John Gollop

As of July 2026, neither element of Gollop's promise has been advanced by him since taking office in July 2025. The noisy-vehicles legislation framework (offence for exhaust alteration plus a decibel trial) was agreed by the previous States in May 2025 — before Gollop's current term — yet by October 2025 the Guernsey Press reported that E&I's only tangible progress was an informal meeting, and a June 2026 P&R report listed the decibel trial as one of more than 15 unprioritised outstanding States decisions. No policy letter, requête, or States debate on raising the minimum riding age from 14 to 16 has been identified in the current term; a June 2026 Guernsey Press opinion column confirmed the minimum age remains 14.

• Deputies back two-pronged plan to combat noisy vehicles (pre-term States vote)
• Noisy vehicles issue held up in the pursuit of data – Guernsey Press

No evidence was found that Deputy Gollop promoted or secured new exemptions, loans, or grants for energy conservation or historic building preservation following his re-election in June 2025. While the Development & Planning Authority introduced mandatory solar panels on new builds in May 2026, this was driven by the DPA and the Committee for Environment & Infrastructure, not by Gollop. The parliament.gg record of Gollop's parliamentary activity post-July 2025 shows no questions or propositions on this specific topic, and no independent reporting linked him to progress on this promise.

• John Gollop – Election 2025 candidate page (manifesto promise recorded)
• John Gollop – Guernsey Parliament profile (parliamentary activity 2025–2026)

As of July 2026, Guernsey continues to operate its committee system with no active proposal to move to a ministerial or cabinet-style structure. In March 2026 the Guernsey Press reported that Chief Minister de Sausmarez stated 'few deputies have any interest in moving to a ministerial or cabinet system', and the 2026–2029 Government Work Plan agreed in January 2026 contains no such reform among its five super-priorities. No evidence was found of Deputy Gollop lodging or sponsoring any proposition or amendment specifically advancing a cabinet/ministerial structure since taking office in July 2025.

• 'It is no wonder that it is taking so long for clear decisions to be made' – Guernsey Press
• Government Work Plan 2026-2029 – Guernsey Parliament (P.2025/143)

Deputy Gollop publicly advocated for a Jersey-style 1% arts and culture funding scheme in a BBC Guernsey interview after taking office, arguing that Guernsey should spend 'approximately 1% of its budget' on arts, culture and heritage as Jersey does. However, no formal States proposition, policy letter, or committee workstream has been identified in the Guernsey Parliament record or Government Work Plan 2026–2029 to advance this specific scheme. The existing Guernsey Arts grants programme and Social Investment Fund continue to operate on their pre-existing basis, with no structural change resembling the Jersey 1% model.

• States should fund arts like Jersey, says deputy – BBC Guernsey
• Government Work Plan 2026-2029 – Guernsey Parliament

As of July 2026, no evidence was found of Deputy Gollop taking any specific action — such as lodging a question, amendment, or formal statement — after taking office in July 2025 to actively advance the promise of supporting government subsidy for Beau Sejour. The responsible committee (ESC), under its new president Paul Montague, stated in February 2026 that Beau Sejour 'will not be allowed to continue in its present form' and that it was 'exploring all options,' with the final review conclusions expected between April and June 2026 — leaving the question of subsidy unresolved and the direction of travel uncertain. Gollop's pre-election scrutiny of Beau Sejour predated the new term and no independent post-July 2025 activity by him on this specific commitment has been reported.

• Beau Sejour losses have committee 'exploring all options' – Guernsey Press
• John Gollop – Election 2025 Manifesto, election2025.gg

The Committee for Environment & Infrastructure's January 2026 timetable proposals — confirmed for implementation from September 2026 — moved in the opposite direction from Gollop's manifesto commitment: the P2 Parish Link was withdrawn due to very low usage rather than being made into a circular service, though Route 52 was rerouted to cover some lost stops. Night bus coverage was modestly expanded island-wide but no new dedicated night route for the Beau Sejour, Performing Arts, Capelles or Peninsula areas was announced. Crucially, the fare trajectory went against Gollop's 'low or free' ambition: standard daytime fares rose to £1.70 and late-night fares to £5.00, with no new concessionary scheme for disabled or low-income passengers beyond the pre-existing pensioner and student passes. Gollop, as a backbench People's Deputy with no seat on the E&I Committee, was active in scrutinising bus policy through oral questions but has not been the driver of any policy change towards his manifesto goals.

• Improvements to bus punctuality and services proposed - States of Guernsey

No evidence was found that Deputy Gollop, since taking office in July 2025, has tabled a proposition, policy letter, or formal question specifically advancing lower GP fees comparable to Jersey's model. Guernsey GP fees continued to rise into 2025 (averaging £70.50–£72 per appointment) while the States' subsidy remained frozen at £12, compared to Jersey's subsidy of approximately £50.28; the 2026 budget contained no new provision for GP grant increases. The new HSC committee's published propositions and statements up to July 2026 show no GP fee reduction initiative, and the broader structural deficit of £77m has been cited by the States as a continuing barrier to any such action.

• Average price of singular GP appointment in Guernsey rises to more than £70 – ITV News Channel
• Guernsey unlikely to follow Jersey in cutting GP fees yet – Bailiwick Express

No evidence was found that Deputy Gollop — a backbench member with no seat on the Committee for Health & Social Care or Employment & Social Security — has initiated or concluded any negotiations to increase States-rate care beds since taking office in July 2025. The only relevant care-bed development identified was the pre-election KEVII redevelopment (a £5m+ private project by CI Healthcare to add 33 beds by late 2027, announced June 2025 before Gollop took office), which was driven by Policy & Resources and is a private-sector bed scheme, not States-rate beds. The broader long-term care scheme changes approved by the States in February 2025 — which Gollop explicitly opposed in his manifesto — actually moved in the opposite direction from his promise, increasing user costs rather than expanding States-rate provision.

• John Gollop – Election 2025 Manifesto (election2025.gg)
• Demand for long-term care beds expected to rocket – Guernsey Press

Since taking office in July 2025, no evidence was found of Deputy Gollop actively advocating, tabling amendments, or raising questions in favour of upgrading Guernsey's existing 'double lock' pension uprating policy to a 'triple lock' approach. The States continued operating the established double-lock formula (RPIX plus one-third of real earnings growth) for the 2026 benefit uprating cycle (4.2% increase, per ESS Policy Letter P2025-113, debated October 2025), with no triple-lock proposal introduced. As of July 2026, a States amendment capping spending at inflation-only increases — potentially threatening real-terms pension values — passed 15 votes to 12 (Guernsey Press, 20–22 July 2026), yet no record of Gollop opposing it or championing a triple lock was found.

• John Gollop manifesto – election2025.gg
• ESS plans to raise full old-age pension to £292.09 a week (Guernsey Press)

The broader policy process that Gollop's promise aligns with has been actively advancing since he took office in July 2025: the DPA's revised IDP proposals (published early 2025) explicitly include brownfield sites and redundant glasshouses for housing, a public planning inquiry heard representations on vinery/brownfield sites in January 2026, and as of April–July 2026 the DPA confirmed it will submit a policy letter to the States for an Autumn 2026 debate. Gollop himself was reported in May 2026 asking States questions on housing land use, consistent with his manifesto stance, but no specific vote, amendment, or formal action attributable directly to him on derelict greenhouses/brownfield has been recorded.

• DPA proposes revised changes to the Island Development Plan – brownfield and glasshouses
• Planning inquiry told 'steer clear of vinery site builds' – Guernsey Press

As of July 2026, the States of Guernsey's own gov.gg conventions page explicitly confirms that both CEDAW and CRPD — the key anti-discrimination treaties referenced in Gollop's manifesto — have not been extended to the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Although Deputy Gollop was appointed Vice-President of the Committee for Home Affairs following the July 2025 election, no proposition, policy letter, or States debate relating to the extension of these treaties has been recorded in the Guernsey Parliament (parliament.gg) record for his committee. Responsibility for treaty extension coordination sits with the External and Constitutional Relations team under Policy & Resources, and no publicly traceable action by Gollop or any other deputy to progress CEDAW or CRPD extension has been found in any authoritative Guernsey source.

• International conventions & treaties - States of Guernsey (gov.gg)
• Committee for Home Affairs | Guernsey Parliament (parliament.gg)

No evidence was found in any authoritative Guernsey source — including gov.gg, parliament.gg, Guernsey Press, Bailiwick Express, or BBC Guernsey — of Deputy Gollop raising, supporting, or progressing a proposal for health insurance cover for all States employees since taking office in July 2025. Gollop was active on related health topics (e.g., raising questions on waiting lists in June 2026 and the Responsible Officer report in April 2026), but neither those interventions nor the 2026–2029 Government Work Plan nor any committee policy letter touched on employer health insurance for States staff. The promise, framed as a willingness to 'support considering' rather than a firm commitment to legislate, has left no traceable footprint in the public record.

• John Gollop | Guernsey Parliament – member page
• Health services 'need more physical and clinical capacity' – Guernsey Press

Deputy Gollop was appointed Vice-President of the Committee for Home Affairs after the July 2025 election — not to the Development & Planning Authority where planning and conservation policy originates. He reiterated his support for 'a national park or two' in an October 2025 Guernsey Press article when he sought (but did not win) the DPA presidency, but this amounted to a campaign statement rather than any official action. As of March 2026, the Protected Planet World Database on Protected Areas recorded zero national designations for Guernsey, and no policy letter, States debate, or formal consultation on national parks for the south coast cliffs, Pleinmont, or the Coutanchez/Belgrave/Ramee wetlands has been identified in any official or press source.

• Gollop eyes DPA top job – the role he left in 2019
• Committee for Home Affairs appoints Vice-President – Deputy John Gollop

Following the June 2025 election, Deputy Gollop was appointed Vice-President of the Committee for Home Affairs, a domestic-focused committee, rather than securing any role on the Policy & Resources Committee where Guernsey's external relations mandate sits. The Lead Member for External Relations and Constitutional Affairs was assigned first to Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq and then, after Le Tocq's arrest in July 2025, to Deputy Steve Falla as interim. No evidence was found of Gollop being assigned external affairs responsibilities, participating in any formal external relations body, or undertaking official external affairs work beyond a passing July 2026 comment — made in his Home Affairs capacity — welcoming inter-island ferry talks with Jersey.

• Committee for Home Affairs appoints Vice-President – States of Guernsey
• Guernsey's Policy and Resources Committee appoints Steve Falla as interim External Relations Lead – ITV News Channel
• Committee for Home Affairs – Guernsey Parliament

Since taking office in July 2025, Deputy Gollop was elected to the Committee for Home Affairs, not to Health & Social Care or Housing committees that would directly advance extra care facility development. No Hansard records, policy letters, States questions, or press reporting from parliament.gg, the Guernsey Press, or gov.gg linked Gollop to any specific initiative to develop new extra care facilities modelled on Le Grand Courtil or La Nouvelle Maraitaine. A related GHA specialised housing development (La Vieille Plage) opened in April 2026 but was announced in 2023, is categorically distinct from extra care housing, and was not attributed to Gollop.

• Committee for Home Affairs | Guernsey Parliament
• States committees: Full line-up of members – Guernsey Press
• John Gollop | Guernsey Parliament – activity record

After taking office in July 2025, Deputy Gollop was appointed Vice-President of the Committee for Home Affairs — a committee with no direct mandate over care workforce development or pay — rather than Health & Social Care or Policy & Resources. No evidence was found of a specific initiative, policy letter, or programme driven by Gollop in this term to upskill care workers or raise their pay; pay rises for Health and Social Care staff (5% in January 2025 and 3.7% in 2026) were negotiated by P&R and pre-dated or post-dated his current committee role without traceable input from him. The 2026–2029 Government Work Plan includes a 'sustainable health and care system' super-priority, but no care-workforce upskilling strand attributable to Gollop has been recorded in Hansard, gov.gg, or the Guernsey press.

• Committee for Home Affairs appoints Vice-President — States of Guernsey
• John Gollop — Election 2025 Guernsey (manifesto)

No evidence was found of Deputy Gollop initiating, sponsoring, or supporting any policy letter, States amendment, or committee action specifically aimed at relaxing population controls for skilled younger professionals since taking office in July 2025. The only population management developments found in the period were administrative (the July 2025 digitalisation of permit applications driven by a 2022 States resolution) and the January 2026 Government Work Plan, neither of which addressed Gollop's specific promise. Gollop sits as a backbench People's Deputy with no committee mandate over population management, and no independent reporting from the Guernsey Press, Bailiwick Express, or gov.gg records any progress on this commitment.

• Immigration work applications become digitalised and merge with Population Management - States of Guernsey
• Government Work Plan 2026-2029 | Guernsey Parliament

Since taking office in July 2025, Gollop has served as vice-president of the Home Affairs Committee rather than Economic Development, limiting his direct influence over this promise. The States Assembly agreed the 2026–2029 Government Work Plan in January 2026 (parliament.gg, P2025-143), which includes harbour infrastructure as a super priority and digital infrastructure as a workstream, broadly aligned with Gollop's aspirations but driven by other committees. Concrete steps on transport links have been taken — a ferry operators working group was established and a £75,000 grant approved for inter-island ferry marketing in June 2026 (gov.gg; ferryshippingnews.com) — and fibre broadband reached 95% of properties (Guernsey Parliament statement, September 2025); however, no distinct 'economic recovery plan' attributable to Gollop has been published, inter-island car ferry services remain limited to one sailing per week, and the Committee for Economic Development publicly criticised the GWP for insufficient focus on economic growth.