| Stanley | |
| Type: | Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Map Entity: | the Falkland Islands |
| Map4: | Stanley (constituency).svg |
| Population: | 2,460 (2016)[1] |
| Towns: | Stanley |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Members: | Pete Biggs Gavin Short Mark Pollard Roger Spink Leona Roberts |
| Elects Howmany: | 2 (1949-1977) 1 (1977-1985) 4 (1985-1997) 5 (1997-present) |
| Party: | Nonpartisans |
Stanley is a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands which has been in existence since the first elections in the Falklands in 1949. The constituency of Stanley consists of the area that lies within of the spire of Christ Church Cathedral.[2] This covers the city of Stanley, which is the largest settlement in the Falklands representing almost 75% of the total population of the islands (excluding military personnel). Stanley is one of two constituencies in the Falklands, the other being Camp.
The first elections to the Legislative Council (the predecessor of the Legislative Assembly) took place in 1949 and elected two members from Stanley. The number of members was reduced to one at the 1977 election with the implementation of the Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977. In 1985 the Falkland Islands Constitution came into force which increased the number of members from Stanley to four, elected through block voting. This was increased to five in 1997 following a constitutional amendment, giving the members from Stanley a majority of the elected seats. In 2009 a new constitution came into force which replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly, with all members of the Legislative Council becoming members of the new Legislative Assembly.
In referendums in 2001, 2011 and 2020, a proposal was put to the people of the Falklands for the Stanley and Camp constituencies to be abolished and replaced with a single constituency for the entire territory. The proposal was rejected on all three occasions, but in the 2011 and 2020 referendums a majority of voters in Stanley supported the proposal.[3]
| Election | 1st Member | 2nd Member | 3rd Member | 4th Member | 5th Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Charles Luxton | Arthur Leslie Hardy | ||||
| 1952 | |||||
| Martin George Creece | |||||
| Richard Victor Goss | |||||
| John Richard Rowlands | |||||
| Frederick John Cheek | |||||
| Nanette King | |||||
| William Edward Bowles | Sydney Miller | ||||
| John Smith | |||||
| 1977 | |||||
| Terence John Peck | |||||
| Harold Bennett | |||||
| John Edward Cheek | Darwin Lewis Clifton | Charles Desmond Keenleyside Jnr. | |||
| Terry Betts | |||||
| Gerrard "Fred" Robson | Harold Rowlands | Terry Peck | |||
| John Cheek | Charles Keenleyside | Wendy Teggart | |||
| John Birmingham | |||||
| Mike Summers | |||||
| Lewis Clifton | |||||
| Stephen Luxton | |||||
| Richard Andrew Davies | Janet Robertson | ||||
| John Birmingham | |||||
| Richard Sawle | |||||
| June 2011 (by-election) | Mike Summers | ||||
| December 2011 (by-election) | Barry Elsby | ||||
| Michael Poole | |||||
| Leona Roberts | |||||
| Pete Biggs |