Saint Philip North (Barbados Parliament constituency)

For the constituency of Antigua and Barbuda, see St. Philip's North.

Saint Philip North
Constituency
for the House of Assembly of Barbados
RegionSaint Philip, Barbados
Current constituency
Created1971

Saint Philip North is a constituency in the Saint Philip parish of Barbados. It was established in 1971.[1] Since 2018, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Sonia Browne, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint Philip North constituency is a marginal seat for the BLP.

Boundaries

The constituency runs:

From Shark’s Hole on the south eastern sea coast along a straight line to the junction of the Belair-Sam Lord’s Road with the Long Bay Road; thence along the middle of the Long Bay Road to its junction at Robinson’s Corner with the Merricks-Eastbourne Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Merricks-Eastbourne Road to its junction with Highway M (the Bushy Park-Beulah Road); thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Highway M to its junction with the Bushy Park-Harrow Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Bushy Park-Harrow Road to its junction with the Marchfield-St. Philip’s Church Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Marchfield-St. Philip’s Church Road to its junction with Church Village-Thicket Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Church Village-Thicket Road to its junction with Cox Hill; thence along the middle of the Cox Hill to a track which leads to the District C-Massiah Street Road at Moncrieffe; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of this track to the District C-Massiah Street Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the District C-Massiah Street Road to its junction with a public road leading to Mount Pleasant Plantation; thence in an easterly and then a northerly direction along this public road to its junction with the Stewart Hill Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Stewart Hill Road to its junction with the Thicket-Palmer’s Road; thence along the middle of the Thicket-Palmer’s Road in a northerly direction to its junction with the College Savannah-Supers Road; thence along the middle of the College Savannah-Supers Road to a monument (B.15) located at the St. Mark’s Church driveway; thence in a straight line to a monument (B.16) near the edge of the cliff on the sea coast; thence in a southerly direction and then in a south westerly direction along the sea coast to Shark’s Hole (the starting point).[3]

Members

Election Member Party
2018 Sonia Browne BLP
2022

Elections

2022

St. Philip North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Sonia Browne 2,393 50.5 −10.5
DLP Michael Lashley 2,158 45.5 +11.5
APP Nigel Newton 88 1.9 +0.3
Independent Omar Smith 64 1.4 New
Independent Wayne Beckles 39 0.8 New
Majority 235 5.0 −22.0
Turnout 4,742
BLP hold Swing -11.0

2018

St. Philip North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Sonia Browne 3,613 61.0 +28.2
DLP Michael Lashley 2,015 34.0 −33.2
SB Rosaline Corbin 203 3.4 new
UPP Nigel Newton 92 1.6 new
Majority 1,598 27.0 −7.5
Turnout 5,923
BLP gain from DLP Swing +30.7

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.
  4. ^ Clarke, Sherrylyn (20 January 2022). "Election Results 2022: St Philip". Nation News. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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