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Lake Independence (Belize House constituency)

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Lake Independence
Constituency
for the Belize House of Representatives
DistrictBelize
Electorate4,863 (2020)
Major settlementsBelize City (part)
Current constituency
Created1984
Party  People's United Party
Area RepresentativeCordel Hyde

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.

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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

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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

Elections

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Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2020 general election[3]
Electorate: 4,863
Turnout: 3,958 (81.39%) +12.39
PUP hold
Majority: 3,180 (80.34%) +51.57
Cordel HydePUP3,53989.41+17.89
Dianne "Miss D" Finnegan UDP3599.07−16.69
2015 general election[4]
Electorate: 6,305
Turnout: 4,368 (69.0%) +6.0
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 1,999 (28.87%) +23.52
Cordel HydePUP3,12471.52+45.76
Mark King UDP1,12525.76−22.24
Richard "Lizard" McCaulay BPP631.44-
2012 general election[5]
Electorate: 5,145
Turnout: 3,217 (63.0%) −9.2
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 172 (5.35%) −4.83
Mark KingUDP1,54448.0+4.5
Martin Galvez PUP1,37242.65−11.03
Carlos Diaz Independent2236.93-
2008 general election[6]
Electorate: 5,155
Turnout: 3,722 (72.2%) +0.2
PUP hold
Majority: 379 (10.18%) −17.88
Cordel HydePUP1,99853.68−7.63
Vandley Rupert Jenkins UDP1,61943.5+10.25
Gary Lambey NRP360.97-
Joseph "Seagull" Martinez VIP360.97-
2003 general election[7]
Electorate: 6,175
Turnout: 4,508 (72.0%) −15.35
PUP hold
Majority: 1,265 (28.06%) −10.71
Cordel HydePUP2,76461.31−7.59
Anthony Leslie UDP1,49933.25+3.12
Patrick Rogers Independent962.12-
Hubert Elrington Independent881.95-
1998 general election[8]
Electorate: 4,024
Turnout: 3,515 (87.35%) +27.31
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 1,363 (38.77%) +33.97
Cordel HydePUP2,42268.9+21.3
Hubert Elrington UDP1,05930.13−22.27
Jose Sosa PDP120.34-
Jorge Ernesto Babb NRTCP70.2-
1993 general election[9][10]
Electorate: 4,139
Turnout: 2,485 (60.04%) −2.61
UDP gain from PUP
Majority: 117 (4.8%) −0.6
Hubert ElringtonUDP1,30152.4+6.2
Carlos Diaz PUP1,18447.6−4.0
1989 general election[11][12]
Electorate: 3,376
Turnout: 2,115 (62.65%) −7.15
PUP gain from UDP
Majority: 113 (5.4%) −0.7
Carlos DiazPUP1,09151.6+5.3
Hubert Elrington UDP97846.2−6.2
1984 general election[13][14]
Electorate: 2,460
Turnout: 1,717 (69.8%) n/a
UDP win
Majority: 105 (6.1%) n/a
Hubert ElringtonUDP72352.4-
Carlos Diaz PUP61846.3-

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