Country: | Anguilla |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2010 Anguillian general election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2020 Anguillian general election |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | 22 April 2015 |
Seats For Election: | 7 of the 11 seats in the House of Assembly |
Party1: | Anguilla United Front |
Image1: | Victor Banks 2015.jpg |
Leader1: | Victor Banks |
Last Election1: | 2 seats |
Seats1: | 6 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Color1: | 095392 |
Party2: | Independent |
Leader2: | Palmavon Webster |
Last Election2: | 0 seats |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Chief Minister | |
Before Election: | Hubert Hughes |
Before Party: | Anguilla United Movement |
After Election: | Victor Banks |
After Party: | Anguilla United Front |
Election Name: | 2015 Anguillian general election |
General elections were held in Anguilla on 22 April 2015.[1] 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.
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.[2] Voters had to be at least 18 years old, whilst candidates had to be at least 21.[2]
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 | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Palmavon Webster | 460 | 35.22 | |||
Othlyn Vanterpool | 434 | 33.23 | |||
412 | 31.55 | ||||
Cora Richardson-Hodge | 461 | 60.98 | |||
Jerome Roberts | 295 | 39.02 | |||
Evans Rogers | 948 | 67.62 | |||
Elkin Richardson | 396 | 28.25 | |||
Sutcliffe Hodge | 58 | 4.14 | |||
Victor Banks | 1,057 | 60.75 | |||
Evan Gumbs | 655 | 37.64 | |||
Leonard Kentish | 28 | 1.61 | |||
Evalie Bradley | 394 | 50.06 | |||
Patrick Hanley | 393 | 49.94 | |||
Curtis Richardson | 641 | 51.28 | |||
Haydn Hughes | 575 | 46.00 | |||
Clifton Niles | 24 | 1.92 | |||
Statchel Warner | 10 | 0.80 | |||
Cardigan Connor | 389 | 55.41 | |||
Kristy Richardson | 313 | 44.59 |
Following the elections, Victor Banks of the Anguilla United Front was sworn in as the island's new Chief Minister.[3]