Lake Independence (Belize House constituency)

Lake Independence, often known simply as Lake I, is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2015 by Cordel Hyde. Hyde previously served as area representative from 1998 to 2012.

Lake Independence
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Belize
Electorate	4,863 (2020)
Major settlements	Belize City (part)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	People's United Party
Area Representative	Cordel Hyde

Profile

The Lake Independence constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. It occupies portions of western and southern Belize City, bordering the Belize Rural Central, Freetown, Pickstock, Collet and Port Loyola constituencies.^[1]

Area representatives

Election		Area representative[2]	Party
	1984	Hubert Elrington	UDP
	1989	Carlos Diaz	PUP
	1993	Hubert Elrington	UDP
	1998	Cordel Hyde	PUP
	2003	Cordel Hyde	PUP
	2008	Cordel Hyde	PUP
	2012	Mark King	UDP
	2015	Cordel Hyde	PUP
	2020	Cordel Hyde	PUP
	2025	Cordel Hyde	PUP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2025 general election[3] Electorate: 6,807 Turnout: 5,006 (73.54%) -7.85		PUP hold Majority: 4,695 (93.78%) +13.44		Cordel Hyde	PUP	4,806	96.00	+6.59
				Cecil Jenkins	UDP	92	1.84	−7.23
				Samuel Cutkelvin	UDP	19	0.38	−8.69
2020 general election[4] Electorate: 4,863 Turnout: 3,958 (81.39%) +12.39		PUP hold Majority: 3,180 (80.34%) +51.57		Cordel Hyde	PUP	3,539	89.41	+17.89
				Dianne "Miss D" Finnegan	UDP	359	9.07	−16.69
2015 general election[5] Electorate: 6,305 Turnout: 4,368 (69.0%) +6.0		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 1,999 (28.87%) +23.52		Cordel Hyde	PUP	3,124	71.52	+45.76
				Mark King	UDP	1,125	25.76	−22.24
				Richard "Lizard" McCaulay	BPP	63	1.44	-
2012 general election[6] Electorate: 5,145 Turnout: 3,217 (63.0%) −9.2		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 172 (5.35%) −4.83		Mark King	UDP	1,544	48.0	+4.5
				Martin Galvez	PUP	1,372	42.65	−11.03
				Carlos Diaz	Independent	223	6.93	-
2008 general election[7] Electorate: 5,155 Turnout: 3,722 (72.2%) +0.2		PUP hold Majority: 379 (10.18%) −17.88		Cordel Hyde	PUP	1,998	53.68	−7.63
				Vandley Rupert Jenkins	UDP	1,619	43.5	+10.25
				Gary Lambey	NRP	36	0.97	-
				Joseph "Seagull" Martinez	VIP	36	0.97	-
2003 general election[8] Electorate: 6,175 Turnout: 4,508 (72.0%) −15.35		PUP hold Majority: 1,265 (28.06%) −10.71		Cordel Hyde	PUP	2,764	61.31	−7.59
				Anthony Leslie	UDP	1,499	33.25	+3.12
				Patrick Rogers	Independent	96	2.12	-
				Hubert Elrington	Independent	88	1.95	-
1998 general election[9] Electorate: 4,024 Turnout: 3,515 (87.35%) +27.31		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 1,363 (38.77%) +33.97		Cordel Hyde	PUP	2,422	68.9	+21.3
				Hubert Elrington	UDP	1,059	30.13	−22.27
				Jose Sosa	PDP	12	0.34	-
				Jorge Ernesto Babb	NRTCP	7	0.2	-
1993 general election[10][11] Electorate: 4,139 Turnout: 2,485 (60.04%) −2.61		UDP gain from PUP Majority: 117 (4.8%) −0.6		Hubert Elrington	UDP	1,301	52.4	+6.2
				Carlos Diaz	PUP	1,184	47.6	−4.0
1989 general election[12][13] Electorate: 3,376 Turnout: 2,115 (62.65%) −7.15		PUP gain from UDP Majority: 113 (5.4%) −0.7		Carlos Diaz	PUP	1,091	51.6	+5.3
				Hubert Elrington	UDP	978	46.2	−6.2
1984 general election[14][15] Electorate: 2,460 Turnout: 1,717 (69.8%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 105 (6.1%) n/a		Hubert Elrington	UDP	723	52.4	-
				Carlos Diaz	PUP	618	46.3	-