Legislative Council of Saint Helena
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The Legislative Council of Saint Helena is the unicameral legislature of Saint Helena, a constituent part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The council itself is often referred to as "LegCo" by islanders.
The Legislative Council consists of 15 members: 12 elected members who serve a four-year term and are elected by popular vote; a Speaker and Deputy Speaker, chosen by the elected members; and one ex officio member, the Attorney General. Members of the Council use the suffix "MLC" (Member of the Legislative Council), and are sometimes referred to as Councillors.
Election summary
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The twelve elected members of the 2021-2025 Legislative Council are:[1]
- Julie Thomas (888 votes)
- Andrew James Turner (834 votes)
- Corinda Sebastiana Stuart Essex (827 votes)*
- Martin Dave Henry (750 votes)
- Jeffrey Robert Ellick (688 votes)*
- Ronald Arthur Coleman (678 votes)
- Karl Gavin Thrower (611 votes)
- Gillian Ann Brooks (561 votes)
- Christine Scipio-O'Dean (533 votes)*
- Mark Alan Brooks (532 votes)
- Robert Charles Midwinter (485 votes)
- Rosemary June Bargo (456 votes)
- An asterisk (*) denotes a sitting incumbent MLC who was duly re-elected.
Electoral divisions
Saint Helena is divided into eight districts,[2] each with a community centre. The districts also serve as statistical subdivisions and electoral areas. Currently, all twelve elected MLCs represent the entire island as a single constituency. Previously, there were two constituencies (electoral districts) – "the East" and "the West", and each constituency had six Elected Members. Prior to that there were eight constituencies. The four most populated districts (i.e., Half Tree Hollow, Jamestown, Longwood, and St Paul's) each sent two representatives to the Legislative Council. The remaining districts (i.e., Alarm Forest, Blue Hill, Levelwood, and Sandy Bay) sent one representative each.[3]
| District | Area | Pop. (1998) | Pop. (2008)[4] | Pop. 2016[5] |
Pop. density (km2, 2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alarm Forest | Template:Convert | 289 | 276 | 383 | 70.4 |
| Blue Hill | Template:Convert | 177 | 153 | 158 | 4.3 |
| Half Tree Hollow | Template:Convert | 1,140 | 901 | 984 | 633.2 |
| Jamestown | Template:Convert | 884 | 716 | 629 | 161.9 |
| Levelwood | Template:Convert | 376 | 316 | 369 | 25.0 |
| Longwood | Template:Convert | 960 | 715 | 790 | 23.6 |
| Sandy Bay | Template:Convert | 254 | 205 | 193 | 12.0 |
| Saint Paul's | Template:Convert | 908 | 795 | 843 | 74.0 |
Speakers of the Legislative Council
- John Wainwright Newman (?–?)
- Eric W. George (?–2008)
- Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins (2008–2013)
- Eric Benjamin (24 July 2013–2021)
- Cyril Gunnell (25 October 2021–present)
See also
References
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