Christ Church West Central (Barbados Parliament constituency)
Christ Church West Central is a constituency in the Christ Church parish of Barbados. It was established in 1981.[1] Since 2018, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Adrian Forde, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] Christ Church West Central has largely leaned towards the BLP.
Boundaries
The constituency runs:
From the junction of Sargeants Village Tenantry Road with Highway 6 (Bridgetown-Sargeants Village Road) in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 6; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Highway 6 to its junction with Vauxhall Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Vauxhall Road to its junction with the Bannatyne-Kingsland Road junction; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Bannatyne-Kingsland Road to its junction with the ABC highway; thence across the ABC Highway, thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of the Kingsland-Gall Hill Road to its junction with the Water Street Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Water Street Road to its junction with Highway T (the Lodge Road-Oistins Hill Road); thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Highway T to its junction with the Church Hill Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Church Hill Road to its junction with Windy Ridge; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Windy Ridge to its junction with Highway 7 (the OistinsAirport Road); thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway 7 to the junction of Church Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Church Road, to its junction at Oistins Hill with the Cane Vale-Maxwell Hill Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Cane Vale-Maxwell Hill Road to its junction with the Graeme Hall Terrace-Maxwell Hill Road; thence in a north westerly direction along the middle of the Graeme Hall Terrace Road to its junction with the Errol Barrow Highway (opposite the Ministry of Agriculture); thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Errol Barrow Highway to its junction with the Errol Barrow Roundabout; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the ABC Highway to a point south of the western boundary of Lot #29 Tino Terrace, Graeme Heights; thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Tino Terrace-Warners Gardens Development; thence to the northern boundary of Lot #53 Warners Gardens; thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Warners Gardens to a point where it meets the southern terminus of Brownes Road (at Lot #76 Warners Gardens) thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Brownes Road-Sargeants Village Tenantry Road to its junction with Highway 6 (the starting point).[3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Adrian Forde | BLP | |
| 2022 | |||
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Adrian Forde | 2,673 | 71.9 | −2.4 | |
| DLP | Rennette Dimmott | 695 | 18.7 | −2.9 | |
| APP | Belfield Belgrave | 184 | 5.0 | +4.1 | |
| SB | Kenneth Lewis | 164 | 4.4 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 1,978 | 53.2 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,716 | ||||
| BLP hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "The History | BARBADOSPARLIAMENT.COM". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Member Details". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Review of Boundaries) Order, 2002" (PDF). Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 10 July 2002. p. F14. Retrieved 24 November 2024.