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Hanover Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944.[1][2] The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is Heatha Miller-Bennett.
The MP was formerly Ian Hayles, representing the People's National Party, who had been in office from 2007 to 2020.[3]
Boundaries
[edit | edit source]The constituency covers four electoral divisions – Cauldwell, Green Island, Lucea and Riverside.[4]
Members of Parliament
[edit | edit source]1944 to present
[edit | edit source]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Felix Veitch | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1949 | William Dickson | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1955 | William Dickson | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1959 | Lascelles Murray | People's National Party | |
| 1962 | Agustus Stanhope | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1967 | Cleveland Stanhope | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1972 | Roy Robinson | People's National Party | |
| 1976 | Roy Robinson | People's National Party | |
| 1980 | Horace Chang | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1983 | Horace Chang | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 1989 | Benjamin Clare | People's National Party | |
| 1993 | Benjamin Clare | People's National Party | |
| 1997 | Benjamin Clare | People's National Party | |
| 2002 | Anson Ralston | People's National Party | |
| 2007 | Ian Hayles | People's National Party | |
| 2011 | Ian Hayles | People's National Party | |
| 2016 | Ian Hayles | People's National Party | |
| 2020 | Tamika Davis | Jamaica Labour Party | |
| 2025 | Heatha Miller-Bennett | People's National Party | |
Elections
[edit | edit source]Elections from 2000 to present
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLP | Tamika Davis | 6,008 | 54.6 | Increase 11.1 | ||
| PNP | Ian Hayles | 4,987 | 45.4 | Decrease 10.1 | ||
| Turnout | 10,995 | |||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| JLP gain from PNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Ian Hayles | 6,829 | 55.5 | Increase 0.4 | |
| JLP | Brian Wallace | 5,358 | 43.5 | Decrease 0.8 | |
| NDM | Leonard Sharpe | 27 | 0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 12,307 | 40.3 | Decrease 15.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,528 | Increase 9.5 | |||
| PNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNP | Ian Hayles | 8,583 | 55.1 | ||
| JLP | Donovan Hamilton | 6,905 | 44.3 | ||
| Turnout | 15,584 | 55.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,983 | ||||
| PNP hold | |||||
See also
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