A woman with dark har in a green jacket.
(David Nash)

Two women were elected to the States when Alderney went to the polls on Saturday.

Jeannie Cameron was the poll topper with 501 votes and Veronica Taylor claimed the second vacant seat in the by-election with 344 votes.

Haydn Bateman came third overall with 265 votes and Lin Maurice was fourth with 177 votes.

The overall turnout was 49% with 701 papers issued, three papers not returned and just one spoilt paper.

Pictured: The results from Alderney’s by-election.

The by-election was held on International Women’s Day – a complete coincidence but three out of the four of the candidates on the ballot paper were female.

The island’s Deputy Chief Executive, who is also female, read the results out at the Island Hall on Saturday evening.

Ms Cameron and Ms Taylor will now be sworn in by the island’s President at a future States Meeting.

They will serve on the States until 31 December 2026.

The States of Alderney consists of ten States Members elected for four years terms.

Half of the members are elected every two years so that the entire States is elected on a rolling basis, with regular changes.

The members are organised into four main committees: Policy & Finance Committee, General Services Committee, Economic Development Committee and Building and Development Control Committee. There are also numerous smaller committees.