Allister Langlois registers as a candidate in St Peter Port South watched by, left, fellow newcomer Lorraine Marson, who is standing in the South-East, and current Vale deputy Mary Lowe. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0551776)

THE economy, population and the environment will all feature heavily in this year’s election campaigns, according to those running. Nominations for the 45 seats opened yesterday at 9am, with 13 candidates waiting to be let into the Royal Court to get their forms in.

They included newcomer Allister Langlois, 60, who is currently a non-States member on Education and is standing in St Peter Port South. ‘I believe that people are concerned that there are a lot of major decisions to be made, but very few real decisions have been made in the last four years,’ he said.

Another new candidate was Lorraine Marson, 48, who will run in the South-East. ‘Population, the environment and the economy, infrastructure rebuild, how we move forward with limited funds – and then there will be smaller things like paid parking and other causes like student loans and the school dental service.’

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