Freetown (Belize House constituency)

Electorate4,592 (2015)

Major settlementsBelize City (part)

Created1961

Freetown
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives

District	Belize
Electorate	4,592 (2015)
Major settlements	Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created	1961
Party	People's United Party
Area Representative	Francis Fonseca

Freetown is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2003 by Francis Fonseca of the People's United Party. Fonseca served as PUP leader and Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2016.

The Freetown constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency hugs the Caribbean Sea shoreline on the northwest outskirts of Belize City, also taking in some of the city center. It borders the Belize Rural Central, Lake Independence, Pickstock, Fort George and Caribbean Shores constituencies.^[1]

Freetown was represented by longtime People's United Party leader and Prime Minister George Cadle Price from 1961 to 1984, when he was upset by the United Democratic Party's Derek Aikman, a relative political newcomer. Aikman was one of two UDP area representatives who defected to the newly created National Alliance for Belizean Rights party in early 1992.

A by-election was held in January 1993 after Aikman was expelled from the House for bankruptcy. At that election the seat returned to PUP control.^[2]

Area representatives

Area representative^[3]	Party
1961	George Cadle Price	PUP
1965	George Cadle Price	PUP
1969	George Cadle Price	PUP
1974	George Cadle Price	PUP
1979	George Cadle Price	PUP
1984	Derek Aikman	UDP
1992	NABR
1993 by-election	Jorge Espat	PUP
1993	Jorge Espat	PUP
1998	Jorge Espat	PUP
2003	Francis Fonseca	PUP
2008	Francis Fonseca	PUP
2012	Francis Fonseca	PUP
2015	Francis Fonseca	PUP
2020	Francis Fonseca	PUP
2025	Francis Fonseca	PUP

Elections

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
2025 general election^[4] Electorate: 4,055 Turnout: 2,421 (59.70%) −22.70	PUP hold Majority: 1,948 (80.46%) +42.88	Francis Fonseca	PUP	2,364	89.38	+20.59
	PUP hold Majority: 1,948 (80.46%) +42.88	Abraham Flowers	UDP	16	8.92	−22.29
2020 general election^[5] Electorate: 3,782 Turnout: 3,114 (82.4%) +14.50	PUP hold Majority: 1,155 (37.58%) +32.58	Francis Fonseca	PUP	2,114	68.79	+13.25
	PUP hold Majority: 1,155 (37.58%) +32.58	Orson Elrington	UDP	959	31.21	−10.91
2015 general election^[6] Electorate: 4,592 Turnout: 3,115 (67.84%) +5.21	PUP hold Majority: 365 (5.0%) +11.72	Francis Fonseca	PUP	1,777	55.54	+3.59
		Carla Barnett	UDP	1,312	42.12	−4.83
		Elizabeth Villanueva Dena	BPP	53	1.70	-
2012 general election^[7] Electorate: 4,230 Turnout: 2,031 (62.63%) −12.25	PUP hold Majority: 150 (5.0%) +4.42	Francis Fonseca	PUP	1,558	51.95	+2.37
	PUP hold Majority: 150 (5.0%) +4.42	Lee Mark Chang	UDP	1,408	46.95	−2.05
2008 general election^[8] Electorate: 3,687 Turnout: 2,761 (74.88%) −1.82	PUP hold Majority: 16 (0.58%) −19.42	Francis Fonseca	PUP	1,369	49.58	−10.42
		Michael Peyrefitte	UDP	1,353	49.0	+9.0
		Jorge Ernesto "Prophet" Babb	NRTCP	19	0.69	-
2003 general election^[9] Electorate: 2,509 Turnout: 1,925 (76.7%) −12.69	PUP hold Majority: 383 (20.0%) −25.3	Francis Fonseca	PUP	1,154	60.0	−11.81
	PUP hold Majority: 383 (20.0%) −25.3	Dough Singh	UDP	771	40.0	+13.49
1998 general election^[10] Electorate: 1,988 Turnout: 1,777 (89.39%) +17.78	PUP hold Majority: 805 (45.3%) +22.3	Jorge Espat	PUP	1,276	71.81	+10.31
		Marisa Marisol Quan	UDP	471	26.51	−11.99
		Abel J. Rodriguez	PDP	21	1.18	-
1993 general election^[11]^[12] Electorate: 2,758 Turnout: 1,975 (71.61%) +11.38	PUP hold Majority: 453 (23.0%) −18.43	Jorge Espat	PUP	1,214	61.5	−6.36
	PUP hold Majority: 453 (23.0%) −18.43	Owen Morrison	UDP	761	38.5	+12.07
January 1993 by-election^[13]^[2] Electorate: 3,166 Turnout: 1,907 (60.23%) −2.71	PUP gain from NABR Majority: 790 (41.43%) +31.23	Jorge Espat	PUP	1,294	67.86	+22.96
		Howell Longsworth	UDP	504	26.43	−28.67
		Adelma Broaster	NABR	102	5.35	-
1989 general election^[14]^[15] Electorate: 2,771 Turnout: 1,744 (62.94%) −5.49	UDP hold Majority: 178 (10.2%) −10.6	Derek Aikman	UDP	961	55.1	−4.4
	UDP hold Majority: 178 (10.2%) −10.6	Araceli Krohn	PUP	783	44.9	+6.2
1984 general election^[16]^[17] Electorate: 2,151 Turnout: 1,472 (68.43%) −19.96	UDP gain from PUP Majority: 306 (20.8%) +17.2	Derek Aikman	UDP	876	59.5	+11.6
	UDP gain from PUP Majority: 306 (20.8%) +17.2	George Cadle Price	PUP	570	38.7	−12.8
1979 general election^[18] Electorate: 3,576 Turnout: 3,161 (88.39%) +18.01	PUP hold Majority: 3.6% (−17.9)	George Cadle Price	PUP		51.5	−8.7
	PUP hold Majority: 3.6% (−17.9)	Manuel Esquivel	UDP		47.9	+9.2
1974 general election^[19] Electorate: 2,242 Turnout: 1,578 (70.38%) −8.4	PUP hold Majority: 21.5% (+6.0)	George Cadle Price	PUP		60.2	+3.3
	PUP hold Majority: 21.5% (+6.0)	Henry Fairweather	UDP		38.7	-
1969 general election^[20] Electorate: 1,951 Turnout: 1,537 (78.78%) +10.46	PUP hold Majority: 15.5% (−6.2)	George Cadle Price	PUP		56.9	−3.2
	PUP hold Majority: 15.5% (−6.2)	Henry Fairweather	NIP		41.4	+3.0
1965 general election^[21] Electorate: 2,898 Turnout: 1,980 (68.32%) −19.52	PUP hold Majority: 21.7% (−20.6)	George Cadle Price	PUP		60.1	−7.0
	PUP hold Majority: 21.7% (−20.6)	Tharine Rudon	NIP		38.4	+13.6
1961 general election^[22] Electorate: 1,850 Turnout: 1,625 (87.84%) n/a	PUP win Majority: 42.3% (n/a)	George Cadle Price	PUP		67.1	-
		Sabino Savery	NIP		24.8	-
		Ernest Cain	CDP		7.6	-

National Assembly of Belize
Preceded by (office established)	Constituency represented by the prime minister 1981–1984	Succeeded by Caribbean Shores
Preceded by Orange Walk Central	Constituency represented by the leader of the opposition 2011–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Freetown (Belize House constituency)

Area representatives

Elections

References

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