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Neil Inder

President, Development & Planning Authority

Sitting this term since July 2025

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Email
neil.inder@deputies.gov.gg
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As listed on the States of Guernsey register
Manifesto rating51 / 100 · A respectable sketchHow scored
Neil Inder

Neil Inder stood on a platform centred on housing development, infrastructure delivery, and the more effective use of government assets. A member of the Political Oversight Group for the Guernsey Development Agency, he expressed strong support for that body's objectives and pledged to pursue the development of moderately affordable homes at Griffiths Yard. He indicated an ambition to seek the presidency of the States' Trading Supervisory Board, viewing that role as central to unlocking infrastructure progress across multiple areas over the term.

On housing allocation, Inder advocated for local residents to receive preferential access to any newly built homes funded by the public, arguing that imported workers should not be guaranteed priority. Regarding the long-stalled Leale's Yard project, he called for one final attempt under a fresh team, with a commitment to shelve the scheme entirely and redirect public investment elsewhere if a fair deal for both developer and taxpayer could not be achieved. He also expressed interest in taking responsibility for the government's Property Portfolio through Policy and Resources, seeing it as an area with significant untapped economic potential, and voiced support for accelerating the migration of government services to digital platforms as a route to cost savings.


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Amendments tabled

82%

States participation

337

States votes

1

Committee seats

Committee workload

  • President, Development & Planning Authority

One body, each with its own meeting calendar on top of the States sittings.

Also sits on: Chair, Panel of Members (not in the seat count; from a members’ list as at 23 July 2026)

Seats as listed on parliament.gg, checked 16 October 2026.

Voted or took a side on 82% of 337 recorded votes on propositions and amendments in the States chamber since the start of this States term — procedural motions count alongside substantive policy votes, and abstaining or being absent both count against the rate — frequently absent or abstaining. Committee meetings are counted separately, below.

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Committee leadership

Government Work Plan delivery

As a committee President, this deputy is responsible for delivering their committee's part of the States' Government Work Plan 2026-2029. Each workstream below tracks its progress along the public record.

2 workstreams across 1 area of focus, 1 of them super priority for the term. Where each one has reached on the five-rung ladder:

  1. 0

    In the Work Plan

  2. 1

    Committee scoping

  3. 0

    Policy before the States

  4. 0

    Agreed by the States

  5. 1

    In delivery

Moving — 2 workstreams past the first rung

  • Maximising Potential in States' Assets (including Leale's Yard)

    On track★ Super priorityPartner

    Sufficient Housing · First half of term

    Led by Policy & Resources; Leale's Yard depends on planning permission and on changes to the Island Development Plan, which fall to the Authority.

    In delivery

    Government Work Plan 2026-2029 (P2025-143) →
  • Marine Spatial Plan

    Severely behindPartner

    Fit-For-Purpose Infrastructure · First half of term

    Led by the Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure; the planning of marine space engages the Authority.

    Committee scoping

    Government Work Plan 2026-2029 (P2025-143) →
How this progress is measured

Each bar tracks a workstream along five governance milestones — In the Work Plan · Committee scoping · Policy before the States · Agreed by the States · In delivery — and a rung is filled only where a dated event on the public record supports it. The States’ own first progress report on the 2026-2029 Work Plan is not due until mid-2027, so these bars read from the parliamentary and committee record rather than an official completion figure. Most workstreams sit early on the ladder this far into the term.

What the coloured badge means

The Plan states each workstream’s delivery window as one of three things: the first half of this four-year term (16 July 2025 – 16 July 2027), the second half, or across the whole term. The badge compares today’s date against that window on a straight-line pace to “In delivery” by the window’s end, against the rung the workstream has actually reached: on track is at or ahead of that pace, behind and severely behind trail it by degree, and missed means the window has closed with the workstream still short of delivery. A straight-line pace is a simplification - real policy delivery is rarely even across a window - so treat this as a schedule check against the Plan’s own stated timing, not a verdict on the committee.

Manifesto

Promises, and how they voted

2 of 7 promises kept on States votes, none broken. Of the 5 with no testing vote, 1 is rated in progress on the public record, 2 outstanding, 1 reversed and 1 not yet assessed.

One row per policy area. Open an area to see each promise, the recorded States votes that test it and whether this deputy voted to deliver. Where no recorded vote bears on a promise, an AI delivery verdict assesses progress against the public record.

Kept / voted to deliverBroken / voted againstNo recorded vote yetAbsent or abstained
Housing & Planning0 of 3 kept · 0 votesNo vote yet: 1 not yet tested · 1 in progress · 1 not yet assessed
  • No recorded votedirectional

    Advocate for local residents to receive priority over imported workers for newly built housing.

    “Guernsey sons and daughters should get a bias in favour for any new housing. Imported workers should not get a guaranteed priority for new houses built with your money.”

    HousingPopulation And Immigration
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    No evidence was found that Deputy Inder advocated for, or that any committee progressed, a policy giving Guernsey locals a formal priority bias over imported (essential) workers for newly built housing. Inder was elected DPA president in October 2025 and his publicly reported priorities focused on urban creep, IDP land allocation, and planning reform rather than housing allocation criteria. The Committee for Housing (president Steve Williams) published a work plan in July 2026 focused on supply targets and rental sector reform, with no reference to amending allocation priority between locals and essential workers.

  • No recorded voteconditional

    Give Leale's Yard development one final attempt with a new team, and shelve it if a fair deal cannot be reached.

    “This project needs one final shot with a fresh new team to establish whether it will go forward... if a fair deal for the developer and the taxpayer can't be done, I would shelve the project and invest government money elsewhere.”

    HousingPlanning And DevelopmentEconomy And Business

    No recorded vote bears on this promise yet, and no delivery verdict has been generated.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 05 Nov 2025·The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour38-0Carried

      Motion put to the States: 16. To agree that the project for site clearance at Leale's Yard is added as a delivery project in the current Major Projects Portfolio.

      Adds Leale's Yard site clearance as a delivery project, which is a step of continued investment in the site, though not the fair-deal test the promise sets as its condition.

      Official voting record →

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Pursue Guernsey Development Agency objectives including affordable homes at Griffiths Yard if elected.

    “I sat as part of the Political Oversight Group for the Guernsey Development Agency and support their key objectives. The development of moderately affordable homes at Griffiths Yard is very encouraging. And I would pursue those priorities if elected.”

    HousingEconomy And BusinessPlanning And Development
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Inder was elected DPA President in October 2025, not to the GDA Political Oversight Group, but the GDA's Bridge programme, which includes Griffiths Yard housing, was active. In January 2026 the Guernsey Press reported GDA plans to relocate commercial boats and free up Griffiths Yard for housing. On 1 June 2026 GDA chair Peter Watson resigned, citing a lack of powers and funding, and the programme remained at the planning and funding-plan stage. No evidence was found of Inder personally advancing Griffiths Yard homes, and no homes had been delivered.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living0 of 1 kept · 0 votesNo vote yet: 1 not yet tested
  • No recorded voteaspirational

    Seek responsibility for the government Property Portfolio on Policy and Resources to unlock economic potential.

    “Another role I would consider is on Policy and Resources, requesting the remit for the Property Portfolio; that is another area of government that could unlock economic potential.”

    Public FinancesEconomy And BusinessGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence

    Following the June 2025 election, Neil Inder was not appointed to the Policy and Resources Committee; instead he served as a member of the Economic Development Committee. In October 2025 he was elected President of the Development and Planning Authority, a role focused on planning and housing rather than the government property portfolio. No evidence was found that he sought or obtained a seat on P&R with the property portfolio remit at any point up to September 2026.

Infrastructure & Environment1 of 2 kept · 0 votesNo vote yet: 1 reversed
  • No recorded voteaspirationalfour years

    Seek the role of President of STSB to drive infrastructure development and housing over the next four years.

    “I would like to use my four years to assist in infrastructure development and housing. STSB is key to unlocking infrastructure development across so many areas and would consider putting myself forward as President of STSB.”

    Infrastructure And TransportHousingGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictReversedhigh confidence

    Neil Inder did express intent to stand for STSB President, but on 4 July 2025 the States elected Mark Helyar to the role by 30 votes, leaving Inder without any committee seat. Pre-election reporting (Guernsey Press, 3 July 2025) noted Inder 'may not challenge' for STSB, and ITV Channel confirmed Helyar's election. Inder subsequently won the presidency of the Development & Planning Authority on 22 October 2025, an entirely different committee, meaning the STSB commitment was not pursued and cannot be delivered.

  • Keptdirectional

    Support moving government services to digital platforms to achieve cost savings.

    “I support moving services to digital platforms to accelerate cost savings.”

    Editorially assessed— the voting record alone reads no_recorded_vote

    2026-08-20: reverted to kept pending review. The sole link scores a pour vote on the 2026 Budget as inconsistent with supporting digital services - if the Budget funds that investment, voting for it should read as support. Looks like an inverted delivery direction.

    Digital And ConnectivityPublic Sector Reform
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Neil Inder was re-elected in June 2025 but did not take a senior committee role directly responsible for digital government; from October 2025 he became President of the Development & Planning Authority, a role unrelated to digital services. However, the broader institutional direction he supported is clearly advancing: in March 2025 the States published a formal Digital Strategy targeting 75% of public interactions being digital by 2029, and in July 2025 the States appointed EPAM and ServiceNow on a multi-year contract to bring more government services online — though these programmes predate or are independent of Inder's 2025 election promise and are led by Policy & Resources, not by Inder himself. No evidence was found of Inder personally driving or sponsoring digital-service reform in his current role.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 22 Oct 2026·Proposed Enactment of an Ordinance to Empower Guernsey's Courts to Compel the use of Electronic Transactions — Absent33-0Carried

      Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide:- Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Proposed Enactment of an Ordinance to Empower Guernsey’s Courts to Compel the Use of Electronic Transactions’ dated 3rd August 2026, they are of the opinion:- 1. To agree that a statutory power should be provided to empower Guernsey's courts to compel the use of electronic transactions, and that this may be best achieved by Ordinance as provided for under section 9(2) of the Electronic Transactions (Guernsey) Law, 2000. 2. To direct the preparation of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the above decision.

      Gives a statutory power to compel electronic transactions in the courts, a digitisation step with efficiency benefits, though it is not a general government-services move.

      Official voting record →

Governance & Public Services1 of 1 kept · 8 votes
  • Keptdirectional

    Support an efficiency drive across the civil service and public sector.

    “However, there must be inefficiencies within an organisation. I would support an efficiency drive.”

    Public Sector ReformPublic Finances

    8 recorded votes test this promise

    6 Pour · 1 Contre · 1 away
    • 02 Oct 2026✓Tax Reform 2026 Prop 3 (inserted by A13) — Pour, voted to deliver36-4Carried

      Motion put to the States: To agree that: a) the expenditure reductions assumed within the financial modelling supporting this Policy Letter shall be supported by a published Savings and Service Optimisation Programme; b) the Programme shall identify, for each financial year to 2029: i. each individual savings or service optimisation initiative; ii. the Committee responsible for delivery; iii. the expected annual financial benefit; iv. the implementation timetable; v. delivery milestones; vi. the principal delivery risks; and vii. whether the saving is cashable, recurring or non-recurring; c) the Policy & Resources Committee shall report to the States half-yearly on progress against the Programme, including any variance between projected and realised savings and any replacement measures proposed where savings are not achieved; and d) the 2030 Assurance Review (or such other method in the event the 2030 Assurance Review is not approved) shall include an independent assessment of the extent to which the assumed expenditure reductions have been delivered and whether they have proved sustainable. (inserted by A13)

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Requires a published Savings and Service Optimisation Programme to underpin the expenditure reductions assumed in tax reform, which pushes towards public-sector efficiency.

      Official voting record →

    • 02 Oct 2026✓Tax Reform 2026 Prop 14 (A29 amended by A55) — Pour, voted to deliver15-22Lost

      Motion put to the States: To agree that, as a matter of fiscal policy, growth in total States expenditure (revenue and social security spending) should not exceed inflation over the financial years 2027, 2028 and 2029 save where the States expressly resolve that exceptional circumstances justify a departure from that principle, subject to excluding expenditure under: a) the Social Insurance (Guernsey) Law, 1978 b) the Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) Law, 2002, and c) the Income Support (Guernsey) Law, 1971. (Insert & amended by A29 & A55).

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The final proposition limiting expenditure growth to inflation (as amended) supports an efficiency drive; it was lost.

      Official voting record →

    • 01 Oct 2026✓Amendment 13 — Pour, voted to deliver33-1Carried

      Motion put to the States: 1. To insert a new Proposition: "To agree that: a) the expenditure reductions assumed within the financial modelling supporting this Policy Letter shall be supported by a published Savings and Service Optimisation Programme; b) the Programme shall identify, for each financial year to 2029: i. each individual savings or service optimisation initiative; ii. the Committee responsible for delivery; iii. the expected annual financial benefit; iv. the implementation timetable; v. delivery milestones; vi. the principal delivery risks; and vii. whether the saving is cashable, recurring or non-recurring; c. the Policy & Resources Committee shall report to the States half-yearly on progress against the Programme, including any variance between projected and realised savings and any replacement measures proposed where savings are not achieved; and d. the 2030 Assurance Review (or such other method in the event the 2030 Assurance Review is not approved) shall include an independent assessment of the extent to which the assumed expenditure reductions have been delivered and whether they have proved sustainable."

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The amendment inserting the Savings and Service Optimisation Programme proposition advances the efficiency commitment.

      Official voting record →

    • 17 Jul 2026–Amendment 23 — Absent, did not take a side15-12Carried

      Motion put to the States: To insert an additional proposition as follows: “To agree that, as a matter of fiscal policy, growth in total States expenditure (revenue and social security spending) should not exceed inflation over the financial years 2027, 2028, and 2029 save where the States expressly resolve that exceptional circumstances justify a departure from that principle.”.

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Caps growth in total States expenditure at inflation for 2027-29, which is a spending-discipline measure aligned with an efficiency drive.

      Official voting record →

    • 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Contre, voted against, not counted as a breach28-6Carried

      Motion put to the States: To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to incorporate into the Funding and Investment Plan, in consultation with all Committees, a structured public service efficiency programme that targets a 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline public expenditure for the years 2027,2028, and 2029 (with 2026 as the baseline year).

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Directs P&R to build a structured public service efficiency programme targeting a 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline spend, so voting Pour delivers an efficiency drive.

      Considered and set aside: voting this way is not clearly a breach of the promise. The promise expressed general support for an efficiency drive but did not commit to any specific target or mechanism, so voting against one particular structured programme requiring a defined 1% annual reduction does not plainly contradict a broad directional pledge to support efficiency in principle.

      Official voting record →

    • 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver34-1Carried

      Motion put to the States: To direct the Policy & Resources Committee, working with Principal Committees, to establish a programme for zero-based budgeting, under which material areas of States’ expenditure are reviewed from first principles rather than by reference to historical baselines; and to require that the scope, methodology (including reporting) and initial findings of this programme be included by no later than in the mid-term Government Work Plan report, with the outcomes of such reviews used to inform Committee Work Plans, future budget proposals, and major policy decisions during the remainder of the term.”

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Zero-based budgeting reviews material spending from first principles, which is a mechanism for public-sector efficiency.

      Official voting record →

    • 29 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver35-0Carried

      Motion put to the States: To insert an additional proposition as follows: “6.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee, working with Principal Committees, to establish a programme for zero-based budgeting, under which material areas of States’ expenditure are reviewed from first principles rather than by reference to historical baselines; and to require that the scope, methodology (including reporting) and initial findings of this programme be included by no later than in the mid-term Government Work Plan report, with the outcomes of such reviews used to inform Committee Work Plans, future budget proposals, and major policy decisions during the remainder of the term.”

      Voting Pour delivers this

      The amendment proposing zero-based budgeting reviews of States expenditure supports an efficiency drive.

      Official voting record →

    • 29 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver29-5Carried

      Motion put to the States: 1. To insert an additional proposition as follows: “ To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to incorporate into the Funding and Investment Plan, in consultation with all Committees, a structured public service efficiency programme that targets a 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline public expenditure for the years 2027,2028, and 2029 (with 2026 as the baseline year).”

      Voting Pour delivers this

      Same motion as the carried 1% efficiency programme, put as an amendment to the Work Plan; Pour advances the efficiency drive.

      Official voting record →

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 01 Oct 2026·Amendment 32 — Absent28-8Carried

      Motion put to the States: In the additional proposition inserted by Amendment 23, immediately after the words "from that principle" insert the following wording: "subject to excluding expenditure under: a) The Social Insurance (Guernsey) Law, 1978; b) The Long-term Care Insurance (Guernsey) Law, 2002; and c) The Income Support (Guernsey) Law, 1971.”.

      Carves social security and similar spending out of the expenditure growth cap, which narrows the spending-discipline measure, so voting Contre keeps it broader.

      Official voting record →

    • 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour34-1Carried

      Motion put to the States: Recognising the importance of a fit-for-purpose, accountable and high-performing leadership within the public service and supporting structures capable of delivering the Government Work Plan, and to enable political committees to exercise challenge, control and vision, to agree to mandate the Chief Executive, drawing on external expertise where appropriate, to lead a programme of organisational reform as a priority to deliver performance, culture and capability improvements across the public service, and to direct the publication of clear terms of reference, approved by the Policy & Resources Committee, and to further direct the Policy & Resources Committee to resource the programme as necessary to achieve these outcomes, reporting regularly on its progress to the States.

      Mandates the Chief Executive to build a high-performing public service capable of delivering the Work Plan, which is only indirectly about efficiency.

      Official voting record →

    • 28 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour37-0Carried

      Motion put to the States: To insert a new proposition, as follows: “Recognising the importance of a fit-for-purpose, accountable and high-performing leadership within the public service and supporting structures capable of delivering the Government Work Plan, and to enable political committees to exercise challenge, control and vision, to agree to mandate the Chief Executive, drawing on external expertise where appropriate, to lead a programme of organisational reform as a priority to deliver performance, culture and capability improvements across the public service, and to direct the publication of clear terms of reference, approved by the Policy & Resources Committee, and to further direct the Policy & Resources Committee to resource the programme as necessary to achieve these outcomes, reporting regularly on its progress to the States.”

      The same public-service leadership and performance motion, inserted as a new Work Plan proposition; only an indirect link to efficiency.

      Official voting record →

In the States

Their record in the Assembly

Took a side on 82% of 337 recorded votes and tabled 2 amendments.

What this deputy has proposed, asked and turned up for, separate from the promise scorecard above.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Elected President of the Development & Planning Authority, winning 22 votes to Deputy Ozanne’s 15. Source →

  2. 02

    Under his DPA presidency, outline plans for 85 new homes at the Mallard site were unanimously approved. Source →

  3. 03

    Pushed DPA measures to make multi-generational living easier for families. Source →

  4. 04

    Backed making solar panels mandatory on new housing/commercial developments. Source →

  5. 05

    Previously served as President of the Committee for Economic Development (2020-2025) and President of the States’ Assembly & Constitution Committee (2017-2020). Source →

2tabledAmendments2 never reached a vote · most recent lodged 26 Oct 2026
  • 26 Oct 2026

    Amendment 19 · P.2026/82

    The Assembly never reached it, so there is no Hansard record of it being moved. Co-proposed by Marc Leadbeater. Official filing →

    Lodged, not moved
  • 21 Oct 2026

    Amendment 1 · P.2026/45

    The Assembly never reached it, so there is no Hansard record of it being moved. Co-proposed by Lee van Katwyk. Official filing →

    Lodged, not moved

A record of what this deputy proposed, not of how they voted. It does not feed the kept-rate: an amendment the Assembly never reaches never produces a vote on its substance.

82%took a sideVotes in the States337 recorded votes this term. Latest 12, all on 22 Oct 2026: 7 Absent, 4 Pour, 1 Contre
  • Open Market Housing Register (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2026

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Absent
  • Planning Exemptions for Dower & EV Chargers

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Pour
  • Proposition 3

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Absent
  • The Extension of the UK's Contracting Party Status to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas to the Bailiwick of Guernsey

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Absent
  • States' Register of Contact Details (Guernsey and Alderney) Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Pour
  • Long-term Care Insurance (Amendment) (Guernsey) Law, 2026

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Pour
  • Amendment 1

    22 Oct 2026 · lost

    Contre
  • Legislative Changes to Enable Streamlining the Plan Making and Amendment Process

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Pour
  • Rule 26(1) Motion (* P.2026/68 (as amended A1) )

    22 Oct 2026 · lost

    Absent
  • Rule 26(1) Motion (* P.2026/67 )

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Absent
  • Schedule for future States' business

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Absent
  • Amendment 1

    22 Oct 2026 · carried

    Absent

The 12 most recent votes in the States of Deliberation’s electronic voting record, whether or not they relate to a manifesto promise.

100%lowest of 2Committee meeting attendanceDevelopment & Planning Authority (president) 100% · Development & Planning Authority (president) 100%

Guernsey stopped requiring committees to compile and publish member attendance in 2022, reasoning that electronic voting already showed who was present for each vote. These figures are not a published States dataset. Most are attendance records the Guernsey Press obtained from the States on request and published in full; Development & Planning Authority figures were compiled from the Authority’s own minutes at our request, Scrutiny Management Committee figures were supplied by its Clerk, and the Offshore Wind Delivery Board supplied its own record. See References for every source.

  • Development & Planning Authority(president)100%

    Attended 8 of 8 meetings, in full or in part.

  • Development & Planning Authority(president)100%

    Attended 12 of 12 meetings, in full or in part.

    President of the Authority since November 2025.

3askedRule 14 written questions3 of 3 answered · most recent asked 26 Jan 2026 to States' Trading & Supervisory Board

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