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background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Parliament of Jamaica</div> <br /><div style="display:inline" class="nickname"><i>Paaliment</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/14th_Parliament_of_Jamaica" title="14th Parliament of Jamaica">14th Parliament of Jamaica</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg/160px-Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg/320px-Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">Bicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data">Senate<br />House of Representatives</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Jamaica" title="Monarchy of Jamaica">Monarch</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> <br />since 8 September 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Jamaica" title="Governor-General of Jamaica">Governor-General</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Allen_(governor-general)" title="Patrick Allen (governor-general)">Patrick L. Allen</a> <br />since 26 February 2009 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Jamaica" title="List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Juliet_Holness" title="Juliet Holness">Juliet Holness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Labour_Party" title="Jamaica Labour Party">JLP</a> <br />since 26 September 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Senate_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of the Senate of Jamaica">President of the Senate</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tavares-Finson" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Tavares-Finson">Thomas Tavares-Finson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Labour_Party" title="Jamaica Labour Party">JLP</a> <br />since 10 March 2016 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>84</b><br />21 Senators<br />63 Members of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JamaicaSenate_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/JamaicaSenate_2016.svg/200px-JamaicaSenate_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="168" class="mw-file-element" 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<a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Labour_Party" title="Jamaica Labour Party">Jamaica Labour Party</a> (13) </p> <dl><dt>Official Opposition</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FE8100; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Party" title="People's National Party">People's National Party</a> (8)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JamaicaHouseofRepresentatives_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/JamaicaHouseofRepresentatives_2016.svg/240px-JamaicaHouseofRepresentatives_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/JamaicaHouseofRepresentatives_2016.svg/360px-JamaicaHouseofRepresentatives_2016.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Party" title="People's National Party">People's National Party</a> (14)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Senate <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General">Governor-General of Jamaica</a> on advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Jamaica" title="Prime Minister of Jamaica">Prime Minister</a> and the Leader of the Opposition</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">House of Representatives <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post" class="mw-redirect" title="First-past-the-post">First-past-the-post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last House of Representatives election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2020_Jamaican_general_election" title="2020 Jamaican general election">3 September 2020</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next House of Representatives election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Jamaican_general_election" title="Next Jamaican general election">2025</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Parliament.jm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Executive</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Jamaica" title="Monarchy of Jamaica">Monarch</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Jamaica" title="Governor-General of Jamaica">Governor-General</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Jamaica" title="List of heads of state of Jamaica">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Allen_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Allen (politician)">Patrick Allen</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Jamaica" title="Prime Minister of Jamaica">Prime Minister</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Holness" title="Andrew Holness">Andrew Holness</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Jamaica" title="Cabinet of Jamaica">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_and_Agencies_of_the_Jamaican_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministries and Agencies of the Jamaican Government">Ministries and agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Legislative</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Parliament</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Jamaica">Senate</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Senate_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of the Senate of Jamaica">President</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Jamaica">House of Representatives</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica">Speaker</a></dd></dl></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Jamaica)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Jamaica)">Leader of the Opposition</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Peter_Phillips_(Jamaican_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Phillips (Jamaican politician)">Peter Phillips</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Jamaica" title="Elections in Jamaica">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/2007_Jamaican_general_election" title="2007 Jamaican general election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Jamaican_general_election" title="2011 Jamaican general election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jamaican_general_election" title="2016 Jamaican general election">2016</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Parliamentary_by-elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaican Parliamentary by-elections">by-elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Jamaica" title="List of political parties in Jamaica">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Jamaica" title="Judiciary of Jamaica">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Court_of_Justice" title="Caribbean Court of Justice">Caribbean Court of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(Jamaica)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal (Jamaica)">Court of Appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of Jamaica">Supreme Court</a></li> <li>Parish Court</li> <li>Petty Sessions</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Jamaica" title="Parishes of Jamaica">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Jamaica" title="Constituencies of Jamaica">Constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_divisions_of_Jamaica" title="Electoral divisions of Jamaica">Electoral divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Populated_places_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Populated places of Jamaica">Populated places</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Jamaica" title="Foreign relations of Jamaica">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Foreign_Trade_(Jamaica)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Jamaica)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade</a> <dl><dd>Minister: <a href="/wiki/Kamina_Johnson-Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamina Johnson-Smith">Kamina Johnson-Smith</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Jamaica" title="List of diplomatic missions of Jamaica">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Jamaica" title="List of diplomatic missions in Jamaica">in Jamaica</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_nationality_law" title="Jamaican nationality law">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_passport" title="Jamaican passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Jamaican_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Jamaican citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Jamaica" title="Visa policy of Jamaica">Visa policy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/32px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/48px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/64px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" 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class="longitude">76°47′26″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">17.9740°N 76.7906°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">17.9740; -76.7906</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p><p>The <b>Parliament of Jamaica</b> (<a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Patois_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaican Patois language">Jamaican Patois</a>: <i lang="jam">Paaliment a Jumieka</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative branch</a> of the government of <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>. It consists of three elements: The <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Jamaica" title="Monarchy of Jamaica">Crown</a> (represented by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Jamaica" title="Governor-General of Jamaica">Governor-General</a>), the appointed <b>Senate</b> and the directly elected <b>House of Representatives</b>. </p><p>The Senate, the <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper House</a>, is the direct successor of a pre-Independence body known as the "Legislative Council" and comprises 21 senators appointed by the Governor-General: thirteen on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Jamaica" title="Prime Minister of Jamaica">Prime Minister</a> and eight on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Opposition_(parliamentary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition (parliamentary)">Leader of the Opposition</a>. </p><p>The House of Representatives, the <a href="/wiki/Lower_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower House">Lower House</a>, is made up of 63 (previously 60) Members of Parliament, elected to five-year terms on a <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post" class="mw-redirect" title="First-past-the-post">first-past-the-post</a> basis in single-seat constituencies. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Jamaica is a parliamentary democracy modelled after the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a>, most of the government's ability to make and pass laws is dependent on the Prime Minister's ability to command the confidence of the members of the House of Representatives. Though both Houses of Parliament hold political significance, the House of Representatives, of which the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition are both required to be members, holds a more powerful and prestigious role since it is the main source of legislation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliament_building">Parliament building</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliament building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Parliament meets at <a href="/wiki/Gordon_House_(Jamaica)" title="Gordon House (Jamaica)">Gordon House</a> at 81 Duke Street, Kingston.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was built in 1960 and named in memory of Jamaican patriot <a href="/wiki/George_William_Gordon" title="George William Gordon">George William Gordon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction on a new parliament building directly north of Gordon House was expected to start in early 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the start of construction was delayed.<sup id="cite_ref-Henry_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Henry-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of May 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the project was still in the procurement phase.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_of_Representatives">House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Jamaica" title="Constituencies of Jamaica">Constituencies of Jamaica</a></div> <p>The House of Representatives is the <a href="/wiki/Lower_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower House">Lower House</a>. It is the group of elected members of parliament. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members">Members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/14th_Parliament_of_Jamaica" title="14th Parliament of Jamaica">14th Parliament of Jamaica</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senate">Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Senate is the <a href="/wiki/Upper_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper House">Upper House</a>. The current members are: </p><p><b>Jamaica Labour Party:</b> </p> <ul><li>The Hon. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Tavares-Finson" title="Tom Tavares-Finson">Thomas George Lewis Tavares-Finson</a>, JP, President</li> <li>The Hon. <a href="/wiki/Aubyn_Hill" title="Aubyn Hill">Aubyn Rochester Hill</a></li> <li>The Hon. <a href="/wiki/Kamina_Johnson_Smith" title="Kamina Johnson Smith">Kamina Elizabeth Johnson Smith</a>, Leader of Government Business</li> <li>The Hon. <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Samuda" title="Matthew Samuda">Matthew Peter Samuda</a></li> <li>Dr. The Hon. <a href="/wiki/Dana_Morris_Dixon" title="Dana Morris Dixon">Dana Morris Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abka_Fitz-Henley" title="Abka Fitz-Henley">Abka Fitz-Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ransford_Braham" title="Ransford Braham">Ransford Braham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavan_Gayle" title="Kavan Gayle">Kavan Anthony Gayle</a></li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Saphire_Longmore" title="Saphire Longmore">Sapphire Inderea Longmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherene_Golding_Campbell" title="Sherene Golding Campbell">Sherene Samantha Golding Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sinclair_Jr." title="Charles Sinclair Jr.">Charles Anthony Sinclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Wehby" title="Don Wehby">Donald George Wehby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delroy_Williams" title="Delroy Williams">Delroy Hugh Williams</a></li></ul> <p><b>People's National Party:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bunting" title="Peter Bunting">Peter Bancroft Bunting</a>, Leader of Opposition Business</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Scott-Mottley" title="Donna Scott-Mottley">Donna Scott Mottley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Morris" title="Floyd Morris">Floyd Emerson Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damion_Crawford" title="Damion Crawford">Damion O. Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriela_Morris" title="Gabriela Morris">Gabriela Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Fraser-Binns" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophia Fraser-Binns">Sophia Lilleth Fraser-Binns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambert_Brown" title="Lambert Brown">Lambert Alexander Brown</a>, CD</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Allen" title="Janice Allen">Janice Allen</a></li></ul> <p>In order to effect changes to the Constitution of Jamaica a two-thirds majority in both Houses is required. Therefore, changes to the Jamaican constitution will require consensus among Government and Opposition Senators. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Last_election">Last election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Last election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2020_Jamaican_general_election" title="2020 Jamaican general election">2020 Jamaican general election</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="7" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jamaica_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Jamaica_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg/360px-Jamaica_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Jamaica_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg/540px-Jamaica_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Jamaica_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg/720px-Jamaica_House_of_Representatives_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00A94C"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Labour_Party" title="Jamaica Labour Party">Jamaica Labour Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">408,376</td><td style="text-align:right">57.07</td><td style="text-align:right">+6.99</td><td style="text-align:right">49</td><td style="text-align:right">+17</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#fb740a"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Party" title="People's National Party">People's National Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">305,950</td><td style="text-align:right">42.76</td><td style="text-align:right">–6.95</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">–17</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">1,185</td><td style="text-align:right">0.17</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">715,511</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">63</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>715,511</td><td>98.78</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>8,806</td><td>1.22</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>724,317</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>1,913,410</td><td>37.85</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ecj.com.jm/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/General-Election-2020-Summary-Report.pdf">Electoral Commission of Jamaica</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parliament_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Jamaican_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Jamaican Council">List of presidents of the Jamaican Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Legislative_Council_of_Jamaica" title="List of presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica">List of presidents of the Legislative Council of Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Senate_of_Jamaica" title="List of presidents of the Senate of Jamaica">List of presidents of the Senate of Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Jamaica" title="List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica">List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Jamaica" title="Women in the House of Representatives of Jamaica">Women in the House of Representatives of Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Parliamentary_by-elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaican Parliamentary by-elections">Jamaican Parliamentary by-elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Jamaica" title="Politics of Jamaica">Politics of Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_country" title="List of legislatures by 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Jamaica" title="Attorney General of Jamaica">Attorney general</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Jamaica" title="Cabinet of Jamaica">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of Jamaica">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Jamaica" title="Constitution of Jamaica">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Jamaica" title="Elections in Jamaica">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Jamaica" title="Foreign relations of Jamaica">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Jamaica" title="Judiciary of Jamaica">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Constabulary_Force" title="Jamaica Constabulary Force">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Jamaica">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Defence_Force" title="Jamaica Defence Force">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Jamaica" title="Monarchy of Jamaica">Monarchy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Jamaica" title="Governor-General of Jamaica">Governor-General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Jamaica" title="Royal tours of Jamaica">Royal tours</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Jamaica" title="List of political parties in Jamaica">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Jamaica" title="Prime Minister of Jamaica">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of Jamaica">Privy Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Jamaica" title="Economy of Jamaica">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Jamaica" title="Bank of Jamaica">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_dollar" title="Jamaican dollar">Dollar <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Free_Zones" title="Jamaican Free Zones">Free trade zones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Stock_Exchange" title="Jamaica Stock Exchange">Stock exchange</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Jamaica,_Land_We_Love" title="Jamaica, Land We Love">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jamaican_films" title="List of Jamaican films">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Jamaica" title="Coat of arms of Jamaica">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine" title="Jamaican cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Jamaica" title="Flag of Jamaica">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Heritage_Sites_in_Jamaica" title="List of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica">Heritage sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_literature" title="Jamaican literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Jamaica" title="Music of Jamaica">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Jamaica" title="List of newspapers in Jamaica">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Jamaica" title="Public holidays in Jamaica">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Jamaica" title="Sport in Jamaica">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of television stations in the Caribbean">Television stations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Jamaica" title="Outline of Jamaica">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Jamaica-related_articles" title="Index of Jamaica-related articles">Index</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Jamaica" title="Category:Jamaica">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Jamaica" title="Portal:Jamaica">Portal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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