General elections were held in Saint Helena on 13 October 2021 to elect the 12 members of the Legislative Council . They were the first elections after a March 2021 referendum on changing the governance system of Saint Helena from a committee system to a ministerial system . Following the election, the island's first Chief Minister , Julie Thomas , was elected by members of the Legislative Council on its first session on 25 October.[ 1] [ 2]
Electoral system
The 12 seats in the Legislative Council were elected by plurality-at-large voting, with voters allowed to cast up to 12 votes.[ 3]
Results
Candidate Votes % Notes Julie Thomas 888 68.52 Elected Andrew James Turner 834 64.35 Elected Corinda Sebastiana Stuart Essex 827 63.81 Re-elected Martin Dave Henry 750 57.87 Elected Jeffrey Robert Ellick 688 53.09 Re-elected[ a] Ronald Arthur Coleman 678 52.31 Elected Karl Gavin Thrower 611 47.15 Elected Gillian Ann Brooks 561 43.29 Elected Mark Alan Brooks 533 41.13 Elected Christine Scipio-O'Dean 532 41.05 Re-elected Robert Charles Midwinter 485 37.42 Elected Rosemary June Bargo 456 35.19 Elected Russell Keith Yon 450 34.72 Unseated Peter Anthony Young 410 31.64 Derek Franklin Thomas 394 30.40 Unseated Paul Laban 376 29.01 Clint Richard Beard 369 28.47 Unseated Melissa Kim Fowler 368 28.40 Keith Gordon Brinsden 315 24.31 Helene Virginia Williams 308 23.77 Cruyff Gerard Buckley 299 23.07 Unseated Gavin George Ellick 279 21.53 Unseated Leslie Paul Baldwin 260 20.06 Julie Christine Fowler 194 14.97 Damien Shaun Thomas 187 14.43 Lionel George Williams 67 5.17 Elizabeth Knipe 65 5.02 Donald Eric Thomas 65 5.02 Patrick Arthur Williams 40 3.09 Total 12,289 100.00 Valid votes 1,296 99.62 Invalid/blank votes 5 0.38 Total votes 1,301 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,162 60.18 Source: St Helena Government , St Helena Government
^ Ellick was elected in a November 2019 by-election.[ 4]
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