Nevis_Island_Assembly

Nevis Island Assembly
Nevis Island Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1983
Leadership
President of the Assembly	Farrel Smithen ; since 2013
Premier of Nevis	Mark Brantley, CCM ; since 2017
Structure
Seats	8
Political groups	Government Concerned Citizens' Movement (3); Opposition Nevis Reformation Party (2); Appointed Appointed (3);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	12 December 2022
Meeting place
	Museum of Nevis History; Charlestown, Nevis
Website
	https://nia.gov.kn/tag/nevis-island-assembly/

Nevis Island Assembly

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The Nevis Island Assembly is the devolved local legislative body for the island of Nevis within the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis.

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The Assembly has a total of eight members. Five are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system. Three are appointed. Members serve five-year terms.

The Nevis Island Assembly meets in Charlestown on the second floor of Museum of Nevis History building.

Mark Brantley has been Premier of Nevis since the 2017 election after leading the Concerned Citizens' Movement to victory.^[1]

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Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Spencer Byron	1983	1996	^[2]
Marjorie Morton	1996	2011	^[3]
Christine Springette	2011	2013	^[4]
Farrel Smithen	2013	Incumbent	^[5]

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Concerned Citizens' Movement	3,930	52.4%	3
Nevis Reformation Party	3,543	47.2%	2
Moral Restoration Movement	28	0.4%	0
Appointed members			3
Total	7,501		8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CCM	Spencer Brand	631	51.1%
	NRP	Jaedee Caines	604	48.9%
Total votes			1,235

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CCM	Mark Brantley	1,313	52.6%
	NRP	Patricia Bartlette	1,166	46.7%
	Moral Restoration Movement	Samuel Caines	17	0.7%
Total votes			2,496

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CCM	Eric Evelyn	736	70.3%
	NRP	Rohan Isles	311	29.7%
Total votes			1,047

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Nevis Island Assembly

Presidents of the Assembly

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Results by parish constituency

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NRP	Janice Daniel-Hodge	750	49.9%
	CCM	Alexis Jeffers	742	49.4%
	Moral Restoration Movement	Patricia Mills-Jeffers	11	0.7%
Total votes			1,503

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NRP	Cleone Stapleton Simmonds	712	58.4%
	CCM	Latoya Jones	508	41.6%
Total votes			1,220