Saint Lucy (BB Parliament constituency)

Saint Lucy is a constituency in the Saint Lucy parish of Barbados. It was established in 1645 as one of the original 11 constituencies.^[1] Since 2018, it has been represented in the House of Assembly of the Barbadian Parliament by Peter Phillips. Philips is a member of the BLP.^{[n 1]}

Since the introduction of the single-member system in 1971, Saint Lucy has largely leaned towards the DLP until 2018.

Boundaries

The constituency runs:

From a point on the eastern sea coast north of Pico Teneriffe and east of the point at which the public road leading to Boscobel begins to turn in a south easterly direction in a straight line to this point; thence in a westerly direction along this public road from Boscobel to its junction with the Cave Hill Drive–Lamberts Road; thence continuing in a westerly direction along the Cave Hill Drive–Lamberts Road to its junction with Lamberts–Alexandra–Luke Hill Road; thence in a northerly, then westerly and south westerly direction along the middle of the Lamberts–Alexandra–Luke Hill Road to its junction with Highway A (the Rose Hill–St. Lucy’s Church Road) and the private road leading to Alleynedale Hall; thence in a westerly direction and diverting along the branch of this private road so as to leave the plantation buildings in St. Peter and then in a northerly direction to its junction with Highway 1C (the Colleton–St.Lucy’s Church Road); thence in a south westerly direction along the middle of Highway 1C to its junction with the public road leading from Shermans to Half Moon Fort; thence in a straight line to a point on the coast west of the junction of Highway 1C and the public road leading from Shermans to Half Moon Fort; thence in a northerly, north easterly and south easterly direction along the sea coast to a point on the coast north of Pico Teneriffe and east of the point at which the public road leading to Boscobel begins to turn in a south easterly direction (the starting point).^[2]

History

Members of Parliament

The following list contains the Members of Parliament for the Saint Lucy since the introduction of the single-member system in 1971.

Election		Member	Party
	1971	Edward Evelyn Greaves	DLP[3]
	1976	Edward Evelyn Greaves	DLP[4]
	1981	Roy Brathwaite	BLP[5]
	1986	Edward Evelyn Greaves	DLP[6]
	1991	Edward Evelyn Greaves	DLP[7]
	1994	Denis Kellman	DLP[8]
	1999	Denis Kellman	DLP[9]
	2003	Denis Kellman	DLP[10]
	2008	Denis Kellman	DLP[11]
	2013	Denis Kellman	DLP[12]
	2018	Peter Phillips	BLP[13]
	2022	Peter Phillips	BLP[14]

Notes

1. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.