Politics of the Bailiwick of Guernsey take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Crown dependency.
John Francis Reed is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Rhode Island,a seat he was first elected to in 1996. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district from 1991 to 1997. Reed graduated from the United States Military Academy and Harvard University,serving in the U.S. Army as an active officer from 1971 to 1979. He is the dean of Rhode Island's congressional delegation.
The title Bailiff of Guernsey has been used since at least the 13th century and indicated the leading citizen of Guernsey.
Guernsey elects a legislature at the national level. The islands of Alderney and Sark also elect their own parliaments.
The States of Guernsey,officially the States of Deliberation and sometimes referred to as the Government of Guernsey,is the parliament and government of the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guernsey also apply to Alderney and Sark as "Bailiwick-wide legislation" with the consent of the governments of those islands. All enactments of the States of Guernsey apply to Herm as well as Guernsey,since Herm is directly administered by the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
The Chief Minister of Guernsey chaired the Policy Council,which consists of the heads of each of the ten departments of the States of Guernsey. Guernsey operates a system of consensus,committees-based government. The Policy Council is explicitly not a cabinet and has relatively little executive authority compared to a cabinet;instead,its main function is policy co-ordination. The Chief Minister also spoke for the island externally in political matters.
Guernsey operates a system of government by committees and consensus. The States of Deliberation is both parliament and executive,but it delegates some of its executive functions to policy-specific committees,which are known as States Departments,each of which is run by five political members,all of whom have equal voting power.
The States of Alderney is the parliament/council and the legislature of Alderney,part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The origin of the States is unknown,but has operated from the medieval period. The States of Alderney comprises ten Members,and a President of the States of Alderney,currently William Tate who was elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2020.
Jonathan Paul Le Tocq is a politician in Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
Lyndon Trott is an elected Deputy in the States of Guernsey who served as the Chief Minister of Guernsey from 2008 to 2012 and has served as President of the Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey since 2023.
Politics of Alderney takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Crown dependency,whereby the President of the States of Alderney is the head of government. Alderney is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey but is largely self-governing.
James V. Maloney is a Canadian lawyer and politician,who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party.
Same-sex marriage is legal in all parts of the Bailiwick of Guernsey,a Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom. Legislation to open marriage to same-sex couples in Guernsey was passed by the States of Guernsey on 21 September 2016,and took effect on 2 May 2017. Same-sex marriage laws took effect in Alderney on 14 June 2018,and Sark on 23 April 2020.
Gavin Scooter St Pier is an elected deputy in the States of Guernsey and former president of the Policy and Resources Committee.
The Policy &Resources Committee is the Senior Committee of the system of government in Guernsey. It was created on 1 May 2016 to replace the Policy Council of Guernsey.
The 2020 Guernsey general election took 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 final date.
Future Guernsey,formerly Guernsey Partnership of Independents until November 2021,is a political party in Guernsey founded in August 2020 by Gavin St Pier,Heidi Soulsby and Lyndon Trott.
The President of the Policy and Resources Committee,also known as the Chief Minister of Guernsey,is the head of government of Guernsey and chair of the Policy and Resources Committee. The head of government is not directly elected by the people but rather by the legislature,the States of Guernsey.
Heidi Soulsby MBE,is a politician from the island of Guernsey. She has been a deputy of the States of Guernsey since the 2012 Guernsey general election and was the First female Deputy Chief Minister of Guernsey.
Mary May Lowe is a politician in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. She served in the island's legislature for 26 years,becoming Guernsey's longest-serving politician,before leaving office after the 2020 general election.
