The People's National Party (PNP) is a social democratic political party in Jamaica,founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley who served as party president until his death in 1969. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives,as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is democratic socialist by constitution.
Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller is a Jamaican former politician. She served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from March 2006 to September 2007 and again from 5 January 2012 to 3 March 2016. She was the leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017 and the Leader of the Opposition twice,from 2007 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2017.
Pearnel Charles OJ CD is a Jamaican politician with the Jamaica Labour Party who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Kern Omar Spencer,MP is a Jamaican politician. A member of the People's National Party,Mr. Spencer served as Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Elizabeth North Eastern from 2007 to 2011.
Kenneth Wykeham McNeill,MD,MP,CD is a Jamaican politician and former member of parliament for Westmoreland West,Jamaica. He is a former government minister. He was the Minister of Tourism of Jamaica from 2012 to 2016. He was elected the first vice chair of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization representing Jamaica in 2012 and elected chairman of the Executive council for the 2014-2015 period. McNeill was elected a Vice President of The People's National Party at the Party's annual conference in September 2016.
Shahine Elizabeth Robinson was a Jamaican politician,who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security. She was a member of the Parliament of Jamaica for Saint Ann North Eastern. She served briefly as the Transport and Works Minister from late November 2011 to January 2012.
Peter Phillips OJ MP is a Jamaican politician who has served as the MP for Saint Andrew East Central since 1993.
Angela Rosemarie Brown-Burke is a Jamaican politician with the People's National Party.
Clifford Everald Errol Warmington CD is a Jamaican politician with the Jamaica Labour Party. He has represented the Saint Catherine South Western constituency in the Parliament of Jamaica since 2002.
Patrece Charles-Freeman is a Jamaican public and environmental health consultant,as well as a political candidate with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
Former Parliamentarian George Lyn was the Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon.
Jamaica is the first English-speaking country in the Caribbean to achieve universal adult suffrage and grant women the right to be elected to Parliament. Between 1944 and 2020,a total of 47 women have been elected as members of the House of Representatives. As of September 2020 there are 18 women in the House of Representatives,the highest ever. This is a new all-time high at 29% and is the first time that female representation in the House of Representatives stands at more than a quarter of the total membership.
Marisa Colleen Dalrymple-Philibert is a Jamaican attorney-at-law and politician,representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). She was the 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Ivan Stewart Lloyd was a Jamaican medical practitioner and politician,representing the People's National Party (PNP). He served as Jamaica's first Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1949,minister of education and social welfare from 1955 to 1957,minister of home affairs from 1957 to 1959,and was minister of health between 1959 and 1962.
Saint Thomas Eastern is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It covers the eastern part of Saint Thomas Parish.
Michelle Charles is a politician who is a Member of the Parliament of Jamaica. She defeated Fenton Ferguson in Saint Thomas Eastern at the 2020 general election.
Derrick Flavius Leroy Kellier is a Jamaican businessman and politician,representing the People's National Party (PNP). He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Saint James Southern from 1989 to 2020. He served as Minister of Labour and Social Security from 2006 to 2007,and again from 2012 to 2015. Kellier also served concurrently as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries from 2014 to 2016.
Horace Washington Dalley is a Jamaican educator and politician,representing the People's National Party (PNP). He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Clarendon Northern,serving from 1989 to 2007,and again from 2011 to 2020. He served as Minister of Land and Environment from 2001 to 2002,Minister of Labour and Social Security from 2002 to 2006,Minister of Health from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2016.
A parliamentary by-election occurs in Jamaica following a vacancy arising in the Parliament of Jamaica. They are often seen as a test of the rival political parties' fortunes between general elections.
Anthony Michael "Tony" Spaulding was a Jamaican attorney-at-law and politician. A political firebrand,he served as a vice president of the People's National Party (PNP),Member of Parliament for the Saint Andrew Southern constituency,and Minister of Housing under Prime Minister Michael Manley.
