Heidi Soulsby

Heidi Soulsby
MBE
Vice-President of the Policy & Resources Committee
In office
13 December 2023 – 30 June 2025
PresidentLyndon Trott
Preceded byMark Helyar
Succeeded byGavin St Pier
In office
16 October 2020 – 29 November 2022
PresidentPeter Ferbrache
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMark Helyar
Member of the States of Guernsey
In office
2012 – 30 June 2025
ConstituencySouth East (2012–2020)
Island-wide (2020–2025)
Personal details
BornHeidi JR Soulsby
PartyIndependent
Websitewww.heidisoulsby.com

Heidi Soulsby is a politician from the island of Guernsey. She has been a deputy of the States of Guernsey since the 2012 Guernsey general election and was the first female Deputy Chief Minister of Guernsey.

She was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours.

Education

Soulsby graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Geography from King's College London.

Political career

She was elected to the States of Guernsey in 2012, coming top of the poll in the South East district, and in 2016, when she again came top of the poll.

She was appointed head of the Health & Social Care Committee in 2016, a position she kept until the next election in 2020. She was a founder of the Guernsey Partnership of Independents, along with Gavin St Pier and Lyndon Trott, in August 2000.

Soulsby received the second highest number of votes in the Island-wide 2020 Guernsey general election with 12,779 votes, representing 51.89% of voters. The Guernsey Partnership of Independents renamed itself Future Guernsey in 2021.

She was appointed Vice-President of the Policy & Resources Committee in 2020, a position from which she resigned in October 2022. She was elected back on to the Policy & Resources Committee in December 2023 as Vice-President.

Personal life

Soulsby lives in Saint Martin with her husband Phil.

References

  1. ↑ PO Box 23, St Peter Port (5 October 2020). "Deputy Heidi Soulsby". www.gov.gg. Retrieved 31 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Soulsby makes history as first female Deputy Chief Minister". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "About me – Deputy Heidi Soulsby". Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 Partnership, Guernsey. "Candidate - Heidi Soulsby - The Guernsey Partnership of Independents". www.guernseypartnership.gg. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Deputy Heidi Soulsby resigns from the Policy & Resources Committee". 25 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "New P&R Committee elected in Guernsey". BBC News. 14 December 2023.