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Saint James Central 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. The constituency was first contested in the 1967 general election. [1] The current MP is Heroy Clarke of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2016. [2]
The constituency covers four electoral divisions – sections of Montego Bay North, Montego Bay South, Montego Bay West and Montego Bay South East, as well as Salt Spring. [1] [3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Herbert Eldemire | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1972 | Francis Tulloch | People's National Party | |
| 1976 | Constituency abolished [2] | ||
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lloyd B. Smith | People's National Party | |
| 2016 | Heroy Clarke | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2020 | Heroy Clarke | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Heroy Clarke | 6,456 | 64.0 |  6.6 | |
| PNP | Andre Hylton | 3,607 | 35.8 |  5.6 | |
| Independent | Astor Black | 23 | 0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 10,086 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| JLP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Heroy Clarke | 6,887 | 57.4 | 8.1 | ||
| PNP | Ashley-Ann Foster | 4,968 | 41.4 | 8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 11,991 | 42.8 | 2.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 28,018 | 12.1 | ||||
| JLP gain from PNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Lloyd B. Smith | 5,683 | 50.1 | ||
| JLP | Heroy Clarke | 5,585 | 49.3 | ||
| Turnout | 11,337 | 45.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 24,991 | ||||
| PNP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Francis Tulloch | 6.356 | 60.6 | 15.6 | ||
| JLP | Tony Hart | 4,101 | 39.1 | 15.3 | ||
| Turnout | 10,487 | 82.2 | 2.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,761 | 21.9 | ||||
| PNP gain from JLP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Herbert Eldemire | 4,820 | 54.4 | ||
| PNP | Herbert Morrison | 3,986 | 45.0 | ||
| Turnout | 8,866 | 84.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,471 | ||||
| JLP win (new seat) | |||||
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