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States of Alderney

*États d'Aurigny* (in French)
States of Alderney ; États d'Aurigny (in French)
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	William Tate ; since 2019
Structure
Seats	10
Political groups	Independent (10);
Elections
Last election	26 November 2022
Meeting place
	States of Alderney Chamber
Website
	www.alderney.gov.gg/

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The Location of Alderney in the Bailiwick of Guernsey

The States of Alderney (French: États d'Aurigny) 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.^[1]

Structure

The States of Alderney includes ten members elected for four years terms, with half of the members having to stand for election every two years so that the entire parliament is changed over a period of four years. There is also a president who must stand for election every four years, although there is no constitutional limit on the number of terms he may serve.

Routine government is performed by three committees, Policy and Finance, General Services, and Building and Development Control, each of which works under a different mandate and has a separate budget. Extra committees are usually formed in order to deal with specific areas of policy, such as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Management Committee. In addition, two members of the States are nominated as representatives to the Guernsey States of Deliberation.

Legal status

The island is a self-governing Crown Dependency, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey since Elizabethan times. Certain services, known as 'transferred services' are provided in Alderney by the Guernsey Government under an agreement entered into between the States of Alderney and the States of Guernsey in 1948 ('the 1948 Agreement').^[2]

Defence and foreign policy are reserved to the Crown, which in modern constitutional terms means the relevant United Kingdom government departments (the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office). The UK liaises with Alderney (as with all Crown Dependencies), through the Ministry of Justice. Formally, ultimate legislative, executive and judicial authority continues to vest in the Privy Council which approves all primary legislation passed by the States of Alderney, and through its Judicial Committee, is its highest court of appeal.

By constitutional convention, the British Crown does not involve itself directly in Alderney domestic government, although it retains a theoretical ability to do so if 'good government' is at risk. (There is an analogous power in respect of the British Overseas Territories which has been exercised in recent years, in order to deal with systemic corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands.)

Elections

The President of the States of Alderney is directly elected every four years.

Half of the ten States Members are elected every two years for a four-year mandate, which means that every four years the composition of the parliament changes completely. The election held on 6 December 2008 had a turnout of over 700 people produced a frequency of 65.6%. The whole island is a single constituency.^[3]

The current members were elected in the elections of 2020, the elections of 2022 and a by-election in 2023.

They are:

	Elected in
Bill Abel	2022
Ian Carter	2020
Kevin Gentle	2020
Rhys Jenkins	2020
Boyd Kelly	2020
Steve Roberts^[a]	2022
Alex Snowdon^[a]	2020
Nigel Vooght	2022
Bruce Woodhead	2022
Derwent Smithurst	2023

Two elected members represent Alderney in the States of Guernsey^[5]

History

Although the origins of the States of Alderney are unknown, it has functioned since the Middle Ages, making it one of the world's oldest parliaments.

Less than 50% of Alderney's population had returned to the island after World War II. This led to the Parliament of the United Kingdom discussing what to do with Alderney as land ownership markers and official papers had been destroyed in the war and Alderney's economy was stagnating as a result of more than half of the islanders not returning. The United Kingdom's Home Secretary, Chuter Ede recommended "Guernseyfication" of Alderney. In 1948 His Majesty's Privy Council decided that Alderney would become a part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey again. Later in the year, both the States of Alderney and the States of Guernsey voted through the Alderney (Application of Legislation) Law which gave powers to the States of Guernsey in respect of certain "transferred services" in 1949.^[2] The law also provided for a democratically elected President of the States of Alderney to be the Leader of Alderney as the Judge of Alderney had been superseded as the representative of the Crown on Alderney by the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.^[6]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Alderney representatives to the States of Guernsey^[4]

References

^ "William Tate re-elected States of Alderney President in contested election". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "States of Alderney Historical Review". Guernsey Royal Court. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
^ "States Members". States of Alderney.
^ "Alderney Representatives". gov.gg. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
^ "Alderney Representatives". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "How does the 1948 agreement join Guernsey and Alderney?". BBC News. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

External links

[guernsey-4] Alderney representatives to the States of Guernsey^[4]

[1] "William Tate re-elected States of Alderney President in contested election". Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[Royal_Court-2] "States of Alderney Historical Review". Guernsey Royal Court. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

[3] "States Members". States of Alderney.

[5] "Alderney Representatives". gov.gg. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

[6] "Alderney Representatives". Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[7] "How does the 1948 agreement join Guernsey and Alderney?". BBC News. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

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- | Committees1        = Policy and Finance
- | Committees2        = General Services
- | Committees3        = Building and Development Control
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-The '''States of Alderney''' (French: ''États d'Aurigny'') 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 [[States of Alderney Member|Members]], and a [[Leader of Alderney|President of the States of Alderney]], currently William Tate who was elected in 2019 to replace [[Stuart Trought]] who retired after eight years of presidency.
+The '''States of Alderney''' (French: ''États d'Aurigny'') 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 [[States of Alderney Member|Members]], and a [[Leader of Alderney|President of the States of Alderney]], currently [[William Tate (Alderney politician)|William Tate]] who was elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=William Tate re-elected States of Alderney President in contested election |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2020-11-15/william-tate-re-elected-states-of-alderney-president-in-contested-election |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>
 ==Structure==
-The States of Alderney includes ten members elected for four years terms, with half of the members having to stand for election every two years so that the entire parliament is changed over a period of four years. There is also a president who must stand for election every four years, although there is no constitutional limit on the number of terms he may serve. Routine government is performed by three committees,  ''Policy and Finance'', ''General Services'', and ''Building and Development Control'', each of which works under a different mandate and has a separate budget. Extra committees are usually formed in order to deal with specific areas of policy, such as the ''[[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] Management Committee''. In addition, two members of the States are nominated as representatives to the Guernsey [[States of Guernsey|States of Deliberation]].
+The States of Alderney includes ten members elected for four years terms, with half of the members having to stand for election every two years so that the entire parliament is changed over a period of four years. There is also a president who must stand for election every four years, although there is no constitutional limit on the number of terms he may serve.
+Routine government is performed by three committees,  ''Policy and Finance'', ''General Services'', and ''Building and Development Control'', each of which works under a different mandate and has a separate budget. Extra committees are usually formed in order to deal with specific areas of policy, such as the ''[[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] Management Committee''. In addition, two members of the States are nominated as representatives to the Guernsey [[States of Guernsey|States of Deliberation]].
 ==Legal status==
@@ Line 37: / Line 35: @@
 The island is a self-governing [[Crown Dependency]], part of the [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]] since Elizabethan times. Certain services, known as 'transferred services' are provided in Alderney by the Guernsey Government under an agreement entered into between the States of Alderney and the States of Guernsey in 1948 ('the 1948 Agreement').<ref name="Royal Court"/>
-[[Defence (military)|Defence]] and [[foreign policy]] are reserved to the Crown, which in modern constitutional terms means the relevant [[UK|United Kingdom]] government departments (the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]].
+[[Defence (military)|Defence]] and [[foreign policy]] are reserved to the Crown, which in modern constitutional terms means the relevant [[UK|United Kingdom]] government departments (the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]).
 The UK liaises with Alderney (as with all Crown Dependencies), through the [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]]. Formally, ultimate legislative, executive and judicial authority continues to vest in the [[Privy Council]] which approves all primary legislation passed by the States of Alderney, and through its [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|Judicial Committee]], is its highest court of appeal.
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 Half of the ten [[States of Alderney Member|States Members]] are elected every two years for a four-year mandate, which means that every four years the composition of the parliament changes completely. The election held on 6 December 2008 had a turnout of over 700 people produced a frequency of 65.6%. The whole island is a single constituency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alderney.gov.gg/article/4077/States-Members |title=States Members |publisher=States of Alderney}}</ref>
-The current members were elected in the [[2020 Alderney general election|elections of 2020]] and [[2022 Alderney general election|elections of 2022]]
+The current members were elected in the [[2020 Alderney general election|elections of 2020]], the [[2022 Alderney general election|elections of 2022]] and a by-election in 2023.
 They are:
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 | 2020
 |-
-| Steve Roberts
+| Steve Roberts{{efn|name=guernsey}}
 | 2022
 |-
+| Alex Snowdon{{efn|name=guernsey|Alderney representatives to the [[States of Guernsey]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.gg/alderneyrepscontacts |title=Alderney Representatives |publisher=gov.gg |access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref>}}
-| Alex Snowdon
 | 2020
 |-
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 | 2022
 |-
+| Derwent Smithurst
-| ''vacant''
+| 2023
-|
 |}
-Two elected members represent Alderney in the [[States of Guernsey]] <ref>{{cite web |title=Alderney Representatives |url=https://www.gov.gg/alderneyrepscontacts |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>
+Two elected members represent Alderney in the [[States of Guernsey]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alderney Representatives |url=https://www.gov.gg/alderneyrepscontacts |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>
 == History ==
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 Less than 50% of Alderney's population had returned to the island after World War II. This led to the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] discussing what to do with Alderney as land ownership markers and official papers had been destroyed in the war and Alderney's economy was stagnating as a result of more than half of the islanders not returning. The United Kingdom's [[Home Secretary]], [[Chuter Ede]] recommended "[[Guernsey]]fication" of Alderney. In 1948 [[Her Majesty's Privy Council|His Majesty's Privy Council]] decided that Alderney would become a part of the [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]] again. Later in the year, both the States of Alderney and the [[States of Guernsey]] voted through the Alderney (Application of Legislation) Law which gave powers to the States of Guernsey in respect of certain "transferred services" in 1949.<ref name="Royal Court">{{cite web|url=http://guernseyroyalcourt.gg/article/1955/States-of-Alderney-Historical-Review |title=States of Alderney Historical Review |publisher=Guernsey Royal Court |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref> The law also provided for a democratically elected [[President of the States of Alderney]] to be the [[Leader of Alderney]] as the Judge of Alderney had been superseded as the representative of the Crown on Alderney by the [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/guernsey/hi/people_and_places/the_states/newsid_8924000/8924991.stm |title=How does the 1948 agreement join Guernsey and Alderney? |publisher=BBC News |date=2010-08-20 |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref>
+== Notes ==
+{{notelist}}
 ==References==

v t e Elections in Alderney
General elections	... 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
President of the States	... 2002 2004 2008 2011 2012 2016 2019 2020 2024
Plebiscite to States of Guernsey	2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Referendums	2003
See also Elections in Guernsey Elections in Sark