Hanover Western

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Hanover Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. [1] [2] The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is Heatha Miller-Bennett.

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The MP was formerly Ian Hayles, representing the People's National Party, who had been in office from 2007 to 2020. [3]

Boundaries

The constituency covers four electoral divisions – Cauldwell, Green Island, Lucea and Riverside. [4]

Members of Parliament

1944 to present

ElectionMemberParty
1944 Felix Veitch Jamaica Labour Party
1949 William Dickson Jamaica Labour Party
1955 William Dickson Jamaica Labour Party
1959 Lascelles Murray People's National Party
1962 Agustus Stanhope Jamaica Labour Party
1967 Cleveland Stanhope Jamaica Labour Party
1972 Roy Robinson People's National Party
1976 Roy Robinson People's National Party
1980 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party
1983 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party
1989 Benjamin Clare People's National Party
1993 Benjamin Clare People's National Party
1997 Benjamin Clare People's National Party
2002 Anson Ralston People's National Party
2007 Ian Hayles People's National Party
2011 Ian Hayles People's National Party
2016 Ian Hayles People's National Party
2020 Tamika Davis Jamaica Labour Party
2025 Heatha Miller-Bennett People's National Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to present

General Election 2020: Hanover Western [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Tamika Davis 6,00854.6Increase2.svg 11.1
PNP Ian Hayles 4,98745.4Decrease2.svg 10.1
Turnout 10,995
Registered electors
JLP gain from PNP
General Election 2016: Hanover Western [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Ian Hayles 6,82955.5Increase2.svg 0.4
JLP Brian Wallace5,35843.5Decrease2.svg 0.8
NDM Leonard Sharpe270.2
Turnout 12,30740.3Decrease2.svg 15.4
Registered electors 30,528Increase2.svg 9.5
PNP hold
General Election 2011: Hanover Western [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Ian Hayles 8,58355.1
JLP Donovan Hamilton6,90544.3
Turnout 15,58455.7
Registered electors 27,983
PNP hold

See also

References

  1. "Jamaica: Constitutional Law". International Labour Organization . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. "Jamaica: Self-government". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. "Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica . Retrieved 4 September 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Constituency Boundaries". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. "General Election 2020 – Preliminary Results". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. "Hanover Western". Jamaica elections (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. "Jamaica General Election Results (2016)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  8. "Constituency: Hanover Western". Jamaica Gleaner . Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  9. "Jamaica General Election Results (2011)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  10. "Constituency: Hanover Western". Jamaica Gleaner . Retrieved 4 September 2020.