Saint James Central (Barbados Parliament constituency)
| Saint James Central | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Assembly of Barbados | |
| Region | Saint James, Barbados |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2003 |
Saint James Central is a constituency in the Saint James parish of Barbados. It was established in 2003.[1] Since 2018, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Kerrie Symmonds, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint James Central constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.
Boundaries
The constituency runs:
From a point on the western seacoast west of the terminus of the Batts Rock Road in a straight line to Batts Rock Road; thence along the middle of Batts Rock Road to its junction with Highway 1 (the Bridgetown-Holetown Road); thence in an easterly direction to the base of the Prospect-Appleby-Derricks Hill; thence in a northerly direction along the base of the Prospect-Appleby-Derricks Hill to a point at which it is crossed by Holders Hill Road-Thorpes Road; thence in an easterly and then southerly direction along the Holders Hill Road-Thorpes Road to its junction with Denny Road; thence along the middle of Denny Road to and through the southern side of Lot #18 Prior Park Gardens; thence in an easterly direction along the Prior Park Gardens Road to its junction with Prior Park Road; thence in a northerly direction to its junction with Prior Park Roundabout; thence in an easterly direction to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway (the Warrens-Bennetts Road); thence in a southerly direction along the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with the Terrace Drive Road, Welches Terrace; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Terrace Drive Road to the Apple Grove Gully; thence in a north-easterly direction along the Apple Grove Gully to its junction with the Bagatelle-Grand View Road; thence in a north-westerly direction along the Bagatelle-Grand View Road to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with the Ridgeway Bridge; thence in a westerly direction to a point adjacent to monument (B.8); thence in a northerly direction to the monument (B.8); thence in an easterly direction along the Seaview-Reeves Hill Road to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a northerly direction to its junction with Highway C (the Trents-Apes Hill Road); thence in a westerly direction along Highway C to its junction with Highway 1 (the Bridgetown-Speightstown Road); thence in a westerly direction to a point on the seacoast; thence in a southerly direction along the seacoast to the point west of the terminus at the Batts Rock Road (the starting point).[3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kerrie Symmonds | BLP | |
| 2022 | |||
Elections
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Kerrie Symonds | 2,421 | 70.3 | −7.9 | |
| DLP | Paul Gibson | 911 | 26.4 | +10.4 | |
| Independent | Erskine Alleyne | 62 | 1.8 | New | |
| Independent | Joseph Jordan | 52 | 1.5 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 1,510 | 43.8 | −18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,446 | ||||
| BLP hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Kerrie Symmonds | 3,577 | 78.2 | +28.0 | |
| DLP | George Connolly | 733 | 16.0 | −32.7 | |
| SB | Daniel Chalbaud | 123 | 2.7 | new | |
| UPP | Wendell Callender | 64 | 1.4 | new | |
| Independent | Joseph Jordan | 49 | 1.1 | new | |
| People's Democratic Congress | Eric Marshall | 28 | 0.6 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 2,844 | 62.2 | +60.7 | ||
| Turnout | 4,574 | ||||
| BLP hold | Swing | +30.4 | |||
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.