2008 Guernsey general election explained

Election Name:2008 Guernsey general election
Country:Guernsey
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2004 Guernsey general election
Previous Year:2004
Next Election:2012 Guernsey general election
Next Year:2012
Seats For Election:45 of the 47 seats in the States of Guernsey
Registered:33,253[1]

The 2008 Guernsey general election was held on 23 April 2008 to elect 45 members of the States of Guernsey.[2] 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 (Brian de Jersey and Wendy Morgan), 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.

The candidate who polled the most votes was first time candidate Matt Fallaize standing in the Vale, who received 2,322 and became the youngest member of the house at 26.[3]

Election Ordinance[4]

On 1 May, Lyndon Trott was elected as Chief Minister of Guernsey by the newly elected deputies,[5] with Bernard Flouquet as Deputy Chief Minister.[6]

Results

Election results [7]

West

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Hubert . Emily . 22 August 2020 . More than 31,000 sign up for electoral roll . . live . 3 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903203354/https://guernseypress.com/news/2020/08/22/record-number-of-voters-sign-up-for-electoral-roll/ . 3 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Electoral Calendar - international world elections . mherrera.org.
  3. Web site: Election 2008. bbc.co.uk.
  4. Web site: The Elections Ordinance, 2007. live. guernseylegalresources.gg. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024057/http://www.guernseylegalresources.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=69272&p=0 . 24 September 2015 .
  5. Web site: BBC - Guernsey - States of Guernsey - Lyndon Trott is Guernsey's new Chief Minister. 26 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190426225517/http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2008/04/25/election_2008_chief_minister_feature.shtml. 26 April 2019.
  6. Web site: BBC - Guernsey - States of Guernsey - Election of Ministers. 2 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502144644/http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2008/05/06/elections_of_ministers_feature.shtml. 2 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Election 2008 Results . BBC.