Saint Philip West (Barbados Parliament constituency)

Saint Philip West
Constituency
for the House of Assembly of Barbados
RegionSaint Philip, Barbados
Current constituency
Created2003

Saint Philip West is a constituency in the Saint Philip parish of Barbados. It was established in 2003.[1] Since 2022, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Kay McConney, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint Philip West constituency is a marginal seat for the BLP.

Boundaries

The constituency runs:

From a point on the coast south of Monument (B.17) placed at the edge of the cliff and east of the Airport boundary fence; thence in a northerly direction to Monument (B.17); thence in a northerly, westerly and northerly direction along a track leading to Highway 7 (the Rock Hall-Spencers Road), thence in a easterly direction along Highway 7 to its junction with Highway 5B (the Six Roads-Kirtons Road); thence along Highway 5B to its junction with Kirtons-Mangrove Road; thence in a westerly direction along Mangrove Road to its junction with Highway N (the Oldbury Road); thence in a north easterly direction to its junction with Highway 5B (the Six Roads-Four Roads-Kirtons Road); thence in a north-westerly direction to its junction with Six Cross Roads Roundabout; thence in an easterly direction along Highway 5 (the Carrington-Ruby Road) to its junction with Beulah Corner and Highway M (the Beulah-Bushy Park Road); thence along the middle of Highway M to its junction with Bushy Park-Harrow Road; thence along the middle of Bushy Park Road-Harrow Road to its junction with Marchfield-St. Philip Church Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Marchfield-St. Philip Church Road to its junction with Church Village-Thickets Road; thence in a westerly direction to its junction with Cox Hill; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Cox Hill to the junction at Hillview, thence along the middle of Hillview Road in a south westerly direction to monument (B.14), then generally westward to a point which is marked by Monument (B.13); thence in a westerly direction along a line joining this to a point in the gully running from Woodland, marked by Monument (B.12); thence in a southerly direction along this gully to the point at which it is crossed by Highway 4B (the Frenches-Chapel Road); thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway 4B to its junction with an unclassified road leading to Edgecumbe; thence in a southerly direction along this unclassified road to its junction with the Edgecumbe-Ebenezer Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Edgecumbe-Ebenezer Road to its junction with Highway 5 (Bridgetown-Windsor Road); thence along Highway 5 to its junction with Lower Greys-Boarded Hall-South District Road; thence in a southerly direction along Lower Greys-Dayrells Hill Road to its junction with Highway R (the Pilgrim-Ridge Road); thence along the middle of Highway R to its junction with the ABC Highway; thence along the middle of the ABC Highway to a point near light pole #499; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to its junction with the Fairy Valley Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Fairy Valley Road to its junction with the Seawell House-Paragon Road; thence along the middle of the Seawell House-Paragon Road to a straight line leading to a point on the Sea Coast south of Paragon House; thence in an easterly direction along the sea coast to a point on the coast south of the Monument (B.17) (the starting point).[3]

Members

Election Member Party
2018 John King BLP
2022 Kay McConney

Elections

2022

St. Philip West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Kay McConney 2,580 50.1 −16.8
DLP David Estwick 2,140 41.5 +11.7
APP Lynette Eastmond 328 6.4 New
SB Karina Goodridge 104 2.0 −1.3
Majority 440 8.5 −28.6
Turnout 5,152
BLP hold Swing -14.2

2018

St. Philip West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP John King 4,323 66.9 +28.6
DLP David Estwick 1,924 29.8 −31.9
SB Leighton Greenidge 212 3.3 new
Majority 2,399 37.1 +13.9
Turnout 6,459
BLP gain from DLP Swing +30.2

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. ^ "Hon. Miss Kay S. McConney, M.P. - House of Assembly of Barbados". www.barbadosparliament.com. Retrieved 30 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.