Nevis Reformation Party

The Nevis Reformation Party is a Nevis-based political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The party currently holds none of the eleven seats in the National Assembly. It is the official opposition party on Nevis, holding two of five seats in the Nevis Island Assembly after losing to the CCM in the 2022 election. Since 2020, the NRP has been led by businesswoman and environmental consultant Janice Daniel-Hodge, the first woman to lead a political party in the country and daughter of former Premier of Nevis Simeon Daniel.[3][4]

Nevis Reformation Party
LeaderJanice Daniel-Hodge
Founded1 August 1970
HeadquartersNRP Party Headquarters,Nelson Spring, St. Thomas’ Parish, Nevis
IdeologyNevisian interests
Regionalism[1]
Federalism[2]
Autonomism
SloganPeace, Progress, Prosperity
National Assembly (Nevisian Seats)
0 / 3
Nevis Island Assembly
2 / 5
Website
nrp2020.com

History

The party was established on 1 August 1970.[5] They first contested national elections in 1971 when they received 7.7% of the national votes and won a single seat.[6] In the 1975 elections the party's vote share rose to 16.2%, but they lost their single seat. After winning 16.0% of the vote in the 1980 elections they won two seats and became part of the People's Action Movement-led coalition government.[7] In 1984 their vote share fell to 10.1% but they increased their representation to three seats. They were reduced to two seats in 1989. The first leader of the party, Simeon Daniel, retired in 1992.[8] The party won only one seat in 1993. The party has since retained their single seat in elections in 1995, 2000, 2004 and 2010. In 2010 NRP representative Patrice Nisbett joined the federal cabinet as Attorney General of Saint Kitts and Nevis.[9]

In 2006 the party won the Nevis Island Assembly elections, taking three of the five seats and ending the 14-year rule of the Concerned Citizens' Movement. In the 2011 elections, they remained in power after winning three seats again.

The party have lost the last two elections, with the NRP currently in opposition on the Nevis Island Assembly after winning only one of the five available seats in the December 2017 Nevis Island Assembly election.

Leadership

Until 2020, the party has had four leaders:[10] Simeon Daniel (1970-1992), Joseph Parry (1992-2018), Robelto Hector (2018-2020)[11] and Janice Daniel-Hodge (since 2020).[12]

Election results

National Assembly
Election year Party leader # of
votes		  % of
vote		 # of
Nevisian seats won		 +/– Govt?
1971 Simeon Daniel 1,127 7.7 (#3)
1 / 3
 Increase1 Opposition
1975 1,987 16.2 (#3)
0 / 3
 Decrease1 Extra-parliamentary
1980 2,356 16.0 (#3)
2 / 3
 Increase2 Coalition[13]
1984 1,830 10.1 (#3)
3 / 3
 Increase1 Coalition[14]
1989 1,948 10.9 (#3)
2 / 3
 Decrease1 Coalition[15]
1993 Joseph Parry 1,641 8.5 (#4)
1 / 3
 Decrease1 Coalition[16]
1995 1,521 7.0 (#4)
1 / 3
 Steady Opposition
2000 1,710 7.8 (#4)
1 / 3
 Steady Opposition
2004 1,688 7.5 (#4)
1 / 3
 Steady Opposition
2010 2,539 9.8 (#4)
1 / 3
 Steady Coalition[17]
2015 3,276 10.8 (#4)
1 / 3
 Steady Opposition
2020 Robelto Hector 2,232 8.0 (#5)
0 / 3
 Decrease1 Extra-parliamentary
2022 Janice Daniel-Hodge 2,616 8.91 (#5)
0 / 3
 Steady Extra-parliamentary

References
  1. Gunson, Phil; Chamberlain, Greg; Thompson, Andrew (22 December 2015). The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-27054-6. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "Adam Carr's Electoral Archive". psephos.adam-carr.net. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. "CANDIDATES". Nrpproject. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. @aamuedu (14 September 2020). "Register" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 August 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. About the NRP Nevis Reform Party
  6. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp576-578 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  7. Joseph, Tennyson S. D. (16 August 2011). Decolonization in St. Lucia: Politics and Global Neoliberalism, 1945-2010. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-118-2. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. "Nevis' First Premier - Dr. Simeon Daniel Passes Away". Nevis Island News and Notes. 27 May 2012.
  9. "Hector & Nisbett - P. D. Nisbett". hectornisbettlaw.com.
  10. "Nevis Reformation Party turns 50".
  11. "Dr. Janice Daniel-Hodge New Leader of NRP. First Woman To Lead A Political Party in St. Kitts and Nevis". NevisPages.com.
  12. "CANDIDATES". Nrpproject.
  13. "St Kitts Nevis elections" (PDF).
  14. "St Kitts Nevis elections" (PDF).
  15. "SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS: parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1989". archive.ipu.org.
  16. "STALEMATE AND CRISIS: THE 1993 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS" (PDF).
  17. "Asim Martin Appointed Deputy PM :: The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer". 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.
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