Gibraltar Parliament

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Coord Template:Infobox legislature Template:Politics of Gibraltar The Gibraltar Parliament is the legislature of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Between 1969 and 2006, it was called the Gibraltar House of Assembly.

Functions

The House of Assembly, set up under the 1969 constitution, was a unicameral body originally consisting of 15 members elected by the Gibraltar electorate, plus two appointed members including the Attorney-General. The term "House of Assembly" has been commonly used for the legislatures of British territories that are less than fully sovereign. It was replaced by the current Gibraltar Parliament by the new 2006 constitution, reflecting an increase in its sovereignty. All 17 of the new Parliament's members are elected.

Under the election system, each voter was allowed to vote for up toTemplate:Clarify ten members of the Assembly (limited voting). Due to the small area of Gibraltar and its territorial continuity, precincts served only as polling places, not political units, and there are no electoral districts served by the members, who were instead elected "at large" to serve the territory as a whole.

The system lends itself to block votingTemplate:Sndeach of the parties or electoral coalitions tended to nominate a slate of ten candidates and encourage its supporters to vote for all of them. In most cases, the winning party or coalition would have all ten of its nominees elected, with the other seven elected members coming from the second-place party.

Parliament building

Chamber of the Parliament

The Parliament sits in a building overlooking Main Street and John Mackintosh Square. It was constructed in 1817 and previously served as the Exchange and Commercial Library. In 1951, the building was refurbished to host the Legislative Council.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Under the 1969 Constitution, the House of Assembly was established, superseding the Legislative Council. The first session of the House of Assembly was opened on 28 August 1969 by the then Governor, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Begg.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Current membership

The 17 Members of the Gibraltar Parliament, as of the 2023 election, are:

Candidate		Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Fabian Picardo	GSLP
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Joseph Garcia	LPG
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Joseph Bossano	GSLP
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Cortes	GSLP
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Patricia Orfila	GSLP
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Christian Santos	GSLP
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Gemma Arias-Vasquez	GSLP
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Nigel Feetham	GSLP
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Leslie Bruzon	LPG
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Keith Azopardi	GSD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Edwin Reyes	GSD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Roy Clinton	GSD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Damon Bossino	GSD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Craig Sacarello	GSD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Giovanni Origo	GSD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Atrish Sanchez	GSD
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Joelle Ladislaus	GSD

Latest election

Summary of the 12 October 2023 Gibraltar Parliament election results

Party				Votes	%	+/–	Seats	%	+/–
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Alliance	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	63,700	35.44	-1.56	7	41.2	±0
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		Liberal Party of Gibraltar	26,241	14.60	-0.9	2	11.8	-1
rowspan="1" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		Total Alliance	83,122	50.04	-2.46	9	53.0	-1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Gibraltar Social Democrats			86,537	48.15	+22.6	8	35.3	+2
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Together Gibraltar*			0	0	-20.55	0	0	-1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independents			3,262	1.81	+0.36	0	0.0	±0
Total				179,740	100	-	17	100	-
Valid votes				18,784	97.55
Invalid/blank votes				472	2.45
Total votes cast				19,256	100
Registered voters/turnout				25,200	76.41
Source: Parliament of Gibraltar Template:Webarchive, Gibraltar Parliament General Election Template:Webarchive, Registered										*Together Gibraltar did not contest 2023 Gibraltar general election.

See also

• Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006
• 2006 Gibraltarian constitutional referendum
• Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament

External links

• Template:Official website