Editing Politics of Saint Helena (section)

==Legislative branch==
The '''[[Legislative Council of Saint Helena|Legislative Council]]''' has 15 members, 12 members elected for a four-year term by popular vote and 3 members ''ex officio''. This arrangement gives the governing of Saint Helena an aspect of [[representative democracy]].

===Political parties and elections===
Saint Helena, along with both [[Ascension Island]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]], does not have any active political parties, but no law forbids the formation of political parties; hence, the territory is a de facto [[non-partisan democracy]]. The [[Saint Helena Labour Party]] and [[Saint Helena Progressive Party]] existed until 1976.

In the most [[2021 Saint Helena general election|recent general election]], the twelve elected members are:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2021/news/general-election-2021-the-results/|title=General Election 2021 – The Results |publisher=St. Helena Government|access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref>
# '''Julie Dorne Thomas''' (888 votes)
# '''Andrew James Turner''' (834 votes)
# '''Corinda Sebastiana Stuart Essex''' (827 votes)*
# '''Martin Dave Henry''' (750 votes)
# '''Jeffrey Robert Ellick''' (688 votes)*
# '''Ronald Arthur Coleman''' (678 votes)
# '''Karl Gavin Thrower''' (611 votes)
# '''Gillian Ann Brooks''' (561 votes)
# '''Mark Alan Brooks''' (533 votes)
# '''Christine Lilian Scipio''' (532 votes)*
# '''Robert Charles Midwinter''' (485 votes)
# '''Rosemary June Bargo''' (456 votes)

:<span style="font-size:88%"> An '''asterisk''' (*) denotes a sitting incumbent MLC who was duly re-elected.</span>