Saint James East Central

Saint James East Central
Saint James East Central
	constituency; for the Parliament of Jamaica
Parish	St. James
County	Cornwall
Population	36,689 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	29,852[2]
Major settlements	Maroon Town, Adelphi, John's Hall
Current constituency
Created	1976
Party	Jamaica Labour Party
Member of Parliament	Edmund Bartlett
Electoral divisions	Rose Hall, Somerton, Spring Mount
Returning officer	Berlin Roper
Constituency number	29

Saint James East 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.[3][4] The current MP is the Hon. Edmund Bartlett of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2002.[5]

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Rose Hall, Somerton and Spring Mount electoral divisions in St. James.[2][3]

Demographics

According to the Jamaica Population Census of 2011, the number of persons living in the constituency was 36,689, while the number of registered voters was 24,826.[1][6] As of the 2020 general election, the number of registered electors in the constituency was 29,852. This represents a 5.9% increase over the 28,178 voters registered for the 2016 general election.[2][6]

Voter Distribution by Electoral Division[2]
Electoral Division	Number of Polling Divisions	Number of electors
Rose Hall	29	11,843
Somerton	30	8,923
Spring Mount	30	9,068
Grand total	89	29,852

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party[5]
1976	Herbert Eldemire	Jamaica Labour Party
1980	Winston Spaulding	Jamaica Labour Party
1983	Geoffrey Roach	Jamaica Labour Party
1989	Violet Neilson	People's National Party
1993	Violet Neilson	People's National Party
1997	Violet Neilson	People's National Party
2002	Edmund Bartlett	Jamaica Labour Party
2007	Edmund Bartlett	Jamaica Labour Party
2011	Edmund Bartlett	Jamaica Labour Party
2016	Edmund Bartlett	Jamaica Labour Party
2020	Edmund Bartlett	Jamaica Labour Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Saint James East Central[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	7,338	69.6	11.2
	PNP	Michael Hemmings	3,206	30.4	10.5
Turnout			10,544
Registered electors
	JLP hold

General Election 2016: Saint James East Central[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	7,564	58.4	8.7
	PNP	Noel Donaldson	5,292	40.9	7.4
Turnout			12,945	45.9	5.9
Registered electors			28,178		13.5
	JLP hold

General Election 2011: Saint James East Central[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	6,382	49.7	5.5
	PNP	Cedric Stewart	6,208	48.3	4.6
	Independent	Roystan Richards	22	0.2	0.1
Turnout			12,848	51.8	8.7
Registered electors			24,826		1.2
	JLP hold

General Election 2007: Saint James East Central[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	8,398	55.2	0.4
	PNP	Donald Colomathi	6,637	43.7	0.6
	Independent	Roystan Richards	42	0.3
Turnout			15,205	60.5	3.6
Registered electors			25,130		38.2
	JLP hold

General Election 2002: Saint James East Central[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	6,394	54.8	4.0
	PNP	Donald Colomathi	5,170	44.3	0.5
	NDM	Carnel Cameron	29	0.3	3.5
Turnout			11,667	64.1	5.9
Registered electors			18,191		10.6
	JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1980 to 1999

General Election 1997: Saint James East Central[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Violet Neilson	5,851	50.8	0.8
	JLP	Edmund Bartlett	5,152	44.8	3.1
	NDM	Robert Russell	435	3.8
Turnout			11,512	70	1.3
Registered electors			16,443		28.3
	PNP hold

General Election 1993: Saint James East Central[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Violet Neilson	4,545	51.6	3.3
	JLP	Godfrey Dyer	4,215	47.9	3.2
Turnout			8,803	68.7	10.1
Registered electors			12,813		1.9
	PNP hold

General Election 1989: Saint James East Central[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Violet Neilson	5,646	54.9
	JLP	Godfrey Dyer	4,598	44.7	42.1
Turnout			10,280	78.8	47.0
Registered electors			13,054		12.4
	PNP gain from JLP

General Election 1983: Saint James East Central[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Geoffrey Roach	3,202	86.8	23.5
	Independent	Matelan Dawkins	445	12.1
Turnout			3,689	31.8	57.7
Registered electors			11,614		0.01
	JLP hold

General Election 1980: Saint James East Central[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Winston Spaulding	6,583	63.3	12.1
	PNP	Edgar Watson	3,741	36.0	12.1
Turnout			10,396	89.5	2.9
Registered electors			11,613		7.3
	JLP hold

Elections from 1976 to 1979

General Election 1976: Saint James East Central[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JLP	Herbert Eldemire	4,796	51.2
	PNP	Edgar Watson	4,508	48.1
Turnout			9,366	86.6
Registered electors			10,821
	JLP win (new seat)

References

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"Jamaica General Election Results (1944-2016)" (PDF). National Library of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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[ecj1-2] "Constituency Boundaries". Electoral Commission of Jamaica. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

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[gleaner-4] Anthony Myers (10 June 2002). "JLP will defeat PNP". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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[carib-15] "People's National Party Boycott 1983 General Elections". Caribbean Elections. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

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