Saint Philip South (Barbados Parliament constituency)

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

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

Saint Philip South 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 Indar Weir, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint Philip South constituency is a marginal seat for the BLP.

Boundaries

The constituency runs:

From Shark’s Hole on the south eastern sea coast in a straight line to the junction of Belair-Sam Lords Road with Long Bay Road; thence along the middle of Long Bay Road to its junction at the Robinsons Corner with Merricks-Eastbourne Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Merricks-Eastbourne Road to its junction with the Six Roads Roundabout and Highway 5B (the Six Cross Road-Kirtons Road); thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Highway 5B to the junction with the Four Roads-Oldbury Road; thence along the middle of the Four Roads-Oldbury Road to its junction with the Mangrove-Oldbury Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Mangrove-Kirtons Road and thence to its junction with the Kirtons-Spencers Road; thence in a south westerly, and westerly direction along the middle of the Kirtons-Spencers Road to its junction with Highway 7 (the Rock Hall-Spencers Road); thence along the middle of Highway 7 in a westerly direction to its junction with a track to the west of the Rock Hall Village; thence in a south easterly, easterly and southerly direction along this track to a point on the cliff edge to the east of the airport boundary fence (Monument B.17); thence in a southerly direction to the sea; thence in an easterly direction along the sea coast to Shark’s Hole (the starting point).[3]

Members

Election Member Party
2018 Indar Weir BLP
2022

Elections

2022

St. Philip South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Indar Weir 3,175 62.3 −8.8
DLP Neil Marshall 1,585 31.1 +8.4
APP Bruce Hennis 225 4.4 +2.5
SB Ronald Lorde 109 2.1 −1.5
Majority 1,590 31.2 −17.2
Turnout 5,094
BLP hold Swing -8.6

2018

St. Philip South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Indar Weir 4,656 71.1 +24.1
DLP Adriel Brathwaite 1,488 22.7 −30.3
SB Ronald Lorde 239 3.6 new
UPP Bruce Hennis 127 1.9 new
Bajan Free Party John Scantlebury 39 0.6 new
Majority 3,168 48.4 +42.3
Turnout 6,549
BLP gain from DLP Swing +27.2

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 16 February 2022.
  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference philip was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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