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{{Infobox Legislature
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| name = States of Alderney
| name = States of Alderney
| session_room = States of Alderney in Session.jpg
| native_name = ''États d'Aurigny'' <small>{{in lang|fr}}</small>
| house_type = Parliamentary Democracy
| coa_pic = Coat of Arms of Alderney.svg
| coa_res = 120px
| house_type = Unicameral
| leader1_type = [[President of the States of Alderney|President]]
| leader1_type = [[President of the States of Alderney|President]]
| leader1 = Sir [[Norman Browse]]
| leader1 = [[William Tate (Alderney politician)|William Tate]]
| election1 = 2002
| election1 = 2019
| Committees1 = Policy and Finance
| members = 10
| Committees2 = General Services
| structure1 = States of Alderney composition.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| Committees3 = Building and Development Control
| political_groups1 =
| last_election1 = [[Alderney election, 2008|6 December 2008]]
* {{Color box|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (10)
| meeting_place =
| last_election1 = [[2022 Alderney general election|26 November 2022]]
| session_room = States of Alderney in Session.jpg
| meeting_place = States of Alderney Chamber
| website = [http://www.alderney.gov.gg/ www.alderney.gov.gg/]
| website = [http://www.alderney.gov.gg/ www.alderney.gov.gg/]
| footnotes =
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[[Image:Guernsey-Alderney.png|thumb|right|280px|The Location of Alderney in the Bailiwick of Guernsey]]
[[File:Guernsey-Alderney.png|thumb|right|280px|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 mediaeval period. The States of Alderney comprises ten Members, and a [[Leader of Alderney|President of the States of Alderney]], currently Sir [[Norman Browse]] since 2002.
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==
==Structure==


The States of Alderney includes ten members, half of whom have 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 they 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==


==Legal status==
Although the island is in many respects self-governing and has traditionally had a great deal of informal independence, it is currently part of the [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]]. Certain services such as policing are provided by Guernsey. [[Defense (military)|Defence]] and [[Foreign Policy]] are dealt with by the [[United Kingdom]], through the [[Privy Council]]. According to custom, the British Crown does not involve itself in Alderney politics, although theoretically it has the ability to.


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"/>
==Current members==


[[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 most [[Alderney election, 2008|recently-elected]] group of members of the States of Alderney are:
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.
*[[Peter Allen (Politician)|Peter Allen]], [[John Beaman]], Boyd Kelly, Geoffrey Sargent and Bill Walden. They hold mandates until December 2013.
The five members from the [[Alderney election, 2006|previous elections]] are:
*Liz Bennett, Richard Cox, Ian Tugby, Colin Williams and Richard Willmott.
==Elections==


By [[Constitutional convention (political custom)|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.)
The President of the States of Alderney is directly elected every four years. 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 last election was held on 6 December 2008, and the turnout of over 700 people produced a frequency of 65.6%. The whole island is a single constituency.


==History==
== Elections ==
{{main|Elections in Alderney|Leader of Alderney|States of Alderney Member}}


The President of the States of Alderney is directly elected every four years.
Although the origins of the states of Alderney are unknown, it has functioned since the [[middle ages]], making it one of the world’s older parliaments.


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>
Until the reform of 1948, the States of Alderney consisted of:

* [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey|Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey]]
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.
*the Judge (appointed by [[the Crown]], equivalent of the Bailiff in Guernsey and Jersey)

*6 [[Jurat]]s (elected by the voters)
They are:
*the officers of the Court of Alderney

* 4 Douzainiers (elected annually by the ratepayers)
{| class="wikitable"
* a Douzainier-Delegate (appointed by the Douzaine)
|-
* 3 People's Deputies (elected by the voters for a 3 year mandate)
!
! Elected in
|-
| Bill Abel
| 2022
|-
| Ian Carter
| 2020
|-
| Kevin Gentle
| 2020
|-
| Rhys Jenkins
| 2020
|-
| Boyd Kelly
| 2020
|-
| 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>}}
| 2020
|-
| Nigel Vooght
| 2022
|-
| Bruce Woodhead
| 2022
|-
| Derwent Smithurst
| 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>

== History ==
{{main|Politics of Alderney}}

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 "[[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==

{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.alderney.gov.gg States of Alderney Officical Website]
* {{Official website|http://www.alderney.gov.gg}}
* [http://www.alderney.gov.gg/article/108113/Hansard-Reports Hansard for 2020]
*[http://www.alderneyjournal.com The Alderney Journal]
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{{Alderney elections}}
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Latest revision as of 19:36, 28 June 2023

States of Alderney

États d'Aurigny (in French)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
William Tate
since 2019
Structure
Seats10
Political groups
  •   Independent (10)
Elections
Last election
26 November 2022
Meeting place
States of Alderney Chamber
Website
www.alderney.gov.gg/
Politics of Alderney
Sovereign
Legislature
Judiciary
Elections
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

[edit]

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.

[edit]

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

[edit]
Main articles: Elections in Alderney, Leader of Alderney, and States of Alderney Member

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

[edit]
Main article: Politics of Alderney

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

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

References

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