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Legislative Council of Saint Helena | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Sovereign | Monarch of the United Kingdom |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | Maureen Thompson, Independent since 11 September 2025 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 15 |
Political groups | Speaker & Deputy Speaker (2)
Government (5)
Official Opposition (7)
Ex officio (1)
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| Elections | |
| Plurality block voting (12),ex officio members (1) | |
Last election | 3 September 2025 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Council Chamber,The Castle,Jamestown | |
| Website | |
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Legislature |
Judiciary
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TheLegislative Council of Saint Helena is theunicameral legislature ofSaint Helena, a constituent part of theBritish Overseas Territory ofSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The council itself is often referred to as "LegCo" by islanders.
The Legislative Council consists of 15 members: 12 elected members who serve a four-year term and are elected by popular vote; a Speaker and Deputy Speaker, chosen by the elected members; and oneex officio member, the Attorney General. Members of the Council use thesuffix "MLC" (Member of the Legislative Council), and are sometimes referred to as Councillors.
The twelve elected members of the 2025-2029 Legislative Council are:[1]
Saint Helena is divided intoeight districts,[2] each with a community centre. The districts also serve as statistical subdivisions and electoral areas. Currently, all twelve elected MLCs represent the entire island as a single constituency. Previously, there were two constituencies (electoral districts) – "the East" and "the West", and each constituency had six Elected Members. Prior to that there were eight constituencies. The four most populated districts (i.e., Half Tree Hollow, Jamestown, Longwood, and St Paul's) each sent two representatives to the Legislative Council. The remaining districts (i.e., Alarm Forest, Blue Hill, Levelwood, and Sandy Bay) sent one representative each.[3]
| District | Area | Pop. (1998) | Pop. (2008)[4] | Pop. 2016[5] | Pop. density (km2, 2016) |
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| Alarm Forest | 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) | 289 | 276 | 383 | 70.4 |
| Blue Hill | 36.8 kilometres (22.9 mi) | 177 | 153 | 158 | 4.3 |
| Half Tree Hollow | 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) | 1,140 | 901 | 984 | 633.2 |
| Jamestown | 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) | 884 | 716 | 629 | 161.9 |
| Levelwood | 14.8 kilometres (9.2 mi) | 376 | 316 | 369 | 25.0 |
| Longwood | 33.4 kilometres (20.8 mi) | 960 | 715 | 790 | 23.6 |
| Sandy Bay | 16.1 kilometres (10.0 mi) | 254 | 205 | 193 | 12.0 |
| Saint Paul's | 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi) | 908 | 795 | 843 | 74.0 |
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