With campaigning now well under way, this week will see more ‘meet the candidates’ events as well as a number of hustings.
As in 2020, there won’t be any large hustings event to hear from each of the candidates in one evening. Instead there are three ‘Meet the candidate’ events planned for June, which will be in a ‘speed dating’ style format.
Smaller groups of the 82 candidates who want to be elected to the States of Deliberation are also working together to arrange their own hustings with campaign groups such as SafetyNet also arranging events.
The events, listed below are all open to the public.
You can find out more HERE to decide what to attend to form your opinion, before the polling stations open on Wednesday 18 June.
Hustings for a group of independent candidates are also being organised at Les Beaucamps High School, St Martin’s Parish Hall as well as The Friquet Garden Centre.
Wednesday 28 May Les Beaucamps High School: 19:00- 21:00 (doors open 18:30) with: John Dyke, Adrian Gabriel, Kerensa Gardner, Aidan Matthews, Jayne Ozanne, Sally Rochester, Simon Vermeulen, Steve Williams.
Wednesday 28 May St Martin’s Parish Hall: 19:00 – 21:00 (doors open 18:30) with: Mark Helyar, Neil Inder, Rob Prow, Susan Aldwell, Victoria Oliver, Andrea Dudley-Owen, Nikki Symons
Find out the final list of candidates for the 2025 General Election HERE
The Friquet Garden Centre will also be the venue for a more informal style family ‘Meet & Greet’ session on 31 May, 13:00- 17:00, organised by candidate Rob Curgenven.
Candidate Diane Mitchell, will also be chatting in town at Market square on 31 May and Bordeaux on 1 June between 11:00 to 14:00.
She said: “I’m usually at St Peter Port Constables Office from 10:00 til 13:00 most days from 27 May onwards”.
Other candidates including Sally Gilman are making themselves available at various public events and locations to talk to people as they pass by.