Saint James North Western

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Saint James North 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. [3] The current MP is the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2002. [4]

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Boundaries

The constituency covers four electoral divisions – sections of Montego Bay North, Montego Bay North East, Montego Bay West and all of Montego Bay Central. This encompasses the Flankers, Glendevon, Norwood, and Albion areas of Montego Bay. [3] [5]

Members of Parliament

1944 to Present

ElectionMemberParty
1944 Iris Collins Jamaica Labour Party
1949 Alan Coombs People's National Party
1955 Alan Coombs People's National Party
1959 Alan Coombs People's National Party
1962 Herbert Eldemire Jamaica Labour Party
1967 Howard Cooke People's National Party
1972 Howard Cooke People's National Party
1976 Howard Cooke People's National Party
1980 Kenneth Baugh Jamaica Labour Party
1983 [4] Kenneth Baugh Jamaica Labour Party
1989 Carl Miller People's National Party
1993 Carl Miller People's National Party
1997 Francis Tulloch People's National Party
2002 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party
2007 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party
2011 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party
2016 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party
2020 Horace Chang Jamaica Labour Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Saint James North Western [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Horace Chang 6,18976.2Increase2.svg 11.7
PNP George Hamilton1,93123.8Decrease2.svg 10.9
Turnout 8,120
Registered electors
JLP hold
General Election 2016: Saint James North Western [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Horace Chang 7,01464.5Increase2.svg 9.8
PNP Henry McCurdy3,77134.7Decrease2.svg 10.1
Turnout 10,87939.7Decrease2.svg 5.3
Registered electors 27,375Increase2.svg 10.9
JLP hold
General Election 2011: Saint James North Western [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Horace Chang 6,07754.7Decrease2.svg 2.3
PNP Henry McCurdy4,97744.8Increase2.svg 2.4
Turnout 11,11345.0Decrease2.svg 6.7
Registered electors 24,687Decrease2.svg 3.0
JLP hold
General Election 2007: Saint James North Western [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Horace Chang 7,48257.0Increase2.svg 1.0
PNP Henry McCurdy5,56942.4Decrease2.svg 1.2
Turnout 13,13951.7Decrease2.svg 1.1
Registered electors 25,440Decrease2.svg 0.6
JLP hold
General Election 2002: Saint James North Western [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Horace Chang 7,57056.0Increase2.svg 12.5
PNP Gordon Brown5,73143.6Decrease2.svg 8.0
Turnout 13,51952.8Decrease2.svg 2.7
Registered electors 25,600Decrease2.svg 7.7
JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1980 to 1999

General Election 1997: Saint James North Western [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Francis Tulloch 7,94351.6Decrease2.svg 3.0
JLP Horace Chang 6,69143.5Decrease2.svg 1.1
NDM Pat Austin5513.6
Independent Kingsley Headley410.3
Independent Hope Thelwell280.2
Turnout 19,38155.5Increase2.svg 4.8
Registered electors 27,719Increase2.svg 51.1
PNP hold
General Election 1993: Saint James North Western [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Carl Miller5,07154.6Decrease2.svg 3.9
JLP Charles Sinclair4,14644.6Increase2.svg 3.8
Turnout 9,29550.7Decrease2.svg 21.7
Registered electors 18,347Decrease2.svg 11.2
PNP hold
General Election 1989: Saint James North Western [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Carl Miller8,75358.5
JLP Charles Sinclair6,10840.8
Turnout 14,95972.4
Registered electors 20,656Increase2.svg 8.1
PNP gain from JLP
General Election 1983: Saint James North Western [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Kenneth Baugh
Turnout
Registered electors 19,113
JLP hold
General Election 1980: Saint James North Western [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Kenneth Baugh 10,26562.5Increase2.svg 24.7
PNP Howard Cooke 5,99336.5Decrease2.svg 25.3
Turnout 16,43886.0Increase2.svg 35.3
Registered electors 19,113Increase2.svg 29.3
JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1960 to 1979

General Election 1976: Saint James North Western [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Howard Cooke 7,23161.8Decrease2.svg 11.8
JLP Geoffrey Roach4,42437.8Increase2.svg 1.8
Turnout 11,69550.7Decrease2.svg 27.7
Registered electors 14,781Increase2.svg 20.7
PNP hold
General Election 1972: Saint James North Western [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Howard Cooke 7,06273.6Increase2.svg 13.0
JLP Hewart Henriques2,49226.0Decrease2.svg 13.1
Turnout 9,59378.4Decrease2.svg 9.6
Registered electors 12,243Increase2.svg 40.2
PNP hold
General Election 1967: Saint James North Western [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PNP Howard Cooke 4,65460.6Increase2.svg 12.7
JLP Donat G. Crichton3,00339.1Decrease2.svg 11.1
Turnout 7,68688.0Increase2.svg 18.9
Registered electors 8,735Decrease2.svg 69.0
PNP gain from JLP
General Election 1962: Saint James North Western [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JLP Herbert Eldemire 9,76650.2
PNP Howard Cooke 9,33247.9
Independent Allan G.S. Coombs 2621.4
Turnout 19,47569.1
Registered electors 28,170
JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1944 to 1959

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  15. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (1983)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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  17. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (1976)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  18. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (1972)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  19. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (1967)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  20. ↑ "Jamaica General Election Results (1962)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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