States of Alderney Member [2] and elections of 2016 [3]. They are: Notes: Note [1] Alderney representatives to the States of Guernsey Note [2] The members elected in 2014 hold office until 2018 Note [3] The members elected in 2016 hold office until 2020 States of Alderney Member The ten States of Alderney Members make up the legislature (the "States of Alderney") of the island of Alderney. Half of the ten States Members are elected every two years for a four-year mandate. They are organised into three main committees: "Policy and Finance", "General Services", and "Building and Development Control", each of which works under
Law of Guernsey by the Court of Alderney at a special sitting on Saturday 28 January 2017. King John, who reigned from 1199 to 1216, lost the English-controlled territories in Normandy in France following the 1204 Siege of Château Gaillard, the remaining Norman lands being the Channel Islands. King John promised the islands independence and the right to continue governing themselves after they confirmed their allegiance to the English Crown. Agents of the Crown called bailiffs would enforce the laws and run the courts, one in Jersey and one in Guernsey; the areas under the authority of these bailiffs were called bailiwicks. In