Constituencies › St. Kitts
St. Christopher #2
5,935 registered voters on the January 2026 register · 4,045 in 1984
Boundaries unchanged since 1983: every result on this page covers the same area, so years compare directly.
In the Constitution: this seat's legal boundary (Schedule 7) · how boundaries are reviewed (section 50) · the rules (Schedule 2) · who can vote (section 29)
This seat in brief
Held by Marsha Henderson (SKNLP), who won in 2022 by 1,104 votes. The seat changed party 3 times in 10 elections on record. Its winner came from the party or alliance that formed the government in 9 of 10 elections. Closest result: 32 votes in 1993. 2 results were decided by fewer than 100 votes.
Calculated from the results below.
Who won, 1984 – 2022
Winning margin (votes)
| Year | Registered | Turnout |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,735 | 57.8% |
| 2020 | 5,418 | 57.1% |
| 2015 | 4,740 | 72.4% |
| 2010 | 4,063 | 83.8% |
| 2004 | 6,077 | 54.1% |
| 2000 | 5,648 | 62.3% |
| 1995 | 5,291 | 69.9% |
| 1993 | 4,635 | 62.2% |
| 1989 | 4,237 | 62.2% |
| 1984 | 4,045 | 78.7% |
Registered voters, 1984 to January 2026
The voter list grew from 4,045 to 5,935 (+47%). The last bar is the January 2026 register; the others are the lists used at each election.
Polling divisions
From the Register of Voters, January 2026, with how each division voted in 2022. A polling station's number is its division's number: stations 3A and 3B served division 3.
Division 1 (1-SC2) · 662 voters
2022: SKNLP 63.2% · SKNLP 228 · PLP 72 · PAM 61 · ULP 0 · turnout 55%
Places: College St., Market Street, Nevis Street, Shear Lane, Cayon St., Central Street, Seaton Street, Victoria Road and 8 more(show fewer)
College St., Market Street, Nevis Street, Shear Lane, Cayon St., Central Street, Seaton Street, Victoria Road, Delisle Garden, Upper Shear Lane, Bay Road, Church St., Liverpool Row, New Street, Fort St., Princess St.
2022 polling stations: 1 Wesley Methodist Church Hall, Seaton Street
Legal boundary
all that central portion of the Parish of St. George, Basseterre, including the town of Basseterre, which is bounded on the North by the Parish Boundary, on the East by a line running from the sea northwards through the middle of Fort Street, Victoria Road and its continuation to the Parish Boundary, on the South by the sea and on the West by a line running through the middle of the Market Street and its continuation to the Parish Boundary.
Division 2 (2-SC2) · 826 voters
2022: SKNLP 60.6% · SKNLP 264 · PLP 100 · PAM 72 · ULP 0 · turnout 53.4%
Places: Prickley Pear Alley, Westbourne Ghaut, Durant Avenue, Fort Thomas Rd, Sprott Street, Malone Avenue, Market Street, Salt Pond Alley and 3 more(show fewer)
Prickley Pear Alley, Westbourne Ghaut, Durant Avenue, Fort Thomas Rd, Sprott Street, Malone Avenue, Market Street, Salt Pond Alley, Bay Road, Central Street, Cayon St.
2022 polling stations: 2A SKELEC, Central Street (A - I); 2B SKELEC, Central Street (J - Z)
Legal boundary
all that central portion of the Parish of Saint George, Basseterre, including the town of Basseterre, which is bounded on the North by a line running through the middle of Cayon Street, on the East by a line running through the middle of Market Street to the sea, on the South by the sea and on the West by a line running through the middle of Malone Avenue and eastward by a line running through the middle of Central Street and northwards northwards through the middle of Westbourne Street.
Division 3 (3-SC2) · 2,434 voters
2022: SKNLP 56% · SKNLP 737 · PAM 337 · PLP 242 · ULP 1 · turnout 58.2%
Places: New Rd Housing, Upper Market St., New Rd Housing Dev., Dorset, Shadwell Housing, Pine Garden Housing Development, College Housing Site, Wades Garden and 9 more(show fewer)
New Rd Housing, Upper Market St., New Rd Housing Dev., Dorset, Shadwell Housing, Pine Garden Housing Development, College Housing Site, Wades Garden, Soho, Shadwell Gardens, Freeman's Village, Shadwell Site, Shadwell East Housing Development, Cayon St., Rectory Road, Shadwell Heights, Dr Lake Drive
2022 polling stations: 3A Job Ward Center, Dr. Lake Drive, Shadwell (A - D); 3B Job Ward Center, Dr. Lake Drive, Shadwell (E - I); 3C Job Ward Center, Dr. Lake Drive, Shadwell (H - K); 3D Job Ward Center, Dr. Lake Drive, Shadwell (L- Z)
Legal boundary
all that central portion of the Parish of St. George, Basseterre, including the town of Basseterre, which is bounded on the North by the Parish Boundary, on the East by a line running through the middle of Market Street and its continuation to the Parish Boundary, on the South by a line running through the middle of Cayon Street and on the West by a line running through the middle of Westbourne Ghaut and its continuation to the Parish Boundary.
Division 4 (4-SC2) · 950 voters
2022: SKNLP 53.7% · SKNLP 280 · PLP 153 · PAM 84 · ULP 4 · turnout 56.2%
Places: Fiennes Ave, Thibou Avenue, Malone Avenue, Fort Thomas Rd, Westbourne St., Shaw Avenue, Central Street, Upper Thibou Ave and 4 more(show fewer)
Fiennes Ave, Thibou Avenue, Malone Avenue, Fort Thomas Rd, Westbourne St., Shaw Avenue, Central Street, Upper Thibou Ave, Marshall Alley, Bay Road, Cunningham St., Cayon St.
2022 polling stations: 4A St Barnabas Anglican Church, Malone Ave (A - J); 4B St Barnabas Anglican Church, Malone Ave (K - Z)
Legal boundary
all that central portion of the Parish of St. George, Basseterre, including the town of Basseterre, which is bounded on the North by a line running through the middle of Cayon Street, on the East by a line running through the middle of Westbourne Street and Westwards by a line running through the middle of Central Street and Southwards by a line running through the middle of Malone Avenue to the sea, on the South by the sea and on the West by a line running through the middle of Shaw Avenue and Eastwards by a line running through the middle of Cunningham Street and Southwards by a line running through the middle of Thibou Avenue to the sea.
Division 5 (5-SC2) · 634 voters
2022: SKNLP 44.3% · SKNLP 197 · PAM 145 · PLP 103 · ULP 0 · turnout 72.9%
Places: Shaw Avenue, Gardens Housing, Fort Thomas Rd, Cunningham St., Central Street, Bay Road, Thibou Avenue, Burdon Street and 9 more(show fewer)
Shaw Avenue, Gardens Housing, Fort Thomas Rd, Cunningham St., Central Street, Bay Road, Thibou Avenue, Burdon Street, Connell St., Thompson St., Lockhart Street, Boon Ave, Wigley Avenue, Cayon Street, Horsford Rd, The Gardens, Adams Hill
2022 polling stations: 5 CFBC, Burdon Street
Legal boundary
all that central portion of the Parish of Saint George, Basseterre, including the town of Basseterre, which is bounded on the North by a line running through the middle of Cayon Street on the East by a line running through the middle of Shaw Avenue and eastwards by a line running through the middle of Cunningham Street and Southwards by a line running through the middle of Thibou Avenue to the sea, on the South by the sea and on the West by a line running through the middle of Wigley Avenue.
Division 6 (6-SC2) · 429 voters
2022: SKNLP 64.3% · SKNLP 135 · PAM 38 · PLP 37 · ULP 0 · turnout 50.6%
Places: Greenlands, Fern Street, Croton Place, Orchid St., Fry's Village, Hibiscus Place, Camps Springfield, Rose Lane and 4 more(show fewer)
Greenlands, Fern Street, Croton Place, Orchid St., Fry's Village, Hibiscus Place, Camps Springfield, Rose Lane, Springfield, Euphorbia Lane, Flamboyant Drive, Park Lane
2022 polling stations: 6 Former CPU Building (National Youth Skills Training Center)
Legal boundary
all that central portion of the Parish of St. George, Basseterre, including the town of Basseterre, which is bounded on the North and East by the Parish Boundary and by a line running through the middle of Westbourne Ghaut and its continuation to the Parish Boundary, on the South by a line running through the middle of Cayon Street and on the West by the Western boundary of the Electoral District (that is, the continuation of Wigley Avenue due north to the Parish Boundary).
Who led each division, 1984 – 2022
The party with the most votes at each division's polling stations, and its share. The seat's boundaries are the same every year; the numbering of divisions inside it has occasionally changed, so read a single division's history with care.
| Division | 1984 | 1989 | 1993 | 1995 | 2000 | 2004 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAM56% | PAM57% | SKNLP56% | SKNLP58% | SKNLP63% | SKNLP59% | SKNLP59% | SKNLP54% | SKNLP50% | SKNLP63% |
| 2 | PAM62% | PAM64% | PAM51% | SKNLP54% | SKNLP58% | SKNLP57% | SKNLP54% | SKNLP55% | PAM54% | SKNLP61% |
| 3 | PAM64% | PAM64% | PAM58% | PAM54% | PAM51% | SKNLP49% | SKNLP53% | PAM53% | PAM55% | SKNLP56% |
| 4 | PAM56% | PAM56% | SKNLP54% | SKNLP59% | SKNLP63% | SKNLP65% | SKNLP62% | SKNLP55% | PAM54% | SKNLP54% |
| 5 | PAM59% | PAM65% | SKNLP51% | SKNLP51% | SKNLP58% | SKNLP55% | SKNLP56% | PAM51% | PAM60% | SKNLP44% |
| 6 | PAM54% | PAM58% | PAM54% | SKNLP51% | SKNLP55% | SKNLP59% | SKNLP59% | SKNLP56% | SKNLP58% | SKNLP64% |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SKNLP79% | — | — |
* Some stations in that division reported no votes.
Every village and street in St. Christopher #2
69 places on the January 2026 register, with the number of voters at each address and their polling division.
- Adams Hill3 · div. 5
- Bay Road134 · div. 1, div. 2, div. 4, div. 5
- Boon Ave18 · div. 5
- Burdon Street39 · div. 5
- Camps Springfield15 · div. 6
- Cayon St.63 · div. 1, div. 2, div. 3, div. 4
- Cayon Street4 · div. 5
- Central Street175 · div. 1, div. 2, div. 4, div. 5
- Church St.5 · div. 1
- College Housing Site154 · div. 3
- College St.290 · div. 1
- Connell St.35 · div. 5
- Croton Place49 · div. 6
- Cunningham St.79 · div. 4, div. 5
- Delisle Garden12 · div. 1
- Dorset216 · div. 3
- Dr Lake Drive2 · div. 3
- Durant Avenue104 · div. 2
- Euphorbia Lane8 · div. 6
- Fern Street54 · div. 6
- Fiennes Ave254 · div. 4
- Flamboyant Drive6 · div. 6
- Fort St.2 · div. 1
- Fort Thomas Rd253 · div. 2, div. 4, div. 5
- Freeman's Village62 · div. 3
- Fry's Village29 · div. 6
- Gardens Housing76 · div. 5
- Greenlands180 · div. 6
- Hibiscus Place29 · div. 6
- Horsford Rd4 · div. 5
- Liverpool Row4 · div. 1
- Lockhart Street20 · div. 5
- Malone Avenue177 · div. 2, div. 4
- Market Street186 · div. 1, div. 2
- Marshall Alley40 · div. 4
- Nevis Street84 · div. 1
- New Rd Housing542 · div. 3
- New Rd Housing Dev.287 · div. 3
- New Street4 · div. 1
- Orchid St.31 · div. 6
- Park Lane6 · div. 6
- Pine Garden Housing Development203 · div. 3
- Prickley Pear Alley155 · div. 2
- Princess St.1 · div. 1
- Rectory Road17 · div. 3
- Rose Lane11 · div. 6
- Salt Pond Alley47 · div. 2
- Seaton Street16 · div. 1
- Shadwell East Housing Development31 · div. 3
- Shadwell Gardens79 · div. 3
- Shadwell Heights11 · div. 3
- Shadwell Housing213 · div. 3
- Shadwell Site45 · div. 3
- Shaw Avenue181 · div. 4, div. 5
- Shear Lane57 · div. 1
- Soho97 · div. 3
- Springfield11 · div. 6
- Sprott Street83 · div. 2
- The Gardens4 · div. 5
- Thibou Avenue157 · div. 4, div. 5
- Thompson St.31 · div. 5
- Upper Market St.315 · div. 3
- Upper Shear Lane12 · div. 1
- Upper Thibou Ave53 · div. 4
- Victoria Road14 · div. 1
- Wades Garden140 · div. 3
- Westbourne Ghaut115 · div. 2
- Westbourne St.89 · div. 4
- Wigley Avenue12 · div. 5
Every result
2022: Marsha Henderson SKNLP
Turnout 57.8% · 3,316 votes cast · 31 rejected · polling stations
2020: Jonel Powell PAM
Turnout 57.1% · 3,092 votes cast · 13 rejected · 3 spoilt · Checked against the official record · polling stations
2015: Marcella Liburd SKNLP
Turnout 72.4% · 3,433 votes cast · 15 rejected · polling stations
2010: Marcella Liburd SKNLP
Turnout 83.8% · 3,405 votes cast · 12 rejected · polling stations
2004: Dwyer Astaphan SKNLP
Turnout 54.1% · 3,290 votes cast · 22 rejected · polling stations
2000: Dwyer Astaphan SKNLP
Turnout 62.3% · 3,518 votes cast · 22 rejected · polling stations
1995: Dwyer Astaphan SKNLP
Turnout 69.9% · 3,699 votes cast · 11 rejected · polling stations
1993: Dr. Kennedy Simmonds PAM
Turnout 62.2% · 2,885 votes cast · 10 rejected · polling stations
1989: Dr. Kennedy Simmonds PAM
Turnout 62.2% · 2,635 votes cast · 26 rejected · polling stations
1984: Dr. Kennedy Simmonds PAM
Turnout 78.7% · 3,184 votes cast · 7 rejected · polling stations