Eight candidates were put forward on the final day of nominations ahead of Guernsey’s by-election in April.
That means there will be 11 candidates listed on the ballot sheet when Guernsey goes to the polls next month.
They are Nikki Symons, Carl Meerveld, and Ross Le Brun, who were all nominated on the first day that forms were received, and Andrew Taylor, Sam Haskins, Stephen Rouxel, Rob Harnish, Luke Graham, Julie-Anne Headington, Jonathan Wilson, and Tamara Menteshvili who were all nominated on the final day.
Voters will go to the polls to elect one of those nominated on 29 April.
The list of candidates:
Of the 11 who have been nominated, three have previously been elected as Deputy and five are former election candidates.
Seven of the candidates were unsuccessful in the June 2025 election.
Mr Rouxel and Ms Headington are both standing for the States for the first time.
Only one of the 11 candidates who have been nominated is endorsed by a political party.
Ms Headington is representing Forward Guernsey – which already has three deputies in the States.
Three of the candidates have been nominated by at least one former or current Deputy, with local business people, advocates, former police officers, and charity workers among those also signing the forms.
The by-election next month will be the first under Guernsey’s fully island wide electoral system, which was launched in 2020.
That first election saw 119 candidates nominated in total, with one withdrawing on medical grounds before the election. In 2025, 82 candidates were nominated for the second fully-island wide poll.
38 deputies were chosen at each of those elections.
The States of Deliberation has been operating with just 37 deputies – and the two Alderney representatives – since last summer though.
The upcoming by-election was sparked by Jonathan Le Tocq’s conviction and subsequent imprisonment.
His seat has been vacant since he was first arrested last July.
He resigned from the States in December after pleading guilty to a number of crimes.