2020 District 5 (Nevis) by-election
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5 March 2020
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A by-election was held on 5 March 2020 for District 5, a constituency of the Nevis Island Assembly, following the resignation of its representative, Joseph Parry. The election was won by Cleone Stapleton-Simmonds, who retained the seat for the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP).
In December 2019, Joseph Parry, former Premier of Nevis and ex-leader of the Nevis Reformation Party, announced his retirement from politics and resignation as a member of the Nevis Island Assembly which then vacated his seat, District 5 (commonly known as Nevis 5), which comprises the parish of Saint Thomas' on Nevis.[1][2][3] District 5 is considered a safe seat for the NRP,[2] and was the only seat to have voted NRP in the previous 2017 Nevis Island Assembly election.[4] In the 2017 election, Parry had won with 518 votes (or 69.3%) while the Concerned Citizens’ Movement (CCM) candidate Keith Scarborough had come second with 229 votes (or 30.7%).[4]
Candidates
Cleone Stapleton-Simmonds stood for the NRP, while the CCM put forward Keith Scarborough as their candidate.[5][6]
