Kabwe Central is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers part of Kabwe District in Central Province.
The constituency was established in 1926 as Northern, covering Broken Hill, Kasempa, Mkushi, Mwinilunga, Ndola and Solwezi.[1] In 1929 Abercorn, Chinsali, Isoka, Kasama, Luwingu, Mpika and Mporokoso were added to the constituency, whilst Kasempa, Ndola and Solwezi were transferred to the new Ndola constituency.[1]
In 1941 the constituency was renamed Broken Hill, covering only Broken Hill, Mkushi and Serenje, with the remaining settlements transferred to the new North-Eastern constituency.[1] It was reduced in size again in 1948, now covering only the urban area of Broken Hill and the northern part of the Broken Hill rural area.[1]
The constituency was renamed Kabwe in 1964, and became Kabwe Central in 2001.
| Election year | MP | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern | |||
| 1926 | Louis Gordon | ||
| 1928 (by-election) | Chad Norris | ||
| 1929 | Chad Norris | ||
| 1932 | Chad Norris | ||
| 1935 | Stewart Gore-Browne | ||
| 1938 | Roy Welensky | ||
| Broken Hill | |||
| 1941 | Roy Welensky | Labour Party | |
| 1944 | Roy Welensky | ||
| 1948 | Roy Welensky | ||
| 1954 | John Roberts | Federal Party | |
| 1959 | John Roberts | United Federal Party | |
| 1962 | John Roberts | United Federal Party | |
| Kabwe | |||
| 1964 | Nalumino Mundia | United National Independence Party | |
| 1968 | Josy Monga | United National Independence Party | |
| 1973 | Miziyabo Mkandawire | United National Independence Party | |
| 1978 | Alice Lloyd | United National Independence Party | |
| 1983 | Wilfred Wonani | United National Independence Party | |
| 1988 | Wilfred Wonani | United National Independence Party | |
| 1991 | Paul Tembo | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | |
| 1996 | Austin Chewe | Independent | |
| Kabwe Central | |||
| 2001 | Patrick Musonda | Heritage Party | |
| 2002 (by-election) | Patrick Musonda | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | |
| 2006 | Kayula Kakusa | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | |
| 2011 | James Kapyanga | Patriotic Front | |
| 2016 | Tutwa Ngulube | Patriotic Front | |
| 2021 | Chrizoster Halwindi | United Party for National Development | |