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Saint James North Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2002.

Boundaries

The constituency covers four electoral divisions – sections of Montego Bay North, Montego Bay North East, Montego Bay West and all of Montego Bay Central. This encompasses the Flankers, Glendevon, Norwood, and Albion areas of Montego Bay.

Members of Parliament

1944 to Present

	Member	Party
1944	Iris Collins	Jamaica Labour Party
1949	Alan Coombs	People's National Party
1955	Alan Coombs	People's National Party
1959	Alan Coombs	People's National Party
1962	Herbert Eldemire	Jamaica Labour Party
1967	Howard Cooke	People's National Party
1972	Howard Cooke	People's National Party
1976	Howard Cooke	People's National Party
1980	Kenneth Baugh	Jamaica Labour Party
1983	Kenneth Baugh	Jamaica Labour Party
1989	Carl Miller	People's National Party
1993	Carl Miller	People's National Party
1997	Francis Tulloch	People's National Party
2002	Horace Chang	Jamaica Labour Party
2007	Horace Chang	Jamaica Labour Party
2011	Horace Chang	Jamaica Labour Party
2016	Horace Chang	Jamaica Labour Party
2020	Horace Chang	Jamaica Labour Party

Elections

Elections from 2000 to Present

General Election 2020: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Horace Chang	6,189	76.2	11.7
	PNP	George Hamilton	1,931	23.8	10.9
Turnout			8,120
Registered electors
	JLP hold

General Election 2016: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Horace Chang	7,014	64.5	9.8
	PNP	Henry McCurdy	3,771	34.7	10.1
Turnout			10,879	39.7	5.3
Registered electors			27,375		10.9
	JLP hold

General Election 2011: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Horace Chang	6,077	54.7	2.3
	PNP	Henry McCurdy	4,977	44.8	2.4
Turnout			11,113	45.0	6.7
Registered electors			24,687		3.0
	JLP hold

General Election 2007: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Horace Chang	7,482	57.0	1.0
	PNP	Henry McCurdy	5,569	42.4	1.2
Turnout			13,139	51.7	1.1
Registered electors			25,440		0.6
	JLP hold

General Election 2002: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Horace Chang	7,570	56.0	12.5
	PNP	Gordon Brown	5,731	43.6	8.0
Turnout			13,519	52.8	2.7
Registered electors			25,600		7.7
	JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1980 to 1999

General Election 1997: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Francis Tulloch	7,943	51.6	3.0
	JLP	Horace Chang	6,691	43.5	1.1
	NDM	Pat Austin	551	3.6
	Independent	Kingsley Headley	41	0.3
	Independent	Hope Thelwell	28	0.2
Turnout			19,381	55.5	4.8
Registered electors			27,719		51.1
	PNP hold

General Election 1993: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Carl Miller	5,071	54.6	3.9
	JLP	Charles Sinclair	4,146	44.6	3.8
Turnout			9,295	50.7	21.7
Registered electors			18,347		11.2
	PNP hold

General Election 1989: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Carl Miller	8,753	58.5
	JLP	Charles Sinclair	6,108	40.8
Turnout			14,959	72.4
Registered electors			20,656		8.1
	PNP gain from JLP

General Election 1983: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes
	JLP	Kenneth Baugh
Turnout
Registered electors			19,113
	JLP hold

General Election 1980: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JLP	Kenneth Baugh	10,265	62.5	24.7
	PNP	Howard Cooke	5,993	36.5	25.3
Turnout			16,438	86.0	35.3
Registered electors			19,113		29.3
	JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1960 to 1979

General Election 1976: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Howard Cooke	7,231	61.8	11.8
	JLP	Geoffrey Roach	4,424	37.8	1.8
Turnout			11,695	50.7	27.7
Registered electors			14,781		20.7
	PNP hold

General Election 1972: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Howard Cooke	7,062	73.6	13.0
	JLP	Hewart Henriques	2,492	26.0	13.1
Turnout			9,593	78.4	9.6
Registered electors			12,243		40.2
	PNP hold

General Election 1967: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PNP	Howard Cooke	4,654	60.6	12.7
	JLP	Donat G. Crichton	3,003	39.1	11.1
Turnout			7,686	88.0	18.9
Registered electors			8,735		69.0
	PNP gain from JLP

General Election 1962: Saint James North Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JLP	Herbert Eldemire	9,766	50.2
	PNP	Howard Cooke	9,332	47.9
	Independent	Allan G.S. Coombs	262	1.4
Turnout			19,475	69.1
Registered electors			28,170
	JLP gain from PNP

Elections from 1944 to 1959

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Hanover	Hanover Eastern Hanover Western
Saint Elizabeth	Saint Elizabeth North Eastern Saint Elizabeth North Western Saint Elizabeth South Eastern Saint Elizabeth South Western
Saint James	Saint James Central Saint James East Central Saint James North Western Saint James Southern Saint James West Central
Trelawny	Trelawny Northern Trelawny Southern
Westmoreland	Westmoreland Central Westmoreland Eastern Westmoreland Western

Middlesex

Clarendon	Clarendon Central Clarendon North Central Clarendon North Western Clarendon Northern Clarendon South Eastern Clarendon South Western
Manchester	Manchester Central Manchester North Eastern Manchester North Western Manchester Southern
Saint Ann	Saint Ann North Eastern Saint Ann North Western Saint Ann South Eastern Saint Ann South Western
Saint Catherine	Saint Catherine Central Saint Catherine East Central Saint Catherine Eastern Saint Catherine North Central Saint Catherine North Eastern Saint Catherine North Western Saint Catherine South Central Saint Catherine South Eastern Saint Catherine South Western Saint Catherine Southern Saint Catherine West Central
Saint Mary	Saint Mary Central Saint Mary South Eastern Saint Mary Western

Surrey

Kingston	Kingston Central Kingston East & Port Royal Kingston Western
Portland	Portland Eastern Portland Western
Saint Andrew	Saint Andrew Eastern Saint Andrew East Central Saint Andrew East Rural Saint Andrew North Central Saint Andrew North Eastern Saint Andrew North Western Saint Andrew Southern Saint Andrew South Eastern Saint Andrew South Western Saint Andrew Western Saint Andrew West Central Saint Andrew West Rural
Saint Thomas	Saint Thomas Eastern Saint Thomas Western

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