Saint Michael West (Barbados Parliament constituency)
| Saint Michael West | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Assembly of Barbados | |
| Region | Saint Michael, Barbados |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1971 |
Saint Michael West is a constituency in the Saint Michael parish of Barbados. It was established in 1971.[1] Since 2022, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Christopher Gibbs, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint Michael West constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.
Boundaries
The constituency runs:
From a point on the western sea coast west of the junction of Spring Garden Highway with Brandons Road in a straight line to Brandons Road; thence along the middle of Brandons Road to its junction with Lower Westbury Road and Lower Deacons Road; thence in a northerly and then in a north easterly direction along the middle of Lower Deacons Road to its junction with Goodland Cross Road; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Goodland Cross Road to its junction with Bridge Gap; thence in a north easterly direction along the middle of Bridge Gap to its junction with Highway 1 (the Eagle Hall-Holetown Road); thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Highway 1 to its junction with Tudor Bridge and Bank Hall Cross Road; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Bank Hall Cross Road to its junction with Bridge Road and Hindsbury Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Hindsbury Road to its junction with Roebuck Street at the James A. Tudor Roundabout; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Roebuck Street to its junction with Country Road; thence in a north westerly direction along the middle of Country Road to its junction with Whitepark and Passage Road; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of Passage Road to its junction with Baxters and Westbury Road; thence in a north westerly direction along the middle of Westbury Road to the junction of President Kennedy Drive; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of President Kennedy Drive to its junction with Prescod Boulevard and University Row at the Elsie Payne Roundabout; thence in a northerly direction to the sea coast; thence in a northerly direction along the sea coast to a point on the coast west of the junction of Spring Garden Highway with Brandons Road in a straight line to Brandons Road (the starting point)..[3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Joseph Atherley | BLP | |
| 2022 | Christopher Gibbs | ||
Elections
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Christopher Gibbs | 2,434 | 80.1 | +3.3 | |
| DLP | Ricardo Williams | 439 | 14.5 | −5.5 | |
| APP | Patsie Nurse | 122 | 4.0 | +2.9 | |
| SB | Victorine Wilson | 44 | 1.5 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 1,995 | 65.6 | +8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,039 | ||||
| BLP hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Joseph Atherley | 3,214 | 76.8 | +28.3 | |
| DLP | Michael Carrington | 838 | 20.0 | −31.4 | |
| SB | Lana Toussaint | 55 | 1.3 | new | |
| UPP | Patsie Nurse | 45 | 1.1 | new | |
| Barbados Integrity Movement | Neil Holder | 32 | 0.8 | new | |
| Majority | 2,376 | 56.8 | +53.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,184 | ||||
| BLP gain from DLP | Swing | +29.8 | |||
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.