Lake Independence (Belize House constituency)

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Lake Independence
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
Belize constituencies, Lake Independence.svg
District Belize
Electorate4,863 (2020)
Major settlements Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created1984
Party  People's United Party
Area Representative Cordel Hyde

Lake Independence, often known simply as Lake I, is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2015 by Cordel Hyde. Hyde previously served as area representative from 1998 to 2012.

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The Lake Independence constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies portions of western and southern Belize City, bordering the Belize Rural Central, Freetown, Pickstock, Collet and Port Loyola constituencies. [1]

Area representatives

ElectionArea representative [2] Party
1984 Hubert Elrington UDP
1989 Carlos Diaz PUP
1993 Hubert Elrington UDP
1998 Cordel Hyde PUP
2003 Cordel Hyde PUP
2008 Cordel Hyde PUP
2012 Mark King UDP
2015 Cordel Hyde PUP
2020 Cordel Hyde PUP

Elections

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2025 general election [3]
Electorate: 6,807
Turnout: 5,006 (73.54%) -7.85
PUP hold
Majority: 4,695 (93.78%) +13.44
Cordel Hyde PUP 4,80696.00+6.59
Cecil Jenkins UDP 921.847.23
Samuel Cutkelvin UDP 190.388.69
2020 general election [4]
Electorate: 4,863
Turnout: 3,958 (81.39%) +12.39
PUP hold
Majority: 3,180 (80.34%) +51.57
Cordel Hyde PUP 3,53989.41+17.89
Dianne "Miss D" Finnegan UDP 3599.0716.69
2015 general election [5]
Electorate: 6,305
Turnout: 4,368 (69.0%) +6.0
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 1,999 (28.87%) +23.52
Cordel Hyde PUP 3,12471.52+45.76
Mark King UDP 1,12525.7622.24
Richard "Lizard" McCaulay BPP 631.44-
2012 general election [6]
Electorate: 5,145
Turnout: 3,217 (63.0%) 9.2
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 172 (5.35%) 4.83
Mark King UDP 1,54448.0+4.5
Martin Galvez PUP 1,37242.6511.03
Carlos Diaz Independent 2236.93-
2008 general election [7]
Electorate: 5,155
Turnout: 3,722 (72.2%) +0.2
PUP hold
Majority: 379 (10.18%) 17.88
Cordel Hyde PUP 1,99853.687.63
Vandley Rupert Jenkins UDP 1,61943.5+10.25
Gary Lambey NRP 360.97-
Joseph "Seagull" Martinez VIP 360.97-
2003 general election [8]
Electorate: 6,175
Turnout: 4,508 (72.0%) 15.35
PUP hold
Majority: 1,265 (28.06%) 10.71
Cordel Hyde PUP 2,76461.317.59
Anthony Leslie UDP 1,49933.25+3.12
Patrick Rogers Independent 962.12-
Hubert Elrington Independent 881.95-
1998 general election [9]
Electorate: 4,024
Turnout: 3,515 (87.35%) +27.31
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 1,363 (38.77%) +33.97
Cordel Hyde PUP 2,42268.9+21.3
Hubert Elrington UDP 1,05930.1322.27
Jose Sosa PDP 120.34-
Jorge Ernesto Babb NRTCP 70.2-
1993 general election [10] [11]
Electorate: 4,139
Turnout: 2,485 (60.04%) 2.61
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 117 (4.8%) 0.6
Hubert Elrington UDP 1,30152.4+6.2
Carlos Diaz PUP 1,18447.64.0
1989 general election [12] [13]
Electorate: 3,376
Turnout: 2,115 (62.65%) 7.15
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 113 (5.4%) 0.7
Carlos Diaz PUP 1,09151.6+5.3
Hubert Elrington UDP 97846.26.2
1984 general election [14] [15]
Electorate: 2,460
Turnout: 1,717 (69.8%) n/a
UDP win
Majority: 105 (6.1%) n/a
Hubert Elrington UDP 72352.4-
Carlos Diaz PUP 61846.3-

References

  1. Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  2. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
  3. , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 28 March 2025)
  4. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2020, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 12 November 2020)
  5. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2015, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 12 November 2020)
  6. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  7. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  8. 2003 General Elections final results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  9. General Elections 1998, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  10. General Elections 1993, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  11. 1993 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  12. General Elections 1989, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  13. 1989 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)
  14. General Elections 1984, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
  15. 1984 Parliamentary Elections, Political Database of the Americas. (accessed 22 November 2014)