Constituencies of Jamaica

Constituencies of Jamaica
Constituencies of Jamaica
	2016 map
Category	Electoral district
Location	Jamaica
Number	63
Government	Jamaica House of Representatives;

Jamaica's fourteen parishes are subdivided into sixty-three constituencies. The country follows the Westminster system and elects sixty-three Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Jamaica House of Representatives.

History

In 1959, 13 new constituencies were created in Jamaica increasing the size of parliament from 32 seats to 45.[1]

Constituencies and MPs as of 2019

The following is the list of constituencies as at April 2019, and the MP elected in each constituency.

Parish	Constituency	Member of Parliament		Representative Since
Cornwall County
Hanover	Hanover Eastern	Dave Brown	JLP	2016
Hanover	Hanover Western	Tamika Davis	JLP	2007
Saint Elizabeth	Saint Elizabeth North Eastern	Delroy Slowley	JLP	2020
	Saint Elizabeth North Western	William J.C. Hutchinson	JLP	1997
	Saint Elizabeth South Eastern	Franklyn Witter	JLP	2016
	Saint Elizabeth South Western	Floyd Green	JLP	2016
Saint James	Saint James Central	Heroy Clarke	JLP	2016
	Saint James East Central	Edmund Bartlett	JLP	2002
	Saint James North Western	Horace Chang	JLP	2002
	Saint James Southern	Homer Davis	PNP	1989
	Saint James West Central	Marlene Malahoo Forte	JLP	2016
Trelawny	Trelawny Northern	Tova Hamilton	PNP	2016
Trelawny	Trelawny Southern	Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert	JLP	2007
Westmoreland	Westmoreland Central	George Wright	PNP	2014
	Westmoreland Eastern	Daniel Lawrence	PNP	2006
	Westmoreland Western	Morland Wilson	PNP	1997
Middlesex County
Clarendon	Clarendon Central	Michael Henry	JLP	1980
	Clarendon Northern	Dwight Sibblies	JLP	1989
	Clarendon North Central	Robert Nesta Morgan	JLP	2002
	Clarendon North Western	Phillip Henriques	PNP	2011
	Clarendon South Eastern	Pearnel Charles Jr	JLP	2002
	Clarendon South Western	Lothan Cousins	PNP	2007
Manchester	Manchester Central	Rhoda Moy-Crawford	JLP	2007
	Manchester North Eastern	Audley Shaw	JLP	1993
	Manchester North Western	Mikael Phillips	PNP	2011
	Manchester Southern	Robert Chin	PNP	2016
Saint Ann	Saint Ann North Eastern	Marsha Smith	JLP	2001
	Saint Ann North Western	Krystal Lee	PNP	2011
	Saint Ann South Eastern	Lisa Hanna	PNP	2007
	Saint Ann South Western	Zavia Mayne	JLP	2016
Saint Catherine	Saint Catherine Central	Olivia Grange	JLP	1997
	Saint Catherine Eastern	Denise Daley	PNP	2011
	Saint Catherine East Central	Alando Terrelonge	JLP	2016
	Saint Catherine North Central	Natalie Neita	PNP	2007
	Saint Catherine North Eastern	Kerensia Morrison	JLP	2016
	Saint Catherine North Western	Hugh Graham	PNP	1989
	Saint Catherine Southern	Fitz Jackson	PNP	1997
	Saint Catherine South Central	Andrew Wheatley	JLP	2011
	Saint Catherine South Eastern	Robert Miller	PNP	2007
	Saint Catherine South Western	Everald Warmington	JLP	2002
	Saint Catherine West Central	Christopher Tufton	JLP	2016
Saint Mary	Saint Mary Central	Morais Guy	PNP	2002
	Saint Mary South Eastern	Norman Dunn	JLP
	Saint Mary Western	Robert Montague	JLP	2016
Surrey County
Kingston	Kingston Central	Ronald Thwaites	PNP	1997
	Kingston East & Port Royal	Phillip Paulwell	PNP	1997
	Kingston Western	Desmond McKenzie	JLP	2011
Portland	Portland Eastern	Ann-Marie Vaz	JLP	2019
Portland	Portland Western	Daryl Vaz	JLP	2007
Saint Andrew	Saint Andrew Eastern	Fayval Williams	JLP	2016
	Saint Andrew East Central	Peter Phillips	PNP	1989
	Saint Andrew East Rural	Juliet Holness	JLP	2016
	Saint Andrew North Central	Karl Samuda	JLP	1989
	Saint Andrew North Eastern	Delroy Chuck	JLP	1997
	Saint Andrew North Western	Nigel Clarke	JLP	2018
	Saint Andrew Southern	Mark Golding	PNP
	Saint Andrew South Eastern	Julian Robinson	PNP	2011
	Saint Andrew South Western	Angela Brown-Burke	PNP
	Saint Andrew Western	Anthony Hylton	PNP	2007
	Saint Andrew West Central	Andrew Holness	JLP	1997
	Saint Andrew West Rural	Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn	JLP	2016
Saint Thomas	Saint Thomas Eastern	Michelle Charles	JLP	2020
Saint Thomas	Saint Thomas Western	James Robertson	JLP	2002

References

"South West St Ann - JLP territory". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

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[:0-1] "South West St Ann - JLP territory". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2024-05-13.