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Christ Church East Central
2018 CANDIDATES
 BLP
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Ryan
STRAUGHN
Barbados Labour
Party
 DLP
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Ronald D.
JONES*
Democratic Labour
Party
 SB
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Scott
WEATHERHEAD
Solutions
Barbados
 UPP
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Ogeji
DOTTIN
United Progressive
Party
 
CONSTITUENCY SNAPSHOT  
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Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, Christ Church, Barbados
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BACKGROUND
The constituency of Christ Church East Central was created and first contested in 1981.
Year of creation 1981
Polling Divisions 10
Registered Electors (2013) 8,837
Voter Turnout (2013) 62.74%
   
Incumbent Ronald JONES (DLP)
2013 RESULTS
Candidate Party Votes %
  JONES, R. winner DLP 3,259 59.01%
   
  SANDS, D BLP 2,264 40.99%
   
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES  
Year   Winner Party % Votes Notes
1981   Harold B. ST. JOHN Barbados Labour Party 58.44% First time seat contested
1986   Robert L. MORRIS Democratic Labour Party 52.35% DLP gain
1991   Robert L. MORRIS Democratic Labour Party 55.68% DLP hold
1994   Duncan CARTER Barbados Labour Party 48.45% BLP gain
1999   Duncan CARTER Barbados Labour Party 60.03% BLP hold
2003   Ronald D. JONES Democratic Labour Party 52.94% DLP gain
2008   Ronald D. JONES Democratic Labour Party 59.87% DLP hold
2013   Ronald D. JONES Democratic Labour Party 59.01% DLP hold
VOTING TRENDS  
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CONSTITUENCY TIMELINE  
Thursday
21 Feb 2013
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RONALD D. JONES* winner DLP 3,259 59.01%
Desmond D.M. Sands BLP 2,264 40.99%
Tuesday
15 Jan 2008
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RONALD D. JONES* winner DLP 3,182 59.87%
Dalton T. Lovell  BLP 2,233 41.60%
Wednesday
21 May 2003
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
RONALD D. JONES winner DLP 2,524 52.94%
Rudy W. Grant BLP 2,244 47.06%
Wednesday
20 Jan 1999
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
DUNCAN CARTER winner BLP 3,227 60.03%
Wendell C.C. Callender DLP 2,149 39.97%
Tuesday
6 Sep 1994
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
DUNCAN CARTER winner BLP 2,399 48.45%
Robert L. Morris DLP 1,925 38.87%
Larry St.G Walcott NDP 628 12.68%
Tuesday
22 Jan 1991
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
ROBERT L. MORRIS winner DLP 2,521 55.68%
Duncan Carter  BLP  1,740 38.43%
Jeannette E. Layne-Clark NDP 267 5.90%
Friday
28 Mar 1986
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
ROBERT L. MORRIS winner DLP 2,811 52.35%
Harold B. St. John BLP 2,559 47.65%
Thursday
18 Jun 1981
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HAROLD B. ST. JOHN winner BLP 2,507 58.44%
R. Thomas DLP 1,783 41.56%
POLLING STATIONS (2018)  
Polling Division Areas
YA1 Vauxhall Methodist Church
YA2 Edey Village Church of God
YA3 Garfield Sobers Gymnasium
YB1 Christ Church Girls' School
YB2 Christ Church Girls' School
YB3 Christ Church Girls' School
YC1 Milton Lynch Primary School
YC2 Milton Lynch Primary School
YC3 Milton Lynch Primary School
YC4 Milton Lynch Primary School
CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES
From the junction of the ABC Highway with Highway R (the Upton-Kent Road) along the middle of the ABC Highway in a southerly then easterly direction to its junction with highway 6; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 6 to its junction with the Bannatyne-Kingsland Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the Bannatyne-Kingsland Road to the Kingsland-Gall Hill Road; thence in a south-easterly direction along the middle of the Kingsland-Gall Hill Road to its junction with Water Street; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Water Street to its junction with Highway T (the Lodge Road-Oistins Hill Road); thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Highway T to its junction with Church Hill Road; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Church Hill Road to its junction with Windy Ridge Road; thence in a south easterly direction along the middle of Windy Ridge Road to its junction with Highway 7 (the Airport-Oistins Road) at Thornbury Hill; thence in a north-easterly direction along the middle of Highway 7 to its junction with Highway S (the Providence-Balls Road); thence in a northerly direction along the middle of Highway S to its junction with the ABC Highway; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of the ABC Highway to its junction with Highway 6 (the Balls-St. Patricks Road) at the Henry Forde Roundabout; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of Highway 6 (the Balls-St. Patricks Road) to its junction with Highway Q (the Balls-Lower Greys Road); thence in a north easterly direction along the middle of Highway Q to its junction with Highway R (the Pilgrim Place-St. Davids Road); thence along the middle of Highway R to its junction with an unclassified road west of Edeys Village leading to Small Ridge and Bannatyne Gardens; thence in a southerly, easterly then southerly direction along the middle of the said unclassified road to where it meets the Bannatyne Gardens Road; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of the Bannatyne Gardens Road to its junction with Highway V (the Bannatyne-St. Davids Road); thence in a north-westerly direction along the middle of Highway V to its junction with Highway R; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway R to its junction with the ABC Highway (the starting point).
Key
  Bajan Free Party   NDP = National Democratic Party   United Progressive Party
  Barbados Integrity Movement   People's Democratic Congress   WPB = Workers Party of Barbados
  Barbados Labour Party   PEP = People's Empowerment Party   Independent Candidate
  Democratic Labour Party   PPA = People's Political Alliance   *incumbent
  Kingdom Government of Barbados   Solutions Barbados   ** Political Leader
Sources
Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission
Bajan Free Party (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/Bajan-Free-Party-BFP-HonAlex-MitchellEl-1767331239973521/
Barbados Integrity Movement (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/barbdaosintegritymovement/?ref=py_c
Barbados Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.blp.org.bb/
Coalition of United Party. (2018) Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/alexmitchell.el/
Democratic Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from http://dlpbarbados.org/site/
Solutions Barbados. (2018). Retrieved from https://solutionsbarbados.com/
United Progressive Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://uppbarbados.org/
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