Saint James Central (Barbados Parliament constituency)

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Saint James Central
Constituency
for the House of Assembly of Barbados
RegionSaint James, Barbados
Current constituency
Created2003
Seats1
PartyBarbados Labour Party
MemberKerrie Symmonds

Saint James Central is a constituency in the Saint James parish of Barbados. It was established in 2003.[1] Since 2018, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Kerrie Symmonds, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint James Central constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.

Boundaries

The constituency runs:

From a point on the western seacoast west of the terminus of the Batts Rock Road in a straight line to Batts Rock Road; thence along the middle of Batts Rock Road to its junction with Highway 1 (the Bridgetown-Holetown Road); thence in an easterly direction to the base of the Prospect-Appleby-Derricks Hill; thence in a northerly direction along the base of the Prospect-Appleby-Derricks Hill to a point at which it is crossed by Holders Hill Road-Thorpes Road; thence in an easterly and then southerly direction along the Holders Hill Road-Thorpes Road to its junction with Denny Road; thence along the middle of Denny Road to and through the southern side of Lot #18 Prior Park Gardens; thence in an easterly direction along the Prior Park Gardens Road to its junction with Prior Park Road; thence in a northerly direction to its junction with Prior Park Roundabout; thence in an easterly direction to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway (the Warrens-Bennetts Road); thence in a southerly direction along the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with the Terrace Drive Road, Welches Terrace; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the Terrace Drive Road to the Apple Grove Gully; thence in a north-easterly direction along the Apple Grove Gully to its junction with the Bagatelle-Grand View Road; thence in a north-westerly direction along the Bagatelle-Grand View Road to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Ronald Mapp Highway to its junction with the Ridgeway Bridge; thence in a westerly direction to a point adjacent to monument (B.8); thence in a northerly direction to the monument (B.8); thence in an easterly direction along the Seaview-Reeves Hill Road to its junction with the Ronald Mapp Highway; thence in a northerly direction to its junction with Highway C (the Trents-Apes Hill Road); thence in a westerly direction along Highway C to its junction with Highway 1 (the Bridgetown-Speightstown Road); thence in a westerly direction to a point on the seacoast; thence in a southerly direction along the seacoast to the point west of the terminus at the Batts Rock Road (the starting point).[3]

Members

Election Member Party
2018 Kerrie Symmonds BLP
2022
2026

Elections

2026

CandidatePartyVotes%
Kerrie SymmondsBarbados Labour Party2,37971.79
Paul GibsonDemocratic Labour Party85325.74
Kerry ThomasFriends of Democracy822.47
Erskine AlleyneIndependent00.00
Total3,314100.00
Barbados Labour Party hold

2022

St. James Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Kerrie Symonds 2,421 70.3 −7.9
DLP Paul Gibson 911 26.4 +10.4
Independent Erskine Alleyne 62 1.8 New
Independent Joseph Jordan 52 1.5 +0.4
Majority 1,510 43.8 −18.4
Turnout 3,446
BLP hold Swing -9.1

2018

St. James Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Kerrie Symmonds 3,577 78.2 +28.0
DLP George Connolly 733 16.0 −32.7
SB Daniel Chalbaud 123 2.7 new
UPP Wendell Callender 64 1.4 new
Independent Joseph Jordan 49 1.1 new
People's Democratic Congress Eric Marshall 28 0.6 −0.5
Majority 2,844 62.2 +60.7
Turnout 4,574
BLP hold Swing +30.4

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.