The House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Anguilla. It has 13 members, 7 members in single-seat constituencies, 4 members representing the island at-large and 2 ex officio members. Anguilla has a multi-party system.
History Originally Anguilla had representation as part of the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Legislative Council. Due to the Anguillans objecting to the union, they declared independence as the Republic 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. 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. It would also have two appointed members and a speaker, as well as the Attorney General of Anguilla, Chief Secretary and Financial Secretary having seats ex-officio. The first ever election to the House of Assembly in 1976 was won by Ronald Webster and his People's Progressive Party taking six of the seven seats.
An amendment of the Anguillan constitution by a British Order in Council under the Anguilla Act 1980 in 1982 would remove the Chief Secretary's automatic ex-officio seat. 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. The House of Assembly's representation rules would later include four members appointed for Anguilla "at large". These seats would later be changed to be filled by election.
2020 general election The members of the 12th House of Assembly were elected in the 2020 Anguillan general election. PartyConstituencyAt-largeTotalseats+/–Votes%candi-datesSeats2015Seats+/–Votes%candi-datesSeats+/– Anguilla Progressive Movement3,68951.32704 411,97142.8243 37 7 Anguilla United Front 3,17044.11763 39,81935.1241 14 2 Independents3284.56310 16,16622.0670±00 1Total7,187100,001777±0 27,956100,00154New11 4Source: elections.gov.ai
By constituency Source: ConstituencyAPM candidateVotesAUF candidateVotesIndependent candidateVotes1 – Island HarbourEllis Lorenzo Webster493Oris Smith336Palmavon Webster1672 – Sandy HillJerome Roberts302Cora Richardson-Hodge3183 – Valley NorthCourtney Morton657Evans McNeil Rogers6974 – Valley SouthDee-Ann Kentish-Rogers861Victor Banks7555 – Road NorthMerrick Richardson386Evalie Bradley238Rommel Hughes896 – Road SouthHaydn Hughes727Curtis Richardson5407 – West EndKimberley Fleming263Cardigan Connor286Jamie Hodge72At-large (4 seats) Kyle Hodge3,557Jose Vanterpool2,983Lanny Hobson1,643 Kenneth Hodge2,917Othlyn Vanterpool2,420Aunika Lake1,532 Quincia Gumbs-Marie2,840Lockhart Hughes2,290Brent Davis1,117 Kennedy Hodge2,657Mark Romney2,126Sutcliffe Hodge1,016 Glenneva Hodge609 Elkin Richardson148 Merlyn Duncan101
See also List of speakers of the Anguilla House of Assembly
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