House of Assembly (Anguilla)

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House of Assembly
12th House of Assembly
Coat of arms of Anguilla.svg
Type
Type
Leadership
Barbara Webster-Bourne
since 17 July 2020
Deputy Speaker
Merrick Richardson
since 1 December 2020
Ellis Webster, APM
since 30 June 2020
Cora Richardson-Hodge, AUF
since 3 July 2020
Structure
Seats13 members
House of Assembly (Anguilla, 2020).svg
Political groups
Government (7)
  •   Anguilla Progressive Movement (7)

Official Opposition (4)

Others (2)

Elections
Last election
29 June 2020

The House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Anguilla. It has 13 members, 7 members in single-seat constituencies, 4 members representing the island at-large and 2 ex officio members. Anguilla has a multi-party system.

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2020 general election

The members of the 12th House of Assembly were elected in the 2020 Anguillan general election.

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PartyConstituencyAt-largeTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%candi-
dates
Seats
2015
Seats+/–Votes%candi-
dates
Seats+/–
Anguilla Progressive Movement 3,68951.32704Increase2.svg 411,97142.8243Increase2.svg 37Increase2.svg 7
Anguilla United Front 3,17044.11763Decrease2.svg 39,81935.1241Increase2.svg 14Decrease2.svg 2
Independents3284.56310Decrease2.svg 16,16622.0670±00Decrease2.svg 1
Total7,187100,001777±027,956100,00154New11Increase2.svg 4
Source: elections.gov.ai

By constituency

Constituency APM candidateVotes AUF candidateVotesIndependent candidateVotes
1 - Island Harbour Ellis Lorenzo Webster 493Oris Smith336 Palmavon Webster 167
2 - Sandy Hill Jerome Roberts302 Cora Richardson-Hodge 318
3 - Valley North Courtney Morton657 Evans McNeil Rogers 697
4 - Valley South Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers 861 Victor Banks 755
5 - Road North Merrick Richardson 386 Evalie Bradley 238Rommel Hughes89
6 - Road South Haydn Hughes 727Curtis Richardson540
7 - West End Kimberley Fleming263 Cardigan Connor 286Jamie Hodge72
At-large (4 seats) Kyle Hodge 3,557 Jose Vanterpool 2,983Lanny Hobson1,643
Kenneth Hodge 2,917Othlyn Vanterpool2,420Aunika Lake1,532
Quincia Gumbs-Marie 2,840Lockhart Hughes2,290Brent Davis1,117
Kennedy Hodge2,657Mark Romney2,126Sutcliffe Hodge1,016
Glenneva Hodge609
Elkin Richardson148
Merlyn Duncan101

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