House of Assembly | |
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| 12th House of Assembly | |
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Deputy Speaker | |
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| Seats | 13 members |
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Political groups | Government (8) Official Opposition (3) Others (2)
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| Elections | |
Last election | 26 February 2025 |
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TheHouse of Assembly is theunicameral legislature ofAnguilla. It has 13 members, 7 members in single-seatconstituencies, 4 members representing the island at-large and 2 ex officio members. Anguilla has amulti-party system.[1]
Originally Anguilla had representation as part of theSaint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Legislative Council. Due to the Anguillans objecting to the union, they declared independence as theRepublic of Anguilla in 1967. British control was restored in 1969. In 1976, a new constitution was issued for Anguilla by the British government which provided for a twelve member House of Assembly while they could remain a British colony.[2] The House of Assembly would replace the preexisting seven member Legislative Council and the number in the new House were also reduced to seven elected members.[3] It would also have two appointed members and a speaker, as well as theAttorney General of Anguilla, Chief Secretary and Financial Secretary having seats ex-officio.[4]The first ever election to the House of Assembly in 1976 was won byRonald Webster and hisPeople's Progressive Party taking six of the seven seats.[5]
An amendment of the Anguillan constitution by a BritishOrder in Council under theAnguilla Act 1980 in 1982 would remove the Chief Secretary's automatic ex-officio seat.[6] It was later confirmed that the House of Assembly did retain the ability to reform the electoral system without an Order in Council or amending the constitution.[7] The House of Assembly's representation rules would later include four members appointed for Anguilla "at large".[8] These seats would later be changed to be filled by election.[9]
The members of the 12th House of Assembly were elected in the2020 Anguillan general election.
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| Party | Constituency | At-large | Total seats | +/– | ||||||||||
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| Votes | % | candi- dates | Seats 2015 | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | candi- dates | Seats | +/– | ||||
| Anguilla Progressive Movement | 3,689 | 51.32 | 7 | 0 | 4 |  4 | 11,971 | 42.82 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |
| Anguilla United Front | 3,170 | 44.11 | 7 | 6 | 3 |  3 | 9,819 | 35.12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Independents | 328 | 4.56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6,166 | 22.06 | 7 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 7,187 | 100,00 | 17 | 7 | 7 | ±0 | 27,956 | 100,00 | 15 | 4 | New | 11 | 4 | |
| Source:elections.gov.ai | ||||||||||||||
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| Constituency | APM candidate | Votes | AUF candidate | Votes | Independent candidate | Votes |
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| 1 –Island Harbour | Ellis Lorenzo Webster | 493 | Oris Smith | 336 | Palmavon Webster | 167 |
| 2 –Sandy Hill | Jerome Roberts | 302 | Cora Richardson-Hodge | 318 | ||
| 3 –Valley North | Courtney Morton | 657 | Evans McNeil Rogers | 697 | ||
| 4 –Valley South | Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers | 861 | Victor Banks | 755 | ||
| 5 –Road North | Merrick Richardson | 386 | Evalie Bradley | 238 | Rommel Hughes | 89 |
| 6 –Road South | Haydn Hughes | 727 | Curtis Richardson | 540 | ||
| 7 –West End | Kimberley Fleming | 263 | Cardigan Connor | 286 | Jamie Hodge | 72 |
| At-large (4 seats) | Kyle Hodge | 3,557 | Jose Vanterpool | 2,983 | Lanny Hobson | 1,643 |
| Kenneth Hodge | 2,917 | Othlyn Vanterpool | 2,420 | Aunika Lake | 1,532 | |
| Quincia Gumbs-Marie | 2,840 | Lockhart Hughes | 2,290 | Brent Davis | 1,117 | |
| Kennedy Hodge | 2,657 | Mark Romney | 2,126 | Sutcliffe Hodge | 1,016 | |
| Glenneva Hodge | 609 | |||||
| Elkin Richardson | 148 | |||||
| Merlyn Duncan | 101 |
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