020 Guernsey general election. [3] None were elected. [4]

Election results

States of Guernsey

ElectionLeaderVotes %Seats+/–Government
2020 Barry Weir 21,4493.36 (#3)
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References

  1. "Registered political parties". States of Guernsey . Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  2. "This political party is raring to go, says its chairman". Guernsey Press. 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  3. "Guernsey Election 2020: Candidates". BBC . 4 September 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  4. Guernsey Election 2020: Results, BBC, 7 October 2020