Hanover Western

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.

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

Election		Member	Party
	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]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Tamika Davis	6,008	54.6	11.1
	PNP	Ian Hayles	4,987	45.4	10.1
Turnout			10,995
Registered electors
	JLP gain from PNP

General Election 2016: Hanover Western ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Ian Hayles	6,829	55.5	0.4
	JLP	Brian Wallace	5,358	43.5	0.8
	NDM	Leonard Sharpe	27	0.2
Turnout			12,307	40.3	15.4
Registered electors			30,528		9.5
	PNP hold

General Election 2011: Hanover Western ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Ian Hayles	8,583	55.1
	JLP	Donovan Hamilton	6,905	44.3
Turnout			15,584	55.7
Registered electors			27,983
	PNP hold

See also

• Politics of Jamaica
• Elections in Jamaica

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.