2015 Anguillian general election

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22 April 2015

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7 of the 11 seats in the House of Assembly

	First party	Second party

Leader	Victor Banks	Palmavon Webster
Party	AUF	Independent
Last election	2 seats	0 seats
Seats won	6	1
Seat change	4	1

Chief Minister before election

Hubert Hughes
Anguilla United Movement

Elected Chief Minister

Victor Banks
Anguilla United Front

Politics of Anguilla


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General elections were held in Anguilla on 22 April 2015. The result was a victory for the Anguilla United Front alliance, which won six of the seven elected seats in the House of Assembly. The ruling Anguilla United Movement failed to win a seat.

Electoral system

At the time of the elections the House of Assembly had eleven members, of which seven are elected in single-member constituencies and four were appointed. Voters had to be at least 18 years old, whilst candidates had to be at least 21.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Anguilla United Front	4,324	54.44	6	+4
	Anguilla United Movement	3,039	38.26	0	–4
	Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	110	1.38	0	New
	Anguilla National Alliance	10	0.13	0	–
	Independents	460	5.79	1	+1
Appointed members				4	0
Total		7,943	100.00	11	0

Valid votes		7,943	99.42
Invalid/blank votes		46	0.58
Total votes		7,989	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,908	73.24
Source: Anguilla Elections, Election Passport

By constituency

The closest contest was in the Road North constituency, where the AUF candidate Evalie Bradley won by a single vote against the AUM candidate Patrick Hanley.

Constituency	Candidate		Votes	%
1 - Island Harbour	Palmavon Webster	Independent	460	35.22
	Othlyn Vanterpool	Anguilla United Front	434	33.23
	Ellis Webster	Anguilla United Movement	412	31.55

2 - Sandy Hill	Cora Richardson-Hodge	Anguilla United Front	461	60.98
2 - Sandy Hill	Jerome Roberts	Anguilla United Movement	295	39.02

3 - Valley North	Evans Rogers	Anguilla United Front	948	67.62
	Elkin Richardson	Anguilla United Movement	396	28.25
	Sutcliffe Hodge	Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	58	4.14

4 - Valley South	Victor Banks	Anguilla United Front	1,057	60.75
	Evan Gumbs	Anguilla United Movement	655	37.64
	Leonard Kentish	Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	28	1.61

5 - Road North	Evalie Bradley	Anguilla United Front	394	50.06
5 - Road North	Patrick Hanley	Anguilla United Movement	393	49.94

6 - Road South	Curtis Richardson	Anguilla United Front	641	51.28
	Haydn Hughes	Anguilla United Movement	575	46.00
	Clifton Niles	Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	24	1.92
	Statchel Warner	Anguilla National Alliance	10	0.80

7 - West End	Cardigan Connor	Anguilla United Front	389	55.41
7 - West End	Kristy Richardson	Anguilla United Movement	313	44.59

Aftermath

Following the elections, Victor Banks of the Anguilla United Front was sworn in as the island's new Chief Minister.

References

April 22, 2015 is Elections Day in Anguilla Virgin Islands News Online, 11 March 2015
^ Anguilla Elections Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Caribbean Elections
Public holiday in Anguilla as new chief minister sworn in Jamaica Observer, 24 April 2015

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