Saint Andrew South Western Explained

Saint Andrew South 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. The constituency was created in 1959. It is currently represented by the Dr Angela Brown-Burke of the PNP.

Since the mid 1970s Saint Andrew South Western has been an extremely safe seat for the People's National Party, which has won it by overwhelming margins in every election since except for the PNP-boycotted 1983 election.

Boundaries

The constituency includes Payne Land and Whitfield in Saint Andrew Parish.

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
1959David TavaresJamaica Labour Party
1972Wilton HillJamaica Labour Party
1976Portia SimpsonPeople's National Party
1983Christopher RoseJamaica Labour Party
1989Portia Simpson-MillerPeople's National Party
2020Angela Brown-BurkePeople's National Party