Tom Rylatt

Member, Committee for Employment & Social Security

In the States since July 2025

Tom Rylatt stood on a platform combining fiscal reform, housing access, democratic transparency, and investment in Guernsey's younger generation. His campaign addressed both immediate pressures on public finances and longer-term structural changes to how the island is governed and how its residents are supported.

On public finances, Rylatt pledged to deliver an annual one percent reduction in baseline public spending, targeting savings of £25 million per year by 2029, alongside a review of the capital programme within three months to better manage cashflow and prioritise investment. He opposed introducing a consumption tax such as GST until businesses and high-net-worth individuals contribute a fairer share, and supported moving corporate tax to a zero/fifteen rate in alignment with Jersey.

On housing, he backed creating a new intermediate affordable housing category secured at a thirty percent discount on market value, abolishing document duty for first-time buyers, and introducing incentives to increase rental supply alongside clearer rights for landlords and tenants.

On transparency and democracy, Rylatt pledged to support freedom of information legislation, the livestreaming of States debates, and a five-term limit for deputies. He also committed to regular meetings with school and college students to keep young people's voices represented in the States.

Sources

Official States of Guernsey register · parliament.gg
2025 election manifesto · election2025.gg
LinkedIn profile · linkedin.com
Facebook · facebook.com
Instagram · instagram.com
Deputy Rochester joins Forward Guernsey party · Guernsey Press
Civil servants spent "days" answering Deputy's questions ... · Bailiwick Express

Amendments tabled

99%

States participation

244

States votes

Voted or took a side on 99% of 244 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. Committee meetings are counted separately, below.

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Record

Notable achievements

Sourced highlights from this deputy's time in the States - amendments tabled, debates led, initiatives championed.

01
At 25, became the third-youngest deputy ever elected in Guernsey and the youngest since 1982.
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02
Publicly pressed the Committee for Health & Social Care via written question on progress toward a formal Guernsey-Jersey health authority.
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03
Tabled amendments to the Tax Reform 2026 proposals and the Government Work Plan 2026-2029.
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Record

Amendments tabled

Every amendment this deputy has lodged with the States' Greffier, and what became of each. This is a record of what they proposed, not of how they voted, and it does not feed the kept-rate: an amendment the Assembly never reaches never produces a vote on its substance.

Amendment 10 · P.2026/49Lodged, not movedLodged 7 Jul 2026
To insert an additional proposition:
To insert an additional proposition: “To direct the Policy & Resources Committee and the Committee for Employment & Social Security to recommend to the States of Deliberation annually uprating: the personal income tax allowance; the social security contributions allowance; the threshold at which income tax at the higher rate of 20% is applied; the level of the payment under the Essentials Cost Relief Payment; and the rates of the States Pension, Income Support and any other impacted benefits by a minimum of RPIX with a view to ensuring that the real value after inflation of the protection incorporated in the package of reform is maintained.”
The Assembly never reached it, so there is no Hansard record of it being moved. Led by Gavin St Pier. Official filing →
Amendment 12 · P.2026/49Lodged, not movedLodged 7 Jul 2026
In Proposition 4, to insert after the words “to give effect to the above decisions” the following:
In Proposition 4, to insert after the words “to give effect to the above decisions” the following: “,and to direct that such legislation include provision requiring that any resolution to approve legislation that seeks to vary or repeal the legislative protections referred to in paragraph 10.4, and outlined in Resolution I 2 of Billet d’Etat No III of 2026 made on the 3rd February 2026, shall be deemed to have carried only if not less than two-thirds of the Members present vote in favour”.
The Assembly never reached it, so there is no Hansard record of it being moved. Co-proposed by Gavin St Pier. Official filing →
Amendment 7 · P.2025/143CarriedLodged 20 Jan 2026
Government Work Plan 2026-2029 Amendment 7
To insert an additional proposition as follows:
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).”
Recorded vote: Pour 29, Contre 5, Ne vote pas 3. Taken on 29 Jan 2026. Led by Rhona Humphreys. Official filing →
Amendment 8 · P.2025/143CarriedLodged 20 Jan 2026
Government Work Plan 2026-2029 Amendment 8
To insert an additional proposition as follows:
To insert an additional proposition as follows: “To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to build on the proposed Government Work Plan 2026–29 workstream entitled “Artificial Intelligence Strategy – Understanding Island Impact” by exploring and assessing options for the strategic coordination and governance of artificial intelligence across the Bailiwick, including consideration of a dedicated AI office or equivalent function, informed by models adopted in comparable jurisdictions such as the Isle of Man, and to bring forward recommendations to the States by no later than December 2026.”
Recorded vote: Pour 33, Contre 4, Ne vote pas 0. Taken on 29 Jan 2026. Co-proposed by Rhona Humphreys. Official filing →

Record

Rule 14 written questions

2 written questions this deputy has tabled to a Committee President this States term, each answered on the public record unless marked otherwise.

2026-25Committee for the Environment & InfrastructureAsked 25 Jun 2026
Combined Waste Solution Project
Answered 10 Jul 2026 (15 days). Question and response (PDF) →
2026-19Committee for Health & Social CareAsked 19 May 2026
Guernsey/Jersey Joint Working
Answered 3 Jun 2026 (15 days). Question and response (PDF) →

Coverage

Media mentions

Every Bailiwick media article naming this deputy, month by month. Accented bars mark coverage spikes — hover or focus any month to see the stories behind it.

What drove the spikes

January 20266 mentions
- Humphreys wants to see party savings pledge realised — Guernsey Press
- 'No reason' for Guernsey to lose jobs to AI — BBC
Backed colleague's call for P&R to target 1% annual savings.
November 20252 mentions
- Suspension could lead to a "chilling effect" — Bailiwick Express
- Men open up about suicide in Guernsey — BBC
Elected to the States.
March 20262 mentions
- Sixth Form students get chance to quiz deputies — Guernsey Press
- How can Guernsey students be encouraged to return? — BBC
Former Sixth Form Centre student visited to engage with current sixth form students.

Manifesto

Promises, and how they voted

Grouped by policy area. Each promise carries the recorded States votes that test it, and whether this deputy voted to deliver — open any vote for the motion and the reasoning. Where no recorded vote bears on a promise, an AI delivery verdict assesses progress against the public record.

Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained

Housing & Planning

12 promises · 2 kept

2recorded votes

2 Pour

Keptdirectional
Support introducing incentives to increase rental property supply and establish clear rights for landlords and tenants.
“Stabilising the rental market. By introducing incentives that increase the supply of rental properties and set out clear rights for landlords and tenants.”
HousingCost Of Living
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Pour
- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver34-1Carried
  Motion put to the States: 7. To agree that an excess repairs allowance may be given to a landlord, from 2026, for the cost of repairing, maintaining, insuring and managing a let property based on the expenses incurred in the actual calendar year, rather than it being based on the expenditure incurred in the previous five years (this allowance not to create a loss), with any transitional provisions as deemed necessary when the legislation is drafted.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion agrees an excess repairs allowance for landlords based on actual expenses incurred, which constitutes an incentive supporting landlords and increasing rental property supply.
  Official voting record →
KeptForward Guernsey pledgespecific10% for 5 years
Lower income tax on build-to-let rental income to 10% for five years.
“Encouraging the construction of 'build-to-let' developments by lowering the rate of income tax on 'build-to-let' rental income to 10% for five years.”
HousingTax And Gst
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Pour
- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver34-1Carried
  Motion put to the States: 7. To agree that an excess repairs allowance may be given to a landlord, from 2026, for the cost of repairing, maintaining, insuring and managing a let property based on the expenses incurred in the actual calendar year, rather than it being based on the expenditure incurred in the previous five years (this allowance not to create a loss), with any transitional provisions as deemed necessary when the legislation is drafted.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Introducing a more favourable repairs allowance for landlords based on actual expenditure is a tax incentive for rental income, partially bearing on the promise to lower income tax on build-to-let rental income.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific10%, under £600,000
Cut profits tax to 10% for developers building/selling affordable homes under £600k.
“Reducing the tax on profits to 10% for developers building and selling affordable properties for under £600,000.”
HousingTax And Gst
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found of any States proposition, committee policy letter, amendment, or consultation specifically proposing a 10% profits tax rate for developers building and selling homes under £600,000, as promised by Deputy Rylatt. The 2026 Tax Reform Package published by Policy & Resources in June 2026 extended the 10% corporate rate to regulated businesses and flagged only a general future consideration of extending it to the construction sector broadly — no earlier than 2030 and with no affordable-housing price-threshold mechanism. Rylatt's documented legislative activity in 2025–26 focused on GST mitigation amendments (inflation-uprating allowances and a two-thirds majority safeguard), not on this specific housing-developer tax incentive.
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 — Pour39-0Carried
  Motion put to the States: 5. To endorse the intention of the Policy & Resources Committee to continue previous workstreams to better understand the scale of accumulated untaxed, undistributed profits in Guernsey resident companies, to include consideration of incentivising earlier taxable distributions and any other mechanisms to increase revenues from this source of profits.
  Directing work to understand accumulated untaxed undistributed profits and incentivise distributions is tangentially related to the promise to cut profits tax for affordable home developers.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecificunder £600,000
Abolish document duty for first-time buyers on new-build properties under £600k.
“Scrapping document duty for purchasers and developers of new properties sold for less than £600,000 to first time buyers.”
HousingTax And GstCost Of Living
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
No document duty exemption for first-time buyers of new-build properties under £600,000 has been enacted. The 2026 States Budget (approved November 2025) confined its document duty changes to removing the 2% buy-to-let surcharge and retaining downsizing relief; a late amendment approved during that debate instructed that measures to support first-time buyers be brought forward in time for the 2027 Budget. As of August 2026, the Committee for Housing confirmed it is actively investigating document duty exemptions among other purchase-cost reduction policies for first-time buyers, but no formal proposition or consultation has yet been published.
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 — Pour35-0Carried
  Motion put to the States: 12. To approve the draft Ordinance entitled ''The Document Duty (Rates) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025'' and to direct that the same shall have effect as an Ordinance of the States.
  The Document Duty (Rates) Amendment Ordinance 2025 amends document duty rates, potentially bearing on the promise to abolish document duty for first-time buyers on new-build properties, though the specific motion text doesn't confirm this detail.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific20% after 3 years
'Build on time or make way for green space': cut buildable areas 20% after 3 years of slow development.
“Adopting a 'build on time or make way for green space' approach, penalising slow development by cutting buildable areas by 20% after three years, and converting them into green space.”
HousingPlanning And Development
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found in any Guernsey government source, States records, Hansard, Bailiwick Express, Guernsey Press, BBC Guernsey, or ITV Channel that Deputy Rylatt has advanced, tabled, or publicly promoted a 'build on time or make way for green space' policy since taking office in July 2025. The ongoing Island Development Plan focused review (with the inspector's report published April 2026 and the DPA's response in July 2026) addresses housing land supply and affordable housing site allocation, but contains no mechanism penalising slow development by cutting buildable areas. Rylatt sits on the Employment & Social Security Committee — not the Development & Planning Authority or Committee for Housing — and no proposition, question, or statement by him on this topic appears in the parliamentary record.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific30% discount
New 'intermediate' affordable housing category, 30% below market value, via planning covenants.
“Empowering developers to build more affordable houses for first-time buyers by creating a new 'intermediate' category of affordable housing using planning covenants to lock-in a 30% discount on market value.”
HousingPlanning And Development
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
As of August 2026, no policy, States proposition, or committee work programme has been identified that specifically creates a new 'intermediate' affordable housing category using planning covenants to lock in a 30% discount on market value for first-time buyers, as promised by Deputy Rylatt. Deputy Rylatt was assigned to the Committee for Employment & Social Security — not the Committee for Housing or the Development & Planning Authority — placing this promise outside his direct committee remit. The Committee for Housing's published Work Plan (July 2026) focused on GHA-led affordable housing delivery and a broad mandate to investigate first-time buyer support measures, with a report due by the 2027 Budget, but contained no reference to the specific covenant-based discounted market-sale mechanism Rylatt proposed.
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: To insert a new proposition: “1a.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee working with the Committee for Housing, as part of the Guernsey Housing Plan, to consider changes or alternatives to Mortgage Interest Relief, including other forms of tax relief, to better assist first time buyers and homeowners in greater need of financial support; and to revert to the States with recommendations no later than the 2027 Budget Report.”.
  Directing consideration of tax relief changes for first-time buyers is tangentially related to the promise for a new intermediate affordable housing category.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Make housing a statutory right and commit to eliminating the social housing waiting list.
“Making housing a statutory right, providing emergency housing, and committing to the elimination of the social housing waiting list.”
HousingSocial Security And Benefits
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
As of August 2026, no evidence was found of any States proposal, policy letter, or debate to make housing a statutory right in Guernsey; the Housing Committee's work plan, published mid-2026, targets delivery of 250–300 affordable homes and reducing the waiting list 'to a very low level' but explicitly set no elimination target as of March 2026. Deputy Rylatt sits on the Committee for Employment & Social Security rather than the Housing Committee, and no individual action by him on any of the three components of this promise has been identified in authoritative Guernsey sources.
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- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan includes housing as a workstream, tangentially bearing on the promise to make housing a statutory right and eliminate the social housing waiting list.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific2%
Abolish the 2% Document Duty penalty rate on second homes.
“Abolishing the misguided 2% penalty rate on Document Duty for second homes, which has failed to raise revenue.”
HousingTax And Gst
No recorded vote - delivery verdictDeliveredhigh confidence
The 2026 Budget, published by the Policy & Resources Committee on 7 October 2025 and formally approved by the States of Deliberation in November 2025, included the removal of the 2% additional Document Duty on buy-to-let/second-home property purchases. Multiple authoritative sources — gov.gg, BBC Guernsey, ITV Channel, Grant Thornton CI, and Livingroom Property — confirm the surcharge was removed, framed as easing pressure on the rental market. Rylatt's committee role (Employment & Social Security) means the decision was led by P&R, not by Rylatt personally, but the policy outcome is substantively identical to his manifesto promise.
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 — Pour35-0Carried
  Motion put to the States: 12. To approve the draft Ordinance entitled ''The Document Duty (Rates) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025'' and to direct that the same shall have effect as an Ordinance of the States.
  The Document Duty (Rates) Amendment Ordinance 2025 could relate to the promise to abolish the 2% document duty penalty on second homes, but the motion text doesn't confirm the specific change.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific£60,000
Tax-free Guernsey Property Savings Account (GPSA), up to £60,000, for first-time buyers.
“Establishing a new tax-free Guernsey Property Savings Account (GPSA) for first-time buyers to save up to £60,000 towards the purchase of their first property or a rental deposit.”
HousingTax And Gst
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
As of August 2026, no GPSA legislation or specific policy letter had been tabled in the States. However, the November 2025 budget debate produced a unanimous States resolution mandating the Policy & Resources and Housing Committees to review alternative financial support mechanisms for homeowners and first-time buyers and report back within 12 months. The Housing Committee's published Work Plan and a contemporaneous August 2026 report confirmed it was actively considering 'tax-free savings products and document duty exemptions' for first-time buyers — language closely aligned with the GPSA concept — but no specific scheme had been formally proposed or approved.
No recorded votespecificUp to £20,000 tax saving on first £100,000 of earningsbefore age 30
Support implementing an Additional Earned Allowance saving up to £20,000 in tax for under-30s toward a house deposit or pension.
“I will therefore support: Backing first time buyers by implementing the 'Additional Earned Allowance'. This will allow all over 16 year-olds to save up to £20,000 in tax on the first £100,000 of their taxable earnings before the age of 30. The allowance would go towards either a house deposit or eligible pension scheme.”
HousingTax And GstCost Of Living
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
As of September 2026, no States proposition, policy letter, or committee recommendation specifically implementing the Additional Earned Allowance (AEA) had been identified in any Guernsey source. The 2026 Budget (debated November 2025) contained no AEA measure; while Guernsey's Committee for Housing published a work plan in mid-2026 proposing an ISA-style savings scheme and document duty reductions for first-time buyers, these are distinct from the AEA and still awaited States approval. Deputy Rylatt sits on the Committee for Employment & Social Security and the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee, neither of which has direct responsibility for this tax proposal, and Forward Guernsey holds only 3 of 40 seats.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 04 Nov 2025·The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Contre23-15Carried
  Motion put to the States: To delete Proposition 1 and insert a new proposition: “1. To agree that the amount of tax relief in respect of mortgage interest paid on a principal private residence remains at its present level of £3,500 and cease the phased withdrawal of tax relief provided on mortgage interest in respect of principal private residences.”.
  Maintaining mortgage interest relief rather than withdrawing it is a tax benefit for homeowners, tangentially related to the promise for an Additional Earned Allowance for under-30s toward a house deposit.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteaspirational
Support ending homelessness by providing emergency housing and clear pathways out of homelessness.
“Ending homelessness by providing emergency housing and creating clear pathways out of homelessness.”
HousingSocial Security And Benefits
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
Deputy Tom Rylatt, a member of the Committee for Housing, participated actively in homelessness-related work after taking office in July 2025, including taking part in the Big Skipton Sleepout in March 2026 alongside the political lead on homelessness. The Committee for Housing, on which Rylatt sits, initiated a programme in May 2026 to re-establish St Julian's House as a true emergency shelter by creating individual move-on pathways for long-term residents, and formally listed the Homelessness Delivery and Implementation Plan (being developed with At Home in Guernsey and Homeless Network Scotland) in its published Work Plan. However, as of September 2026 the island-wide plan remained under development — not yet finalised or delivered — and charities reported a sharp rise in homelessness demand in 2026, with limited emergency accommodation still cited as a key concern.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan includes housing and wellbeing workstreams, tangentially related to the promise to support ending homelessness.
  Official voting record →
No recorded votespecific30% discount on market value
Support creating a new intermediate affordable housing category using planning covenants to secure a 30% discount on market value.
“Empowering developers to build more affordable houses for first-time buyers by creating a new 'intermediate' category of affordable housing (by using planning covenants to lock-in a 30% discount on market value).”
HousingPlanning And Development
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
As of September 2026, Guernsey's Committee for Housing published a Work Plan and was publicly consulting on first-time buyer proposals including selling affordable housing site properties at approximately 75% of market value with a locked-in subsidy — a concept directionally aligned with Rylatt's promise but differing in discount level (25% vs 30%), mechanism (States/GHA-led rather than developer-empowering planning covenants), and formal status (requiring States approval before implementation). No new formal 'intermediate' planning covenant category had been created or voted on, and Deputy Rylatt — who sits on the Committee for Employment & Social Security rather than Housing — was not identified as personally driving the specific proposition.
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: To insert a new proposition: “1a.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee working with the Committee for Housing, as part of the Guernsey Housing Plan, to consider changes or alternatives to Mortgage Interest Relief, including other forms of tax relief, to better assist first time buyers and homeowners in greater need of financial support; and to revert to the States with recommendations no later than the 2027 Budget Report.”.
  This motion directs consideration of changes to mortgage interest relief and other tax relief to assist first-time buyers, tangentially bearing on the promise to create intermediate affordable housing.
  Official voting record →

Health & Social Care

7 promises · 0 kept

No recorded States vote bears on this area yet.

No recorded votespecific
Support appointing a political Mental Health Champion to work across government and with the charity sector.
“Making mental health a priority by appointing a political lead as Mental Health Champion to work across government and with the charity sector.”
Health And CareGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
No evidence was found between July 2025 and September 2026 that a formal political 'Mental Health Champion' role had been created or appointed in the States of Guernsey. The Committee for Health & Social Care continued to hold political oversight of mental health through its existing structure, with Deputy Aidan Matthews described as a mental health advocate upon appointment as Vice-President in July 2025, and Deputy Sally Rochester commenting on the 2025 Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy annual report in June 2026, but neither held any designated 'Mental Health Champion' title. Deputy Rylatt himself sits on the Committee for Employment & Social Security and the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee, giving him no direct mandate over this health portfolio.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Appoint a Mental Health Champion from the Committee for Health & Social Care.
“Appointing a Mental Health Champion from the Committee for Health & Social Care to work with other committees and the charity sector to ensure mental health is a priority.”
Health And Care
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
No evidence was found in any authoritative Guernsey source — including gov.gg, parliament.gg, the Guernsey Press, or Bailiwick Express — that a formal 'Mental Health Champion' political role has been created or appointed from the Committee for Health & Social Care since July 2025. Deputy Rylatt was himself assigned to the Committee for Employment & Social Security (not HSC), limiting his direct ability to act on this promise unilaterally. While HSC Vice-President Deputy Aidan Matthews was described as 'a passionate advocate for mental health' at his appointment in July 2025, no official Mental Health Champion designation has been recorded.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific1%/year
1%/year savings target for contracted medical providers, reinvested into healthcare innovation.
“Setting a 1% savings target each year for contracted medical providers. The money saved will be used to create a self-financing programme of innovation and reform in healthcare.”
Health And CarePublic Finances
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
The specific manifesto promise — a 1% annual savings target applied to contracted medical providers, with proceeds ring-fenced into a self-financing healthcare innovation fund — has not been implemented as described. However, a materially related outcome was achieved: Deputy Rylatt seconded an amendment (Humphreys Amendment 7 to P.2025/143) at the January 2026 Government Work Plan debate, which directed P&R to pursue a structured 1% real-terms annual reduction across all public expenditure for 2027–2029; parliament.gg records this as carried. The HSC president confirmed in May 2026 (Guernsey Press) that HSC must deliver the 1% per year savings target agreed by the States. However, the mechanism is a broad fiscal efficiency programme across all committees rather than one targeting contracted medical providers specifically, and there is no evidence of a ring-fenced self-financing healthcare innovation fund being established.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific132 more care beds by 2030within six months; beds by 2030
Adopt SLAWS within six months and help deliver 132 more care beds by 2030.
“Adopting the Supporting Living and Ageing Well Strategy (SLAWS) within six months and then beginning to implement the plan that has been developed over the past decade to meet future demand, and help deliver 132 more care beds by 2030.”
Health And Care
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
As of August 2026, the new SLAWS community long-term care model had not been formally adopted by the States Assembly within the promised six months; the P&R Committee published only a Findings Report in November 2024, and the Government Work Plan agreed in January 2026 listed SLAWS as a priority workstream for the 2026–2029 term rather than a completed adoption. On the care-beds element, meaningful progress has been made: in June 2025 an agreement-in-principle was reached with CI Healthcare to redevelop the KEVII site to deliver 33 new beds by late 2027, described by officials as a 'meaningful contribution' toward the 132-bed target by 2030, though the full 132 remain undelivered and subject to planning and further development.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 22 Apr 2026·Proposition 2 As amended — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: 2. To agree the inclusion of the 26 projects listed in Table 2 within the Major Projects Portfolio - Pipeline stage, subject to the following amendment: “In Table 2 of the Policy Letter, immediately after the words “Complex Residential & Education on Island” substitute the words “Committee for Health & Social Care” for the words “Committee for Home Affairs” and immediately after the words “Beau Sejour Leisure Centre ReDevelopment/Rebuild (Beau Sejour Review) substitute the words “Committee for Education, Sport & Culture” for the words “Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure”.
  The Major Projects Portfolio Pipeline includes complex residential and education on-island projects, tangentially related to the promise to help deliver 132 more care beds by 2030.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgedirectional
Examine legislation for a Single Patient Record shared securely across providers.
“Examining the benefits of new legislation creating a Single Patient Record to allow patient data to be securely and efficiently shared between providers - reducing costs and improving patient outcomes.”
Health And CareDigital And Connectivity
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
No evidence was found — across gov.gg, parliament.gg Hansard, Bailiwick Express, or BBC Guernsey — that Deputy Rylatt initiated or contributed to any examination of new Guernsey legislation specifically creating a Single Patient Record since taking office in July 2025. Guernsey's active health-records work remains the pre-existing Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme (MAXIMS/RiO rollout, approved in 2020 and going live in February 2026), which is an administrative digitisation project rather than the cross-provider legislative framework Rylatt proposed. The 2026-2029 Government Work Plan approved in January 2026 lists the EPR as a key workstream but contains no specific Single Patient Record legislative commitment traceable to Rylatt's manifesto promise.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Set up a joint Channel Islands Health Authority with Jersey.
“Setting up a Channel Islands Health Authority with Jersey to improve health and care services across both islands.”
Health And Care
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
As of June 2026, Deputy Rylatt had made no substantive progress toward establishing a formal Channel Islands Health Authority. When he submitted a written question to Guernsey's Committee for Health and Social Care in June 2026, he was told that a Joint Health Authority had been considered in the previous term of government but 'was not supported politically in either Bailiwick.' The existing Channel Island Alliance for Health and Social Care (formed in 2024) was assessed by ITV News Channel as amounting largely to meetings with 'less evidence of tangible outcomes,' and Rylatt himself expressed dissatisfaction with the response, indicating he intended to follow up further in the States.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Require new residents not paying social security on earnings to hold health insurance.
“Ensuring that new residents who aren't paying social security contributions on earnings will need to have health insurance.”
Health And CarePopulation And Immigration
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
As of August 2026, no policy letter, States proposition, committee statement, or credible press report was found indicating that a mandatory private health insurance requirement for new residents not paying social security contributions on earnings had been introduced or formally proposed. The Committee for Employment & Social Security — of which Deputy Rylatt is a member — lodged and debated several propositions between late 2025 and mid-2026 (on contribution rates, minimum wage, long-term care, family allowances, and the employment tribunal), but none addressed this specific commitment. The Locate Guernsey official guide continued to describe private health insurance as voluntary rather than mandatory, confirming the pre-election status quo remained in place.
Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 05 Nov 2025·Non-Contributory Benefit Rates for 2026 — Pour37-0Carried
  Motion put to the States: 12. To repeal the Employment of Immigrants (Control) (Guernsey) Law, 1974.
  Repealing the Employment of Immigrants (Control) (Guernsey) Law 1974 relates to immigration control, tangentially touching on the promise requiring new residents to hold health insurance.
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Education & Families

10 promises · 3 kept

6recorded votes

6 Pour

KeptForward Guernsey pledgespecificbeginning 2027/28
Fast-track the primary schools review, beginning 2027/28.
“Fast-tracking the primary review to improve standards, ease teacher workloads, and streamline the system, beginning 2027/28. This will also free up funds for other priorities, including alternative provision, special educational needs and improving maths outcomes.”
Education
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 24 Jun 2026✓The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver36-0Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide:- Whether they are of the opinion to approve the draft Ordinance entitled ''The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2026'' and to direct that the same shall have effect as an Ordinance of the States.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The commencement of the Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law 2025 advances education reform, bearing on the promise to fast-track the primary schools review.
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- 03 Sept 2025✓The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 — Pour, voted to deliver32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: Whether they are of the opinion to approve the draft Projet de Loi entitled "The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025", and to authorise the Bailiff to present a most humble petition to His Majesty praying for His Royal Sanction thereto.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Approving the Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law 2025 advances education governance reform, bearing on the promise to fast-track the primary schools review beginning 2027/28.
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Keptdirectional
Support introducing adult upskilling opportunities to create a responsive education system in the face of new technologies like AI.
“As new technologies, such as AI, change our world, we need a responsive education system that enables everyone to continue learning by introducing opportunities to help adults upskill.”
EducationEconomy And Business
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver31-3Carried
  Motion put to the States: To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to build on the proposed Government Work Plan 2026–29 workstream entitled “Artificial Intelligence Strategy – Understanding Island Impact” by exploring and assessing options for the strategic coordination and governance of artificial intelligence across the Bailiwick, including consideration of a dedicated AI office or equivalent function, informed by models adopted in comparable jurisdictions such as the Isle of Man, and to bring forward recommendations to the States by no later than December 2026.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion directs exploring strategic coordination and governance of AI across the Bailiwick, bearing on the promise to support adult upskilling opportunities to respond to AI.
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- 29 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver33-4Carried
  Motion put to the States: To insert an additional proposition as follows: “To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to build on the proposed Government Work Plan 2026–29 workstream entitled “Artificial Intelligence Strategy – Understanding Island Impact” by exploring and assessing options for the strategic coordination and governance of artificial intelligence across the Bailiwick, including consideration of a dedicated AI office or equivalent function, informed by models adopted in comparable jurisdictions such as the Isle of Man, and to bring forward recommendations to the States by no later than December 2026.”
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This amendment directs strategic coordination and governance of artificial intelligence across the Bailiwick, bearing on the promise to support adult upskilling opportunities in the face of new technologies like AI.
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Keptdirectional
Support fast-tracking the primary education review to improve standards, ease teacher workloads and free funds for SEN and maths.
“Fast-tracking the primary review to improve standards, ease teacher workloads, and streamline the system. This will also free up funds to invest in other priorities such as special educational needs and improving maths outcomes.”
EducationChildren And Families
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 24 Jun 2026✓The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver36-0Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide:- Whether they are of the opinion to approve the draft Ordinance entitled ''The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2026'' and to direct that the same shall have effect as an Ordinance of the States.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Commencing the Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law 2025 advances education system reform, bearing on the promise to fast-track the primary education review.
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- 03 Sept 2025✓The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 — Pour, voted to deliver32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: Whether they are of the opinion to approve the draft Projet de Loi entitled "The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025", and to authorise the Bailiff to present a most humble petition to His Majesty praying for His Royal Sanction thereto.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law 2025 bears on governance of education, which could advance the primary education review the promise commits to fast-tracking.
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No recorded votedirectional
Support reforming the university grant system to encourage young people to return to Guernsey after studying.
“Reforming our university grant system to incentivise young people to bring their skills back home.”
EducationPopulation And Immigration
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
In March 2026, Deputy Tom Rylatt formally raised the issue during a States sitting, asking the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture (ESC) to consider amending student grant funding to encourage graduates to return to Guernsey — a move the Guernsey Press reported ESC had 'baulked at when suggested previously' (guernseypress.com, 2 March 2026). By August 2026, ESC had agreed to revisit the overall university student support model in response to public concern, with ESC President Paul Montague confirming the committee had 'moved this issue up our list of priorities' (guernseypress.com, 17 August 2026). However, no specific return-incentive reform to the grant system had been announced or debated in the States as of September 2026, meaning the promise remains active but undelivered.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgedirectional
Introduce opportunities for adults to upskill on missed GCSE/A Level qualifications.
“Introducing appropriate opportunities to help adults upskill if they missed out on qualifications like GCSEs or A Levels.”
Education
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
By December 2025, The Guernsey Institute published a formal Adult Skills Strategy — backed by the G8 business body and a new Adult Skills Board — which explicitly targets adults lacking Level 3 qualifications (A Levels and equivalents) and those without GCSEs, aligning directly with Rylatt's manifesto promise. In June 2026, the Institute launched a public consultation survey, open to adults without GCSEs or Level 3 qualifications, to shape the design of free funded qualifications; however, no concrete new adult GCSE/A Level programme has yet been confirmed as delivered. Rylatt sits on the Committee for Employment & Social Security (not the Education committee), so direct attribution to him is limited, though the broader government infrastructure underpinning his promise is demonstrably active.
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- 29 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour33-4Carried
  Motion put to the States: To insert an additional proposition as follows: “To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to build on the proposed Government Work Plan 2026–29 workstream entitled “Artificial Intelligence Strategy – Understanding Island Impact” by exploring and assessing options for the strategic coordination and governance of artificial intelligence across the Bailiwick, including consideration of a dedicated AI office or equivalent function, informed by models adopted in comparable jurisdictions such as the Isle of Man, and to bring forward recommendations to the States by no later than December 2026.”
  Exploring AI governance strategy touches on upskilling needs but does not directly address introducing opportunities for adults to upskill on missed qualifications.
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No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Give returning local teachers the same relocation support offered to newcomers.
“Offering returning local teachers the same relocation support as newcomers to make it easier for them to come back to the island.”
Education
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
Deputy Rylatt publicly raised the promise in the States in late June 2026, noting the P&R review of the Relocation Directive was 'almost nine months overdue' from its original completion date and reaffirming Forward Guernsey's election commitment to a 'Welcome Home' package for returning islanders. As of 15 August 2026, the Guernsey Press reported that a revised relocation directive paper was understood to be with the Policy & Resources Committee but had not yet been considered or published, and no equalised package for returning local teachers had been announced or implemented.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Pioneer the 'Design, Engineer, Construct' pathway in secondary schools for construction qualifications.
“Pioneering the 'Design, Engineer, Construct' pathway in local secondary schools, to help grow our own talent, enabling young people to enter the construction industry and earn recognised qualifications in this field.”
EducationHousing
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found in any Guernsey source — gov.gg, parliament.gg, Guernsey Press, Bailiwick Express, BBC Guernsey or ITV Channel — that the Design Engineer Construct (DEC) pathway has been introduced or formally piloted in any Guernsey secondary school since Deputy Rylatt took office in July 2025. Rylatt was appointed to the Committee for Employment & Social Security rather than the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture, limiting his direct institutional leverage over the school curriculum; his recorded States activity covers employment law, social insurance and student grant funding — not the DEC programme. The DEC programme is established in Jersey secondary schools (since 2019) but no comparable Guernsey initiative has been reported, despite the construction industry warning of an apprenticeship training crisis linked to the delayed Les Ozouets post-16 campus.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecificwithin 12 months
Develop a Skills Strategy within 12 months, led by a political champion.
“Developing a Skills Strategy within 12 months, led by a visible political champion and informed by an independent coalition between government, business and charities.”
EducationEconomy And Business
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
The Guernsey Institute's Adult Skills Strategy was launched in December 2025 — within Rylatt's 12-month target — backed by the G8 coalition of business and charity sector bodies and accompanied by a new Adult Skills Board providing strategic oversight across government, education and industry. However, the visible political champion role was filled by Deputy Paul Montague (President, Education, Sport & Culture) and Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller (President, Economic Development), not by Rylatt himself, who as a backbench People's Deputy was not named in any official or press sources as a driver of the strategy. The substance of the promise (a strategy, an independent coalition, political backing) was largely delivered, but not with Rylatt as the named champion.
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- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan workstreams touch on skills development, tangentially related to the promise to develop a Skills Strategy within 12 months.
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No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgedirectional
Invest in early-intervention maths support, funded by savings from the primary review.
“Investing in early intervention maths support by using money freed up by the primary review.”
Education
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
As of August 2026, no evidence was found of either precondition for this promise being met. The primary school review — from which savings were to be released — was explicitly delayed by the ESC Committee to the second half of the political term, with the February 2026 ESC General Update confirming focus remained on early-years family work rather than primary rationalisation. No Guernsey policy letter, States resolution, budget line, or independent report identified a dedicated early-intervention maths support programme funded by primary review savings; the ESC Committee's Education Strategy Annual Report for 2025 cited maths as a continuing improvement priority but named no such programme.
No recorded votedirectional
Support expanding post-18 qualification options available locally through The Guernsey Institute.
“Expanding the range of locally available post-18 qualifications through The Guernsey Institute.”
Education
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
The Guernsey Institute independently published a formal Adult Skills Strategy by December 2025, backed by the G8, encompassing new initiatives including micro-credentials, a GradRoutes graduate pathway, and a free Level 3 qualifications programme for adults — all directly in line with Rylatt's manifesto promise. In June 2026, TGI launched a public survey to shape the free Level 3 offer, with employer engagement running in parallel. No evidence emerged of Rylatt personally driving these developments; he sits on Policy & Resources rather than the Education, Sport & Culture Committee, limiting his direct institutional lever, and the TGI work appears institutionally self-generated rather than deputy-led.

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

14 promises · 7 kept

16recorded votes

13 Pour · 3 Contre

Keptspecificwithin 3 months
Support reviewing the capital programme within 3 months to prioritise projects and manage cashflow effectively.
“Sensible and sustainable public investment by reviewing the capital programme (within 3 months) to prioritise it, so that cashflow, funding requirements and timeframes can be properly managed.”
Public FinancesInfrastructure And Transport
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 22 Apr 2026✓Proposition 3 — Pour, voted to deliver32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: 3. To agree the Assessment Criteria (as detailed in Appendix 2 of the Major Projects Portfolio Report 2026) against which the Policy & Resources Committee will prioritise new schemes into the Pipeline stage of the Portfolio.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Agreeing assessment criteria for prioritising projects in the Major Projects Portfolio directly supports reviewing the capital programme to prioritise projects effectively.
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- 22 Apr 2026✓Proposition 1 — Pour, voted to deliver32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled 'Major Projects Portfolio' dated 24 March 2026, they are of the opinion: 1. To approve and implement the revised Major Projects Portfolio prioritisation approach, including the three Portfolio stages (Proposal Development, Pipeline and Delivery) and associated transition arrangements.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion approves a revised Major Projects Portfolio prioritisation approach, directly delivering the promise to review the capital programme to prioritise projects and manage cashflow.
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KeptForward Guernsey pledgedirectional
Move corporate tax to zero/15 alongside Jersey, retaining the exempt bodies regime.
“Work with Jersey to increase the zero/10 rate of tax to zero/15, whilst retaining the existing exempt bodies regime and economic substance requirements.”
Tax And GstEconomy And Business
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver27-7Carried
  Motion put to the States: 1. To insert an additional proposition as follows: “To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to explore whether the approach to revenue potential forecasting for the Pillar 2 Global Minimum Tax Model Rules used by the States of Jersey could be adopted by the States.”.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Exploring Jersey's approach to Pillar 2 Global Minimum Tax revenue forecasting bears on the promise to move corporate tax to zero/15 alongside Jersey.
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- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver34-5Carried
  Motion put to the States: To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to explore whether the approach to revenue potential forecasting for the Pillar 2 Global Minimum Tax Model Rules used by the States of Jersey could be adopted by the States.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Directing exploration of Jersey's Pillar 2 minimum tax approach bears on the promise to move corporate tax to zero/15 alongside Jersey.
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KeptForward Guernsey pledgespecific1%/year, £25m by 20292026-2029
Cut baseline public spending 1% a year from 2026, reaching £25m/year by 2029.
“A commitment to a 1% reduction in baseline public spending each year from 2026 - amounting to £6.5m in 2026, rising to more than £25m a year by 2029.”
Editorially assessed— the voting record alone reads kept
2026-08-20: reverted to kept. Identical case to Gavin St Pier's spending pledge - both direct 1% cut votes are consistent (high relevance); the mixed label rests only on Amendment 23, a softer/different measure.
Public FinancesPublic Sector Reform
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver28-6Carried
  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
  This motion directs a structured efficiency programme targeting 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline expenditure for 2027-2029, directly delivering the promise.
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- 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
  This amendment targets a 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline public expenditure from 2026, directly matching the specific promise to cut baseline spending 1% a year from 2026.
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KeptForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Accelerate an offshore wind farm for new revenue, energy security, jobs and cheaper energy.
“Accelerating the completion of an offshore wind farm, that will generate new revenues, improve energy security, create high-paying jobs and deliver cheaper energy.”
Economy And BusinessEnvironment And Climate
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan – Proposition 2 (super priorities) — Pour, voted to deliver29-4Carried
  Motion put to the States: That Proposition 2 of the Government Work Plan, relating to the super priorities, be approved.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Approving the super-priorities including offshore wind directly advances the specific promise to accelerate an offshore wind farm.
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- 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver30-4Carried
  Motion put to the States: 2. To agree to classify the following workstreams as super priorities for the duration of this political term to deliver sustainable economic growth, and direct the Committees of the States to treat their work contributing to these workstreams as their highest priority: • Decide and deliver tax reform, • Clear and commence site development at Leale’s Yard, • Agree and advance a sustainable health and care system, • Shape and strengthen the focus on early years and families, and • Determine and design future harbour requirements.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The super-priorities include offshore wind under Island Resilience, bearing on the promise to accelerate an offshore wind farm for revenue, energy security, jobs and cheaper energy.
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Brokenconditional
Oppose imposing GST until businesses and high net worth individuals pay their fair share of tax.
“To do this, we must create a fairer and more sustainable tax system, one that ensures business and high net worth individuals pay their fair share before a consumption tax (such as GST) is imposed on islanders.”
Tax And GstPublic Finances
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Contre
- 17 Jul 2026✗Amendment 19 — Contre, voted against delivering7-30Lost
  Motion put to the States: At the end of Proposition 1 insert the words “, subject to excluding the following: “a) the introduction of a goods and services tax; b) the changes to social security contributions; c) the introduction of new, and changes to, transport taxes”.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This amendment would exclude GST from the tax reform proposition; the conditional promise opposes GST until businesses pay fair share, so voting Pour on this exclusion amendment advances the promise.
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- 16 Jul 2026✗Amendment 14 — Contre, voted against delivering15-23Lost
  Motion put to the States: To delete Propositions 1 to 3 and substitute therefor: “1.To agree that neither the proposed Goods and Services Tax nor the associated Income Tax and Social Security contribution reforms detailed in the Policy Letter shall be introduced as part of the Tax Reform Programme. 2.To agree that the proposed Transport Taxes shall proceed as set out in this Policy Letter at Paragraph 9.7 and as more specifically described therein. 3.To agree that the proposed Corporate Tax amendments shall proceed as set out in Paragraph 9.21 of this Policy Letter and as more specifically described therein, excepting that at the third bullet point of paragraph 9.21, the term “ISE” shall be substituted with “Corporate Levy” (and this substitution shall take effect wherever relevant). 4.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to develop and bring before the States proposals, for implementation on the same timetable as the tax measures proposed in this Policy Letter where reasonably practicable, for the introduction of a Corporate Levy payable by registered Guernsey companies, having regard to the work previously undertaken by the Tax Review Sub-Committee, and including consideration of whether such levy should comprise: a fixed annual levy payable by each registered company; a levy differentiated according to the size or scale of the undertaking, including consideration of whether existing company classifications may provide an appropriate and proportionate basis for differentiation; or such other structure as the Committee considers best achieves the objectives of fairness, administrative simplicity and efficient revenue collection. 5.To direct the Committee for Economic Development, in consultation with the Policy & Resources Committee, to develop and bring before the States, on the same timetable where reasonably practicable, proposals for the introduction of a Visitor Levy in accordance with the extant States Resolution, with all revenues arising from such levy to be paid into the General Revenue Account and not hypothecated for expenditure by any particular Committee or industry sector. 6.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to revise the implementation programme and associated implementation budget for Tax Reform to reflect the removal of the proposed Goods and Services Tax and associated Income Tax and Social Security contribution reforms, including the consequential reduction in implementation cost, implementation activity, systems development, staffing and administrative requirements. 7. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to return to the States with: 1. a revised implementation programme; 2. a revised implementation budget; 3. revised estimates of one-off implementation costs; 4. revised estimates of ongoing administration costs; 5. revised estimates of annual recurring revenues; and 6. revised staffing assumptions, reflecting the alternative package approved under this Proposition within a period that results in the States being capable of meeting the proposed implementation timetable as proposed within the Policy Letter. 8.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to return to the States with an assurance review in 2030 as set out in section 12 of the Policy Letter, the scope of which shall be adjusted, where necessary, to take account of the removal of GST and Social Security measures from the package under these proposals and the application of those measures considered herein.”.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This amendment would remove GST from the tax reform package; the conditional promise opposes GST until fair-share conditions are met, so voting Pour on this amendment advances the promise's opposition to GST.
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Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)
- 26 Feb 2026·Proposition 1b — Pour24-12Carried
  Motion put to the States: b. (i) the Goods & Services Tax should be applied at a standard rate of 5%, andthat all foodstuffs should be subject to the tax at the standard rate; AND (ii)an Essentials Cost Relief Payment scheme should be implemented as outlined in Section 4, with the fixed payment set provisionally (subject to review as set out below) at £520 a year for a single adult or £860 a year for a couple, reflecting the estimated annual GST incurred by a household on Income Support; and that the responsibility and administering of this payment should be added to the mandate of the Committee for Employment & Social Security; and that the payment should be increased each January in line with Income Support rates, the value of the payment being fully reviewed in line with the minimum income standard whenever that exercise is repeated;
  This motion agreed to introduce GST at 5%; the conditional promise opposes imposing GST until businesses and HNWIs pay their fair share, so voting Pour on this motion works against the promise.
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Keptspecificzero/fifteen corporate tax rate
Support working with Jersey to raise the corporate tax rate from zero/ten to zero/fifteen and fairly tax personal investment holding companies.
“Improving corporate taxes, including working with Jersey to increase the zero/ten rate of tax to zero/fifteen and fairly taxing personal investment holding companies.”
Tax And GstPublic Finances
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver34-5Carried
  Motion put to the States: To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to explore whether the approach to revenue potential forecasting for the Pillar 2 Global Minimum Tax Model Rules used by the States of Jersey could be adopted by the States.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Directing exploration of Jersey's Pillar 2 revenue forecasting approach partially bears on the promise to work with Jersey to raise corporate tax to zero/fifteen.
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- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver27-7Carried
  Motion put to the States: 1. To insert an additional proposition as follows: “To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to explore whether the approach to revenue potential forecasting for the Pillar 2 Global Minimum Tax Model Rules used by the States of Jersey could be adopted by the States.”.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion directs exploring Pillar 2 Global Minimum Tax revenue forecasting approaches used by Jersey, bearing on the promise to work with Jersey to raise corporate tax rates.
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Keptspecific1% annual reduction; £25 million savings per yearby 2029
Support an annual 1% reduction in baseline public spending, saving £25 million per year by 2029.
“Delivering more efficient public services, including an annual 1% reduction in baseline spending, saving £25 million each year by 2029.”
Public FinancesPublic Sector Reform
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver28-6Carried
  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
  This motion directs a 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline public expenditure for 2027-2029, directly delivering the promise of an annual 1% reduction saving £25m by 2029.
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- 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
  This amendment directs incorporating a structured public service efficiency programme targeting a 1% real-terms annual reduction in baseline public expenditure, directly matching the promise.
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BrokenForward Guernsey pledgedirectional
Oppose GST+ in its current form; pursue wholesale tax system reform instead.
“Wholesale reform of our entire tax system to provide more support to the average islander. We do not support GST+ in its current form.”
Tax And Gst
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Contre
- 26 Feb 2026✗Amendment 2 — Contre, voted against delivering13-23Lost
  Motion put to the States: To insert an additional proposition as follows: “5.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to cease immediately all work on the introduction of any form of territorial corporation tax, including as part of the options being examined within the fundamental restructuring of Guernsey’s corporate tax regime, and to direct the Policy & Resources Committee to amend the Terms of Reference for the Tax Review Sub Committee by amending the first bullet-point under the heading “In scope” to read: “The taxation of company profits (specifically excluding a system of territorial corporate tax) having due regard to the need to maintain a tax system which is competitive, internationally acceptable and maintains tax neutrality;”.”. View this proposition's information page on gov.gg
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This amendment would cease all work on territorial corporation tax; while the promise focuses on GST, it also calls for wholesale tax system reform instead, making this partially relevant.
  Why this counts against the promise: Deputy Tom Rylatt, who promised wholesale reform of the tax system and opposition to GST+ in its current form, voted Contre on 26 February 2026 on a proposition to direct the Policy & Resources Committee to cease work on territorial corporation tax and narrow the Tax Review Sub Committee's scope accordingly, a vote that worked against the broader tax reform agenda he had pledged to pursue.
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KeptForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Close the non-commercial shareholder-loan loophole used to defer tax on 0%-taxed company income.
“Scrapping the ability to use non-commercial shareholder loans to defer tax due on income rolled up in Guernsey companies taxed at the standard rate of 0%.”
Tax And Gst
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Pour
- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver39-0Carried
  Motion put to the States: 4. To amend the definition of a distribution in Section 62AA of the Income Tax (Guernsey) Law, 1975, as amended, so that it would also catch any transfer of the assets of the company for the repayment of, or otherwise, in respect of, an advance of money to the company by a member of the company or by a person connected with a member (whether or not the advance is secured), with an exclusion in respect of the repayment of commercial loans to trading companies.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This motion amends the definition of distribution to catch repayment of shareholder loans, directly addressing the promise to close the non-commercial shareholder-loan loophole.
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No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific£100,000 threshold, up to £20,000 saveduntil age 30
New Additional Earned Allowance for under-30s on the first £100k of earnings, saving up to £20,000 in tax.
“Pioneering a new Additional Earned Allowance (AEA) for all over-16s, including school leavers, graduates, and apprentices (except those on Short-Term Employment Permits) on the first £100,000 of their taxable earnings until they are 30. This will save up to £20,000 in tax, which will go into the new GPSA, to enable saving for future housing needs, or an eligible pension scheme.”
Tax And GstHousing
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
As of August 2026, no evidence emerged from official States records, the 2026 Budget debate, or the June 2026 Tax Reform Package of any proposal for an age-specific Additional Earned Allowance (AEA) for under-30s or the linked Guernsey Property Savings Account (GPSA). The 2026 Budget approved only a general personal allowance rise to £15,200 (BBC Guernsey, November 2025), and the Tax Reform 2026 Policy Letter (gov.gg, June 2026) focused on a 3% GST and a reduced 15% income tax rate on earnings below £28,000 — with no youth-specific earned allowance. Deputy Rylatt sits on the Committee for Employment & Social Security and the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee, neither of which leads tax policy, and no proposition or consultation originating from him on this measure was traceable in parliament.gg records.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Create a public infrastructure bond, lowering the cost of capital and open to islander investment.
“Creating a public infrastructure bond to lower the cost of capital and give islanders the chance to invest in our island's future.”
Economy And BusinessPublic FinancesInfrastructure And Transport
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found of any proposal, consultation, policy letter, or States debate relating to a new public infrastructure bond open to islander investment since Deputy Rylatt took office in July 2025. Parliamentary records show Rylatt's legislative activity in 2025–26 focused on AI governance, public spending efficiency, and GST-related amendments rather than infrastructure bond issuance. The only extant States bond is the 2014 Public Bond, which long predates this term and has no documented connection to Rylatt's manifesto proposal.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecificby March 2026
Bring a revised tax and social security package to the States by March 2026, incl. ending PAYE tax returns.
“Preparation of a revised tax and social security package by March 2026, including removing the requirement to file income tax returns for the majority of taxpayers whose earnings have already been taxed at source.”
Tax And GstPublic Sector Reform
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
The Policy & Resources Committee published the 'Tax Reform 2026' policy letter on 8 June 2026—three months after Rylatt's March 2026 target—covering income tax rate cuts, social security reforms, and GST, and Rylatt's party Forward Guernsey publicly backed it in July 2026. However, the States debate that commenced on 15 July 2026 was deferred without a final vote until at least 30 September 2026, leaving the package unresolved. The specific manifesto sub-commitment to formally remove income tax return-filing obligations for the majority of PAYE taxpayers does not appear to feature in the published Tax Reform 2026 policy letter, and the existing gov.gg guidance still requires most employed individuals to file annual returns.
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- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan includes tax reform as a super priority workstream, which could encompass the promise to bring a revised tax and social security package by March 2026.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Replace the States Property Unit with a new publicly-owned property company.
“Replacing the States Property Unit with a new publicly-owned company, similar to the Guernsey Housing Association or the Guernsey Development Agency.”
Economy And BusinessPublic Sector Reform
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
As of August 2026, no policy letter, States proposition, or committee decision to replace the States Property Unit with a new publicly-owned company had been identified. The Scrutiny Management Committee held its first public hearing into the States Property Unit in November 2025 — surfacing concerns about a lack of measurable KPIs — but this was an independent scrutiny exercise, not an executive-led reform. The States Property Unit continued to operate under its existing structure, with its Director of Estates still in post, and Deputy Rylatt, as one of only three Forward Guernsey backbenchers, held no committee position with direct authority over the unit.
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecificby the end of the year
Publish a growth-focused statement of Guernsey's risk appetite by year end.
“Publishing a statement of Guernsey's risk appetite, with growth at its core, by the end of the year.”
Economy And BusinessGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence
The Future Guernsey / Forward Guernsey manifesto — adopted in its entirety by Tom Rylatt's party — explicitly pledged to publish a jurisdictional risk appetite statement with growth at its core by the end of 2025; that deadline has now passed. No such document was found on gov.gg, parliament.gg, or in any Guernsey media source as of August 2026; the Finance Sector Growth Strategy published in February 2026 and the Economic Development workplan of July 2026 are adjacent growth initiatives but do not constitute the specific risk-appetite statement promised. Deputy Rylatt's own parliamentary record shows no proposition or question related to this commitment.

Infrastructure & Environment

5 promises · 2 kept

4recorded votes

4 Pour

Keptdirectional
Support investing to ensure reliable and affordable sea and air connectivity with the UK and other islands.
“Investing to ensure reliable and affordable inter-island and UK sea and air connectivity.”
Infrastructure And TransportEconomy And Business
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver37-1Carried
  Motion put to the States: 21. To approve the following Budgets for the year 2026: (a) Guernsey Ports (b) Guernsey Water (c) Guernsey Waste (d) States Works (e) Guernsey Dairy (f) Superannuation Fund Administration (g) Committee for Employment & Social Security - Contributory Funds.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Approving the Guernsey Ports budget for 2026 supports investment in sea connectivity infrastructure, bearing on the promise to invest in reliable and affordable sea and air connectivity.
  Official voting record →
- 05 Nov 2025✓The States of Guernsey Annual Budget for 2026 — Pour, voted to deliver37-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: 18. To approve provision within the 2026 Budget for a transfer from the General Reserve to Guernsey Ports to fund its 2026 cash requirements estimated at £2.2m.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Approving a transfer from the General Reserve to Guernsey Ports to fund its 2026 cash requirements supports maintaining sea connectivity infrastructure, bearing on the promise to invest in reliable sea and air connectivity.
  Official voting record →
Keptdirectional
Support accelerating completion of an offshore wind farm to improve energy security and deliver cheaper energy.
“Accelerating the completion of an offshore wind farm, that will also generate new revenues, improve energy security, create high paying jobs and deliver cheaper energy.”
Environment And ClimateInfrastructure And Transport
2 recorded votes test this promise
2 Pour
- 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan – Proposition 2 (super priorities) — Pour, voted to deliver29-4Carried
  Motion put to the States: That Proposition 2 of the Government Work Plan, relating to the super priorities, be approved.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  Approving the super-priorities including offshore wind advances the promise to accelerate completion of an offshore wind farm.
  Official voting record →
- 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver30-4Carried
  Motion put to the States: 2. To agree to classify the following workstreams as super priorities for the duration of this political term to deliver sustainable economic growth, and direct the Committees of the States to treat their work contributing to these workstreams as their highest priority: • Decide and deliver tax reform, • Clear and commence site development at Leale’s Yard, • Agree and advance a sustainable health and care system, • Shape and strengthen the focus on early years and families, and • Determine and design future harbour requirements.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  The super-priorities workstream includes 'Offshore Wind' as part of 'Island Resilience', directly bearing on the promise to accelerate an offshore wind farm.
  Official voting record →
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- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan includes offshore wind as a workstream under Island Resilience, partially bearing on the promise to accelerate offshore wind.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecific
Create a citizens' assembly to shape the net zero transition.
“Giving islanders a platform to build support for and shape the net zero transition by creating a citizens' assembly.”
Environment And ClimateGovernance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found that Deputy Rylatt introduced, proposed, or actively pursued a citizens' assembly for net zero after taking office in July 2025. Rylatt was assigned to the Committee for Employment & Social Security and the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee — not the Environment & Infrastructure (E&I) Committee responsible for net zero policy. The pre-existing 2020 Climate Change Action Plan had already directed E&I to investigate a citizens' assembly by end-2021, but that directive was not acted upon; and as of December 2024, Bailiwick Express reported that Guernsey explicitly would not be using a citizens' assembly in preparing its official net zero plan. No subsequent reporting, States proposition, or parliamentary activity linked to Rylatt on this specific commitment was found.
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- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan includes climate change workstreams, tangentially bearing on the promise to create a citizens' assembly to shape the net zero transition.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgespecificcarbon neutral by 2050
Deliver the 2020 Climate Change Policy's 2050 carbon-neutral target, plus measures for faster net zero.
“Ensuring the timely delivery of Guernsey's 2020 Climate Change Policy, which set the target to be carbon neutral by 2050, whilst implementing practical additional measures to achieve net zero faster.”
Environment And Climate
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence
The Environment & Infrastructure Committee's 'Pathway to Net Zero' policy letter — adopting a seven-year rolling action plan focused on buildings and transport — was agreed by the States in April 2025, before Rylatt took office, and an October 2025 ministerial statement confirmed implementation was under way (parliament.gg, 22 October 2025). Guernsey's greenhouse gas bulletin published in March 2026 confirmed emissions had halved since 1990 and that the island remained on course to meet its 2030 interim target, but E&I's own modelling acknowledges full net zero by 2050 will require carbon capture technology not yet available (Guernsey Press, 5 March 2026). Rylatt, as a backbench People's Deputy not on the E&I Committee, has had no documented personal role in advancing the policy beyond tabling a question on the incinerator project (Guernsey Press, 14 July 2026); the 'faster net zero' element of his promise shows no attributed evidence of progress.
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- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan includes climate change as a workstream under Island Resilience, tangentially bearing on the promise to deliver the 2050 carbon-neutral target.
  Official voting record →
No recorded voteForward Guernsey pledgedirectional
Make businesses responsible for environmental damage bear its cost, not taxpayers.
“Measures to ensure the cost of environmental damage is covered by the business responsible rather than the taxpayer.”
Environment And Climate
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
No evidence was found of any States proposition, policy letter, consultation, or committee workstream specifically directed at making businesses bear the cost of environmental damage in Guernsey since Deputy Rylatt took office in July 2025. Rylatt sits on the Committee for Employment & Social Security and the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee — not the Environment & Infrastructure Committee — and his recorded States activity has centred on AI governance and public spending efficiency amendments to the Government Work Plan 2026-2029 (debated January 2026). The Environment & Infrastructure Committee's own published workstreams for 2025-26 (Marine Biosecurity Plan, Marine Spatial Plan, Les Vardes Quarry) contain no polluter-pays or environmental liability cost-recovery element.
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- 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-2Carried
  Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide: Whether, after consideration of the policy letter entitled ‘Government Work Plan 2026-2029’ dated 16thDecember2025, they are of the opinion: 1) To agree the three government areas of focus – Foundations for our Future, Sustainable Wellbeing, and Island Resilience – and their associated work plans for this political term (illustrated in Appendix I) and direct the Committees of the States to prioritise their resources accordingly.
  The Government Work Plan includes environmental workstreams, tangentially related to the promise to make businesses responsible for environmental damage bear its cost.
  Official voting record →

Governance & Public Services

6 promises · 1 kept

1recorded vote

1 Pour

Keptspecific
Support broadcasting and livestreaming States debates to improve transparency and democratic access.
“Visually broadcasting and livestreaming States debates. To improve transparency, incentivise better conduct, and open up the democratic process to a new audience.”
Governance And ConstitutionDigital And Connectivity
1 recorded vote tests this promise
1 Pour
- 27 Feb 2026✓Proposition 1 — Pour, voted to deliver27-1Carried
  Motion put to the States: To agree the following workstreams should be undertaken by the States’ Assembly & Constitution Committee: a) Consider the possibility of including a supervisory authority to oversee complaints and appeals as part of the workstream to establish an independent Electoral Body; b) Explore additional approaches that could be adopted to foster youth engagement in politics and elections.
  Voting Pour delivers this
  This vote directs the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee to explore additional approaches to democratic engagement, which could include broadcasting/livestreaming debates.
  Official voting record →
No recorded votespecific
Support enacting a freedom of information law to give islanders a right to access government information.
“Enacting a freedom of information law. Giving islanders a right to know what our government does and how it spends our money.”
Governance And ConstitutionPublic Sector Reform
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
As of September 2026, Guernsey still operates a voluntary Freedom of Information Code rather than a statutory law; the States voted in 2021 not to introduce a full FOI law and that position has not been revisited in the current term. The only related institutional movement has been a Scrutiny Management Committee consultation launched in April 2026 on strengthening enforcement powers of the existing Appeals Panel — a narrower reform than a full FOI law and not attributable to Rylatt. No States proposition, policy letter, or scheduled debate on enacting an FOI law was identified in the 2025–26 parliamentary record.
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- 27 Feb 2026·Proposition 1 — Pour27-1Carried
  Motion put to the States: To agree the following workstreams should be undertaken by the States’ Assembly & Constitution Committee: a) Consider the possibility of including a supervisory authority to oversee complaints and appeals as part of the workstream to establish an independent Electoral Body; b) Explore additional approaches that could be adopted to foster youth engagement in politics and elections.
  This motion directs the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee to explore approaches including transparency mechanisms, tangentially related to the freedom of information promise.
  Official voting record →
No recorded votespecificevery 2-3 months
Commit to meeting with school and college students every 2-3 months to ensure young people's voices are represented in the States.
“I commit to meeting with the students of our schools and colleges every 2-3 months to ensure the next generation's voice is always heard by and represented in the States.”
Governance And ConstitutionChildren And Families
No recorded vote - delivery verdictPartialmedium confidence
Deputy Rylatt was confirmed in attendance at the Sixth Form Centre's Year 12 'Meet the Deputies' forum in March 2026 (Guernsey Press, 10 March 2026), and his LinkedIn profile referenced a separate visit to The Ladies' College. However, the Sixth Form Centre event is an institution-hosted forum held only twice a year, not a Rylatt-initiated programme of meetings every 2–3 months across all schools and colleges as promised. No independent evidence was found of a structured, self-organised cycle of visits meeting the full frequency and breadth of the manifesto commitment.
No recorded votespecific
Support a 'Welcome Home' relocation package for returning islanders joining public services, matching the package offered to non-locals.
“Enabling islanders returning to Guernsey to work in public services with a 'Welcome Home' relocation package equal to that for non-locals.”
Population And ImmigrationPublic Sector Reform
No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progresshigh confidence
Deputy Rylatt actively pursued this commitment by raising the overdue relocation package review at the States meeting in late June 2026, noting it was almost nine months behind schedule. The Policy & Resources Committee confirmed a review report would be considered before the summer recess, and as of mid-August 2026 a paper was understood to be with the committee, but no amended directive or formal 'Welcome Home' package equalising entitlements for returning islanders had been announced or implemented. The existing Relocation Directive already covers some returning Guernsey residents in limited circumstances, but the specific parity Rylatt promised remains undelivered pending the outcome of the P&R review.
No recorded votedirectional
Commit to consistent community engagement through surgeries, public drop-ins and town hall meetings.
“Consistent and substantive engagement with the community through surgeries, public drop-ins and town hall meetings.”
Governance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictUnverifiablelow confidence
No independent reporting from Guernsey Press, Bailiwick Express, BBC Guernsey, ITV Channel, or official States/gov.gg sources was found recording any surgeries, public drop-ins, or town hall meetings held by Deputy Rylatt since he took office in July 2025. The only publicly documented activity relates to his States committee work (100% attendance on Employment & Social Security) and a written question on inter-island health cooperation in June 2026; nothing touches community engagement events of the type promised. A LinkedIn post noted he had accepted pupillage at Unit Chambers commencing September 2026, raising questions about continuity, but no evidence either confirming or denying fulfilment of the engagement promise was found.
No recorded votespecificfive-term limit
Support implementing a five-term limit for States Deputies.
“Implementing a five-term limit for deputies. The role of deputy should be a calling, not a career. Term limits would create a focused, fresher and more effective States.”
Governance And Constitution
No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence
As of September 2026, no proposition, policy letter, or formal consultation on a five-term limit for States Deputies had been lodged or debated in the States of Deliberation. The Women in Public Life Guernsey website, updated August 2025, confirmed that there remained no limit on how many times a deputy could stand for re-election. Although Deputy Rylatt sat on the States' Assembly & Constitution Committee — the body that would be the natural vehicle for such a reform — the committee's published parliamentary record contained no work on term limits, and the Government Work Plan 2026–2029 debated in January 2026 included no such workstream.
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- 16 Jul 2025·Reform (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 — Contre6-29Lost
  Motion put to the States: Whether they are of the opinion to confirm Resolution III of Billet d’État VII of 2025.
  This vote was on confirming the Reform (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law relating to electoral reform, which could encompass term limits for deputies.
  Official voting record →

Committee work

Committee meeting attendance

How often this deputy attended their committees' meetings, in full or in part, over each reported period.

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 an official States dataset - they are attendance records the Guernsey Press obtained directly from the States on request and published in full. See References for both source articles.

Since 1 January 2026

Guernsey Press, 04 Aug 2026 →

Employment & Social Security100%
Attended 22 of 22 meetings, in full or in part.

Voting record

Recent recorded votes

This deputy's most recent votes in the States of Deliberation's electronic voting record, regardless of whether they relate to a manifesto promise.

Rule 26(1) Motion (* P.2026/49 Amdt 23 )
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Pour
Rule 26(1) Motion (* )
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Pour
Schedule for Future States' Business
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Pour
Amendment 23
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Contre
Motion to Suspend under Art 7
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Pour
Amendment 24
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Ne vote pas
Amendment 25
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Contre
Motion to suspend
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Pour
Amendment 19
17 Jul 2026 · lost
Contre
Motion to Suspend under Art 7
17 Jul 2026 · carried
Pour
Motion to Suspend Rule 17A under Article 7 Reform Law
17 Jul 2026 · lost
Contre
Rule 24(6) Motion on Amendment 18
16 Jul 2026 · carried
Pour

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