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Christ Church West
2018 CANDIDATES
 BLP
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William
DUGUID
Barbados Labour
Party
 DLP
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Verla
DEPEIZA
Democratic Labour
Party
 SB
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Irvin
BELGRAVE
Solutions
Barbados
   
CONSTITUENCY SNAPSHOT  
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Bonnets Resource Centre, Christ Church, Barbados
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BACKGROUND
The constituency of Christ Church West was created and first contested in 1971.
Year of creation 1971
Polling Divisions 9
Registered Electors (2013) 8,219
Voter Turnout (2013) 55.32%
   
Incumbent Maria AGARD (UPP)
2013 RESULTS
Candidate Party Votes %
  AGARD, M.* winner BLP 2,340 51.75%
   
  DEPEIZA, V DLP 1,808 39.98%
   
  ABED, T. IND 374 8.27%
   
* Independent as of 2015
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES  
Year   Winner Party % Votes Notes
1971   Henry D. FORDE Barbados Labour Party 52.22% First time seat contested
1976   Henry D. FORDE Barbados Labour Party 77.58% BLP hold
1981   Henry D. FORDE Barbados Labour Party 70.94% BLP hold
1986   Henry D. FORDE Barbados Labour Party 60.39% BLP hold
1991   Henry D. FORDE Barbados Labour Party 66.51% BLP hold
1994   Henry D. FORDE Barbados Labour Party 68.58% BLP hold
1999   Henry D. FORDE Barbados Labour Party 76.12% BLP hold
2003   William F. DUGUID Barbados Labour Party 64.58% BLP hold
2008   William F. DUGUID Barbados Labour Party 57.45% BLP hold
2013   Maria M. AGARD* Barbados Labour Party 51.75% BLP hold
* Independent as of 2015
VOTING TRENDS  
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CONSTITUENCY TIMELINE (2013)  
Thursday
21 Feb 2013
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
MARIA M. AGARD winner BLP 2,340 51.75%
Verla A.G. DePeiza DLP 1,808 39.98%
Taan Abed IND 374 8.27%
Tuesday
15 Jan 2008
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
WILLIAM F. DUGUID* winner BLP 2,510 57.45%
Taan Abed DLP 1,859 42.55%
Wednesday
21 May 2003
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
WILLIAM F. DUGUID winner B.LP 2,622 64.58%
Peter A. Barrow B.LP 1,438 35.42%
Wednesday
20 Jan 1999
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HENRY DeB. FORDE winner BLP 2,952 76.12%
Peter A. Barrow DLP 926 23.88%
Tuesday
6 Sep 1994
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HENRY DeB. FORDE winner BLP 2,814 68.58%
Henry G. Barrow DLP 936 22.81%
Exley McG. Elcock NDP 353 8.60%
Tuesday
22 Jan 1991
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HENRY DEB. FORDE winner BLP 2,764 66.51%
John N. Daniel  DLP  1,115 26.83%
Harold C.D. Hinds NDP 277 6.67%
Friday
28 Mar 1986
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HENRY DeB. FORDE winner BLP 3,456 60.39%
John N.R. Daniel DLP 2,267 39.61%
Thursday
18 Jun 1981
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HENRY DeB. FORDE winner BLP 3,814 70.94%
John N.R. Daniel DLP 1,562 29.06%
Thursday
2 Sep 1976
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HENRY DeB. FORDE winner BLP 2,679 77.58%
V.C. Fraser DLP 774 22.42%
Thursday
9 Sep 1971
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Candidate Party Total Votes % votes
HENRY DeB. FORDE winner BLP 1,693 52.22%
M. King DLP 1,549 47.78%
POLLING STATIONS (2018)  
Polling Division Areas
ZA1 Barbados Council for the Disabled
ZB1 Arthur Smith Primary School
ZC1 Unique High School, Dayrells Road
ZC2 Bonnetts Resource Centre, Bonnetts, Brittons Hill
ZC3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Rendezvous
ZC4 Clapham Park Community Centre
ZD1 Hawthorne Methodist Church, Worthing View
ZD2 Hawthorne Methodist Church, Worthing View
ZE1 Cornerstone Wesleyan Holiness Church, Sargeants Village
CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES
From a point on the southern sea coast south of the junction of the Highway 7 (Hastings-Top Rock Road) with Rendezvous Hill in a straight line to Highway 7; thence in a northerly direction along Rendezvous Hill to its junction with Rendezvous Ridge, then in an easterly direction to the eastern boundary of Rendezvous Ridge Development, then in a northerly direction to the ABC Highway, thence across the ABC Highway to a point south of the western boundary of Tino Terrace (at Lot #29); thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Tino Terrace and Warners Gardens (Lot #53); thence in an easterly direction along Warners Gardens northern boundary to a point where it meets the southern terminus of Brownes Road (at Lot #76) thence in a northerly direction along the Brownes Road-Sargeants Village Tenantry Road to the junction with Highway 6 (the Sargeants Village Road); thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Sargeants Village Road to its junction with the Errol Barrow Highway at the Garfield Sobers Roundabout; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of the Errol Barrow Highway to its junction with Highway 6 (Collymore Rock-Sargeants Village Road); thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Highway 6 to its junction with Clapham Park Road thence along the middle of the Clapham Park Road to its junction with Clapham Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Clapham Road to its junction with Observatory Road; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of Observatory Road to its junction with Fordes Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Fordes Road to its junction with Brittons New Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Brittons New Road to its junction with Reservoir Road; thence in a southerly direction along the middle of Reservoir Road to the Ridge and using an imaginary line continue over and beyond the Ridge to the 1st Ave Dayrell’s Road; thence southerly along the middle of 1st Avenue Dayrells Road to its junction with Dayrells Road; thence in a westerly direction along the middle of Dayrells Road to its junction with the Garrison Road; thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of the Garrison Road to its junction with Highway 7; then directly across Highway 7 and continuing in a south westerly direction along the road leading to Gravesend Beach and directly to the sea; thence in an easterly direction along the sea coast to a point on the coast south of the junction of Rendezvous Hill with Highway 7 (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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