Saint James West Central

Saint James West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1976 general election.[1] The current MP is the Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2016.[2]

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Granville, Mount Salem, and Spring Garden electoral divisions in St. James.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party[2]
	1976	Francis Tulloch	People's National Party
	1980	Carl Rhoden	Jamaica Labour Party
	1983	Carl Rhoden	Jamaica Labour Party
	1989	Patrick Rose-Green	People's National Party
	1993	Arthur Nelson	People's National Party
	1997	Arthur Nelson	People's National Party
	2002	Clive Mullings	Jamaica Labour Party
	2007	Clive Mullings	Jamaica Labour Party
	2011	Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams	People's National Party
	2016	Marlene Malahoo Forte	Jamaica Labour Party
	2020	Marlene Malahoo Forte	Jamaica Labour Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Saint James West Central[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Marlene Malahoo Forte	6,144	58.3	3.6
	PNP	Andre Haughton	4,389	41.7	2.6
Turnout			10,533
Registered electors
	JLP hold

General Election 2016: Saint James West Central[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Marlene Malahoo Forte	6,635	54.7	7.9
	PNP	Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams	5,374	44.3	8.2
	MGPPP	Clifford Barnett	40	0.3	0.1
Turnout			12,127	45.0	3.9
Registered electors			26,975		11.7
	JLP gain from PNP

General Election 2011: Saint James West Central[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams	6,208	52.5	4.7
	JLP	Clive Mullings	5,535	46.8	4.5
	MGPPP	Clifford Barnett	21	0.2
Turnout			11,824	48.9	7.5
Registered electors			24,159		9.8
	PNP gain from JLP

General Election 2007: Saint James West Central[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Clive Mullings	7,752	51.3	1.9
	PNP	Francis Tulloch	7,216	47.8	3.1
	NDM	Apollone Reid	51	0.3	1.2
Turnout			15,106	56.4	0.5
Registered electors			26,779		13.9
	JLP hold

General Election 2002: Saint James West Central[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Clive Mullings	7,121	53.2	8.8
	PNP	Hugh Solomon	5,980	44.7	5.1
	NDM	Juan Reid	204	1.5	3.7
Turnout			13,380	56.9	1.3
Registered electors			23,516		10.8
	JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1980 to 1999

General Election 1997: Saint James West Central[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Arthur Nelson	5,873	49.8	9.9
	JLP	Anthony Lewin	5,246	44.4	4.4
	NDM	Ainsley Blair	618	5.2
Turnout			11,804	55.6	0.0
Registered electors			21,229		39.5
	PNP hold

General Election 1993: Saint James West Central[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Arthur Nelson	5,215	59.7	1.0
	JLP	Anthony Lewin	3,439	39.4	0.2
Turnout			8,735	57.4	18.5
Registered electors			15,215		11.5
	PNP hold

General Election 1989: Saint James West Central[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Patrick Rose-Green	7,651	58.7
	JLP	Winston Watt	5,165	39.6
Turnout			13,035	75.9
Registered electors			17,184		12.9
	PNP gain from JLP

General Election 1983: Saint James West Central[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Carl Rhoden
Turnout
Registered electors			15,226
	JLP hold

General Election 1980: Saint James West Central[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Carl Rhoden	7,884	59.7	24.1
	PNP	Clive Dobson	5,285	40.0
Turnout			13,199	86.7
Registered electors			15,226		20.7
	JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1976 to 1979

General Election 1976: Saint James West Central[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Francis Tulloch	6,708	64.1
	JLP	Winston Watt	3,725	35.6
Turnout			10,464	83.0
Registered electors			12,612
	PNP win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Jamaica
• Elections in Jamaica

References

1. "Know Your Constituency: Saint James West Central". DigiJamaica (Jamaica Gleaner). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
2. "Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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8. "Jamaica General Election Results (2007)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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14. "Jamaica General Election Results (1983)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
15. "Jamaica General Election Results (1980)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
16. "Jamaica General Election Results (1976)". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 29 August 2020.