Saint Andrew (Barbados Parliament constituency)

Saint Andrew
Constituency
for the House of Assembly of Barbados
RegionSaint Andrew, Barbados
Current constituency
Created1645

Saint Andrew is a constituency in the Saint Andrew parish of Barbados. It was established in 1645 as one of the original 11 constituencies.[1] Since 2022, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Romel Springer, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint Andrew constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.

Boundaries

The constituency runs:

From a point on the eastern sea coast south of Barclays Park and east of the terminus of the gully leading to the culvert which crosses the East Coast Road, in a straight line to the terminus of the gully; thence along this gully to its junction with an unclassified road leading to Cambridge; thence in a southerly and then in a south westerly direction along this unclassified road to its junction with a public road known as Coggins Hill; thence in a north westerly direction along the middle of Coggins Hill to its junction with Highway 2 (the Haggatts-Springvale Road); thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of Highway 2 to a point in the centre of the road opposite to a monument (B.7) placed on the western side of the road; thence in a straight line to the triangulation station known as “Hillaby” S.15 at the end of the Hillaby Tenantry Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Hillaby Tenantry Road to its junction with the Farmers-Turners Hall Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Farmers-Turners Hall Road to its junction with the Farmers-Plum Tree-Ridgeway Gully; thence in a westerly direction along the Constitution (Electoral and Boundaries L.R.O. 2007 F8 Commission) (Review of Boundaries) Order, 2002 Farmers-Plum Tree-Ridgeway Gully to the point at which it is crossed by the Ronald Mapp Highway (the Warrens-Rock Dundo Road); thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway to the point at which it crosses the Westmoreland-Spring Head Gully; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Westmoreland-Spring Head Gully to a point in the gully 325 metres south of Spring Head Plantation; thence in a straight line to the centre of the old mill wall at Spring Head Plantation; thence in a straight line to the point at which it touches the terminus of a track leading to Black Bess and Mangrove Plantations; thence in a straight line to its junction at Rock Hall Tenantry with the public road leading from Rock Hall Plantation to Rock Hall Village and the track leading to Roebuck Village; thence along this track in a generally northerly direction to its junction at Roebuck and Indian Ground-Four Hill Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Indian Ground-Four Hill Road to its junction with the public road leading from Orange Hill Plantation to Welch Town Plantation; thence continuing in a northerly direction along the Orange Hill Plantation-Welch Town Plantation Road to its junction at Welch Town Plantation with Farley Hill-Portland Road; thence in a north westerly direction along the Farley Hill-Portland Road to its junction with the Mile-and-a-Quarter-Diamond Corner Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Mile-and-a-Quarter-Diamond Corner Road to its junction with the Diamond Corner-Cherry Tree Hill-Morgan Lewis Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Diamond Corner-Cherry Hill-Morgan Lewis Road to its junction with a public road leading to Boscobel; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the public road leading to Boscobel to its junction with a private road leading to Foster’s Funland; thence generally easterly along this road and along the southern section of the loop at the end; thence continuing in an easterly direction to the sea coast; thence in a southerly direction along the sea coast to a point on the sea coast south of Barclays Park and east of the terminus of the gully leading to the culvert which crosses the East Coast Road (the starting point).[3]

Members

Election Member Party
2018 George Payne BLP
2022 Romel Springer

Elections

2022

St. Andrew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Romel Springer 3,201 74.8 +0.3
DLP Oldwin Skeete 965 22.5 +0.3
APP Jacqueline Alleyne 116 2.7 +1.6
Majority 2,236 52.2 −0.1
Turnout 4,282
BLP hold Swing 0.0

2018

St. Andrew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP George Payne 3,512 74.5 +21.9
DLP V. Irene Sandiford-Garner 1,045 22.2 −25.2
SB Cherie Pounder 68 1.4 new
UPP Roli Roachford 53 1.1 new
Independent Stephen Pollard 35 0.7 new
Majority 2,467 52.3 +47.1
Turnout 4,713
BLP hold Swing +23.5

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. ^ "Member Details". www.barbadosparliament.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.