Saint Michael East (Barbados Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in Barbados
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Saint Michael East is a constituency in the Saint Michael parish of Barbados. It was established in 1981.[1] Since 2022, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Trevor Prescod, a member of the BLP.[2][n 1] The Saint Michael East constituency is a safe seat for the BLP.
| Saint Michael East | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the House of Assembly of Barbados | |
| Region | Saint Michael, Barbados |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1981 |
Boundaries
The Saint Michael East constituency runs:
From the junction of Pine Plantation Road with the Pine East-West Boulevard in an easterly direction along the middle of the Pine East-West Boulevard to its junction with the Errol Barrow Highway; thence in a northerly direction along the Errol Barrow Highway to its junction with the “Bussa” Roundabout; thence in an easterly direction along Highway 5 (the Bridgetown-Mapp Hill Road) to its junction with Pasture Road; thence in a northerly direction along Pasture Road to its junction with Pasture Road-Haynes Hill Road; thence in an easterly direction along the Pasture Road-Haynes Hill Road to Haynes Hill; thence in a northerly direction along Haynes Hill to its junction with Monroe Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Monroe Road to its junction with Roberts Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Roberts Road to its junction with Highway 4 (the Bridgetown-Bulkeley Road); thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway 4 to its junction with Neils Plantation-Lower Estate Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Neils Plantation-Lower Estate Road to its junction with the Lower Estate-Belle Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Lower Estate-Belle Road to its junction with the Belle-Lears Road; thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the Belle-Lears Road to its junction with Highway 3 (the Waterford-Dayrells Hill Road); thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of Highway 3 to its junction with Waterford Cross Road; thence in a straight line drawn in the direction of the junction of Highway 4 with Belle Road; thence along this line to the point at which it is crossed by the watercourse running between the Belle Pumping Station and Bridge Road; thence in a southerly direction along the watercourse running between the Belle Pumping Station and Highway 4 terminating to the east of the Gas Station; thence in a westerly direction to its junction along the middle of Highway 4 to its junction with the Welches Road and Bridge Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Welches Road to its junction with Pine Hill Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Pine Hill Road to its junction with Pine Plantation Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Pine Plantation Road to its junction with the Pine East-West Boulevard (the starting point).[3]
Members
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Trevor Prescod | BLP | |
| 2022 | |||
Elections
2022
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP | Trevor Prescod | 3,408 | 71.5 | +20.2 | |
| DLP | Nicholas Alleyne | 1,147 | 24.1 | −24.7 | |
| SB | Betty Howell | 108 | 2.3 | new | |
| UPP | Paul Forte | 47 | 1.0 | new | |
| Independent | Iramar Daisley | 37 | 0.8 | new | |
| Barbados Integrity Movement | Catherine Yarde | 20 | 0.4 | new | |
| Majority | 2,261 | 47.4 | +44.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,767 | ||||
| BLP hold | Swing | +22.5 | |||
Notes
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
