Saint James North (BB Parliament constituency)

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Saint James North
Constituency
for the House of Assembly of Barbados
Region Saint James, Barbados
Current constituency
Created1981

Saint James North is a constituency in the Saint James parish of Barbados. It was established in 1981. [1] Since 2018, it had been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Edmund Hinkson, a member of the BLP, who resigned in 2025. [2] [n 1] The Saint James North constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.

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Boundaries

The Saint James North constituency runs:

From the outlet of the Scantlebury River on the western sea coast and along the Speightstown southern and then eastern boundary to the point crossed by Farm Road; thence in a northerly direction along the Speightstown eastern boundary to its junction with Highway 1 at Oban; thence along the Ashton Hall Road to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway in a southerly direction to its junction with the public road leading to Black Bess and Rock Hall; then in a generally south easterly direction along this road to the junction with the unclassified road leading to Black Bess and Mangrove Plantations; thence in a south easterly direction along this road to the point where it forks; thence in an easterly direction (passing the south of Mangrove Plantation) to the end of the road and then continuing in an easterly direction along the plantation track to the point in the centre of the track opposite the monument (B.4) placed on the southern side of the track; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line joining this point to the centre of the old mill wall at Springhead; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to a point in the Springhead-Westmoreland Gully, 325 metres south of Springhead Plantation; thence in a westerly direction along the Springhead-Westmoreland Gully to the point at which it is crossed by the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with Highway C (the Apes Hill-Trents Road); thence in a westerly direction along the Highway C to its junction with Highway 1 (the Bridgetown-Speightstown Road); thence in a westerly direction to a point on the sea coast; thence in a northerly direction along the seacoast to the outlet of the Scantlebury River (the starting point). [3]

Members

ElectionMemberParty
2018 Edmund Hinkson BLP
2022
2025 by-election Chad Blackman

Elections

2025 by-election

2022

St. James North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BLP Edmund Hinkson 2,536 80.7 −3.0
DLP Charles Worrell60819.3+6.0
Majority 1,92861.3−9.1
Turnout 3,144
BLP hold Swing -4.5

2018

St. James North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BLP Edmund Hinkson 3,716 83.7 +29.1
DLP Harcourt Husbands59213.3−32.0
SB David Waldron761.7new
UPP Granville Cobham541.2new
Majority 3,12470.4+61.1
Turnout 4,438
BLP hold Swing +30.6

Notes

  1. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "The History | BARBADOSPARLIAMENT.COM". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Carter, Gercine (22 April 2025). "St James North MP Edmund Hinkson resigns". nationnews.com. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Review of Boundaries) Order, 2002" (PDF). Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 10 July 2002. p. F14. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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