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Saint James West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1976 general election. [1] The current MP is the Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2016. [2]
The constituency covers the Granville, Mount Salem, and Spring Garden electoral divisions in St. James. [3]
| Election | Member | Party [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Francis Tulloch | People's National Party | |
| 1980 | Carl Rhoden | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1983 | Carl Rhoden | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1989 | Patrick Rose-Green | People's National Party | |
| 1993 | Arthur Nelson | People's National Party | |
| 1997 | Arthur Nelson | People's National Party | |
| 2002 | Clive Mullings | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2007 | Clive Mullings | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2011 | Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams | People's National Party | |
| 2016 | Marlene Malahoo Forte | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2020 | Marlene Malahoo Forte | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Marlene Malahoo Forte | 6,144 | 58.3 |  3.6 | |
| PNP | Andre Haughton | 4,389 | 41.7 |  2.6 | |
| Turnout | 10,533 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| JLP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Marlene Malahoo Forte | 6,635 | 54.7 | 7.9 | ||
| PNP | Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams | 5,374 | 44.3 | 8.2 | ||
| MGPPP | Clifford Barnett | 40 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 12,127 | 45.0 | 3.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 26,975 | 11.7 | ||||
| JLP gain from PNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams | 6,208 | 52.5 | 4.7 | ||
| JLP | Clive Mullings | 5,535 | 46.8 | 4.5 | ||
| MGPPP | Clifford Barnett | 21 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 11,824 | 48.9 | 7.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 24,159 | 9.8 | ||||
| PNP gain from JLP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Clive Mullings | 7,752 | 51.3 | 1.9 | |
| PNP | Francis Tulloch | 7,216 | 47.8 | 3.1 | |
| NDM | Apollone Reid | 51 | 0.3 | 1.2 | |
| Turnout | 15,106 | 56.4 | 0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,779 | 13.9 | |||
| JLP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Clive Mullings | 7,121 | 53.2 | 8.8 | ||
| PNP | Hugh Solomon | 5,980 | 44.7 | 5.1 | ||
| NDM | Juan Reid | 204 | 1.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 13,380 | 56.9 | 1.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 23,516 | 10.8 | ||||
| JLP gain from PNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Arthur Nelson | 5,873 | 49.8 | 9.9 | |
| JLP | Anthony Lewin | 5,246 | 44.4 | 4.4 | |
| NDM | Ainsley Blair | 618 | 5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,804 | 55.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,229 | 39.5 | |||
| PNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Arthur Nelson | 5,215 | 59.7 | 1.0 | |
| JLP | Anthony Lewin | 3,439 | 39.4 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | 8,735 | 57.4 | 18.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,215 | 11.5 | |||
| PNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Patrick Rose-Green | 7,651 | 58.7 | |||
| JLP | Winston Watt | 5,165 | 39.6 | |||
| Turnout | 13,035 | 75.9 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,184 | 12.9 | ||||
| PNP gain from JLP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Carl Rhoden | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 15,226 | ||||
| JLP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Carl Rhoden | 7,884 | 59.7 | 24.1 | ||
| PNP | Clive Dobson | 5,285 | 40.0 | |||
| Turnout | 13,199 | 86.7 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,226 | 20.7 | ||||
| JLP gain from PNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Francis Tulloch | 6,708 | 64.1 | ||
| JLP | Winston Watt | 3,725 | 35.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,464 | 83.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 12,612 | ||||
| PNP win (new seat) | |||||
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