What happens now after Guernsey's election?

The votes have been counted, the posters are coming down and we now know the 38 next members of Guernsey's new government. So what comes next?

New deputies will first elect the presidents and members of States committees, deciding who is responsible for what in a series of secret ballots.

Those bidding to lead committees will make their pitch for the job in the States chamber and respond to questions from colleagues.

Deputies will then write their preferred choice on a piece of paper, which will be collected and counted by parliamentary officials.

Guernsey's system of government is made up of one senior committee, principal committees and several other committee boards, authorities and commissions.

The committees include the new Committee for Housing, which the current States voted to introduce for the next political term.

It takes over the responsibility for housing which is currently divided between three different committees.

The other committees include:

• Policy & Resources (P&R), which is responsible for public finances and co-ordinating policy across the States
• Economic Development, which promotes business, handles regulation and air and sea links
• Education, Sport & Culture, which looks after schools, heritage and museums, arts, and sporting and civic events
• Employment & Social Security, which administers benefits such as pensions and income support
• Environment & Infrastructure, which manages waste policy, roads, coastal defences, renewable energy, agriculture and public transport
• Health & Social Care, which delivers medical services from emergencies to welfare and support for children and adults
• Home Affairs, which oversees the courts and crime, immigration and population, and emergency planning

Other boards include the States Assembly and Constitution Committee, Overseas Aids & Development, Scrutiny Management, Transport Licensing and the States Trading Supervisory Board (STSB), which oversees the ports and public companies such as the dairy and water.

At the States' next meeting on 15 July, members will debate the accounts for 2024, which have not been fully published yet.

However, the outgoing president of P&R has announced the States spent £44m more than it brought in last year.

On 1 July the president of P&R, the most senior committee in the States will be chosen, after members are sworn in as deputies at the same meeting.

The next day the four other members of P&R will be elected, with anyone able to stand from the floor of the States.

On Friday 4 July elections will take place for the presidents of each of the principal committees, alongside bodies such as the Development and Planning Authority.

After the weekend, the 38 deputies and two Alderney Representatives, who make up the States of Deliberation, will return to elect who sits on each of those committees.

The 2025 election is the first one where deputies will receive one month's basic salary if they fail to be re-elected following a review of States members pay in 2024.

The eight deputies who have decided to stand down from their posts will not receive the payment.

Deputies who have not been re-elected will continue their duties until 1 July when the new deputies are sworn into office.

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