The 2025 General Election saw a three-way race, with the OBA’s Robert King winning the seat with 303 votes [39.92%], the PLP’s Lindsay Simmons second with 286 votes [37.68%] while Independent Sir John Swan was third with 170 votes [22.40%].
Since the one seat system started in 2003, the OBA have won it in four General Elections and the PLP has won it twice, and the OBA also won a by-election in 2024.
In the 2020 General Election, this was the sole seat in which the OBA significantly increased their vote share, with Michael Dunkley’s winning percentage increasing by around 8%.
- 2020 Winner – Michael Dunkley [OBA]
- PLP’s 2020 Candidate – Dr Ernest Peets
- OBA’s 2020 Candidate – Michael Dunkley
- FDM’s 2020 Candidate – No FDM candidate
The Constituency Boundaries Report [PDF] states: “Constituency #10 Smith’s North shall be all that land contained within a line drawn from the junction of Loyal Hill Road and North Shore Road; thence North-West to a point on the coastline; thence North-East along the coastline and following the coastline to the junction of North Shore Road with Flatts Bridge; thence across Flatts Bridge; thence following the coastline of Flatts Inlet and the north shore to a point on the coastline West of the junction of Commonland Point Road and North Shore Road; thence East along the centreline of Commonland Point Road to a point on the coastline of Harrington Sound; thence South along the coastline of Harrington Sound across Flatts Bridge to a point on the coastline at the junction of Flatts Bridge and North Shore Road; thence South-East along the centreline of North Shore Road to the junction with Middle Road; thence South-East along the centreline of Middle Road to the junction with Vesey Street; thence North-West along the centreline of Vesey Street to the junction with Valley Heights Road; thence North-West following the property lines dividing properties accessed from Loyal Hill Road and Loyal Hill Crescent from the properties accessed from Foothills Road and Valley Heights Road, continuing to a point on the Railway Trail equidistant between the junctions with Loyal Hill Road and Foothills Road; thence West along the centreline of the Railway Trail to the junction with Loyal Hill Road; thence North-West along the centreline of Loyal Hill Road to the junction with North Shore Road and shall include Gibbet Island, Little Gibbet Island and Redshank Island.”
