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.

2015 Anguillian general election

← 2010 22 April 2015 2020 →
7 of the 11 seats in the House of Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Victor Banks Palmavon Webster Party AUF Independent Last election 2 seats 0 seats Seats won 6 1 Seat change 4 1
Chief Minister before election Hubert Hughes Anguilla United Movement Elected Chief Minister Victor Banks Anguilla United Front

Electoral system

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]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Anguilla United Front	4,324	54.44	6	+4
	Anguilla United Movement	3,039	38.26	0	–4
	Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	110	1.38	0	New
	Anguilla National Alliance	10	0.13	0	–
	Independents	460	5.79	1	+1
Appointed members				4	0
Total		7,943	100.00	11	0
Valid votes		7,943	99.42
Invalid/blank votes		46	0.58
Total votes		7,989	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,908	73.24
Source: Anguilla Elections, Election Passport

By constituency

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	%
1 - Island Harbour	Palmavon Webster		Independent	460	35.22
	Othlyn Vanterpool		Anguilla United Front	434	33.23
	Ellis Webster		Anguilla United Movement	412	31.55
2 - Sandy Hill	Cora Richardson-Hodge		Anguilla United Front	461	60.98
	Jerome Roberts		Anguilla United Movement	295	39.02
3 - Valley North	Evans Rogers		Anguilla United Front	948	67.62
	Elkin Richardson		Anguilla United Movement	396	28.25
	Sutcliffe Hodge		Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	58	4.14
4 - Valley South	Victor Banks		Anguilla United Front	1,057	60.75
	Evan Gumbs		Anguilla United Movement	655	37.64
	Leonard Kentish		Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	28	1.61
5 - Road North	Evalie Bradley		Anguilla United Front	394	50.06
	Patrick Hanley		Anguilla United Movement	393	49.94
6 - Road South	Curtis Richardson		Anguilla United Front	641	51.28
	Haydn Hughes		Anguilla United Movement	575	46.00
	Clifton Niles		Democracy, Opportunity, Vision & Empowerment Party	24	1.92
	Statchel Warner		Anguilla National Alliance	10	0.80
7 - West End	Cardigan Connor		Anguilla United Front	389	55.41
	Kristy Richardson		Anguilla United Movement	313	44.59

Aftermath

Following the elections, Victor Banks of the Anguilla United Front was sworn in as the island's new Chief Minister.^[3]