Concerned Citizens' Movement | |
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| Leader | Mark Brantley |
| Founder | Vance Amory |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Ideology | Nevisian interests[1] Regionalism Federalism Fiscal conservatism[2] Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | One Movement (since 2022)[3] Team Unity (2013–2022) |
| National Assembly (Nevisian Seats) | 3 / 3 |
| Nevis Island Assembly | 3 / 5 |
| Website | |
| ccmnevis.com | |
TheConcerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) is aNevis-basedpolitical party inSaint Kitts and Nevis. Led byMark Brantley, it is currently the largest party inNevis, holding all three Nevisian seats in theNational Assembly and three out of five seats in theNevis Island Assembly. The CCM operates only in Nevis and for the2022 general election is in aOne Movement alliance with thePeople's Action Movement (PAM) operating inSaint Kitts, following the breakdown of the governingTeam Unity alliance.
The party was established in 1987 and first contested national elections in1989, when they received 6.4% of the vote and won a single seat.[4] In the1993 elections their vote share rose to 10.9% and they won two seats. Although their vote share fell to 7.0% in1995 they retained both seats. The party retained both seats in the elections in2000,2004,2010, and2015 elections. The party for the first time in its history won all three Nevisian seats in the2020 election, and again returned three MPs in the2022 snap election. In 2013, CCM were a founding member of theTeam Unity alliance, and upon Team Unity's success in the 2015 and 2020 elections, CCM were a part of the federal government and held various Cabinet minister positions from 2015 until 2022. Team Unity was dissolved in May 2022 after disagreements between Prime MinisterTimothy Harris and the CCM andPAM parties.[5] At the 2022 election,SKN Labour won a landslide victory inSt Kitts, with CCM becoming the second largest party and therefore the Official Opposition at the national level.[6]
The party has historically dominatedNevis Island Assembly elections, first winning a majority in the 1992 election and winning the subsequent two elections in 1997 and 2001, with party leaderVance Amory serving as Premier for 14 years during this time in government. In 1996, Amory announced plans for Nevisian secession from the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, with theindependence referendum in 1998 returning a majority (62%) in favour of independence, however this fell short of the required two-thirds threshold for it to pass, meaning Nevis remained part of the federation.
The CCM lost the2006 and2011 elections to theNevis Reformation Party (NRP), with Amory serving as Leader of the Opposition during these parliamentary terms. The CCM regained power at the2013 election, with Amory returning as Premier. On October 30, 2017, Amory handed over party leadership toMark Brantley. This was an unprecedented move, and the first time in St Kitts-Nevis politics that an elected representative had passed on the leadership of a party without being unseated.
In theDecember 2017 Nevis Island election, Brantley led the CCM to victory and became Premier, with the party winning four out of five available seats, an increase of one seat. The CCM again won a majority at the2022 election, although they lost a seat to the NRP.
Among their current executive members isAlexis Jeffers.[7]
Vance Amory led the party from 1987[8] to 2017,[9] and was followed byMark Brantley.
| Election year | Party leader | # of votes | % of vote | # of Nevisian seats won | +/– | Govt? |
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| 1989 | Vance Amory | 1,135 | 6.4 (#4) | 1 / 3 |  1 | Opposition |
| 1993 | 2,100 | 10.9 (#3) | 2 / 3 | 1 | Opposition | |
| 1995 | 1,777 | 8.2 (#3) | 2 / 3 |  | Official Opposition | |
| 2000 | 1,901 | 8.7 (#3) | 2 / 3 | | Official Opposition | |
| 2004 | 1,982 | 8.8 (#3) | 2 / 3 | | Official Opposition | |
| 2010 | 2,860 | 11.0 (#3) | 2 / 3 | | Opposition | |
| 2015 | 3,951 | 13.0 (#3) | 2 / 3 | | Coalition | |
| 2020 | Mark Brantley | 3,510 | 12.58 (#4) | 3 / 3 | 1 | Coalition (2020−22) |
| Opposition (2022) | ||||||
| 2022 | 3,473 | 11.82 (#4) | 3 / 3 | | Opposition |
| Election year | Party leader | # of votes | % of vote | # of Nevisian seats won | +/– | Govt? |
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| 1987 | Vance Amory | 38% | 1 / 5 | New | Official Opposition | |
| 1992 | 3 / 5 | 2 | Government | |||
| 1997 | 3 / 5 | | Government | |||
| 2001 | 4 / 5 | 1 | Government | |||
| 2006 | 3,050 | 51.3% (#1) | 2 / 5 |  2 | Official Opposition | |
| 2011 | 3,722 | 49.7% (#2) | 2 / 5 | | Official Opposition | |
| 2013 | 4,092 | 53.8% (#1) | 3 / 5 | 1 | Government | |
| 2017 | Mark Brantley | 3,753 | 56.7% (#1) | 4 / 5 | 1 | Government |
| 2022 | 3,930 | 52.4% (#1) | 3 / 5 | 1 | Government |
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