There will be 11 women in the next States – despite a number of female incumbents losing their seats.
Deputies-elect Sally Rochester, Jayne Ozanne, Munazza Malik, Rhona Humphreys, Haley Camp, Jennifer Strachan, and Sarah Hansmann Rouxel will join current deputies Lindsay de Sausmarez, Yvonne Burford, Tina Bury, and Sasha Kazantseva-Miller in the chamber from 1 July.
The total of 11 female deputies this time round is an increase of three on the 2020-25 States.
That’s been welcomed by campaign group Women in Public Life.
With 11 women in the States, it means that they represent 29% of the island’s deputies – up from 21% in the 2020-25 States.
It’s the second highest number of female deputies in Guernsey since WiPL started tracking the figures, with data back to the turn of the century.
Not only are there now more women in the States than there were previously, but women also performed strongly at the polls.
Collectively the 27 female candidates received 137,152 votes, out of a total of 432,212 cast.
The poll topper was Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez with 10,724 votes while Deputy Yvonne Burford came second with 9,427.
Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller was sixth (8,794) and Deputy Tina Bury was eighth (8,496).
Deputy-elect Sally Rochester was the highest placed female newcomer with 7,119 votes in 16th place.
Deputies Andrea Dudley Owen, Sue Aldwell, and Victoria Oliver lost their seats in the election, while Deputy Heidi Soulsby is retiring from the States.