2025 Falkland Islands general election
 | |||||||||||||
11 December 2025
| |||||||||||||
8 (of the 11) members to the Legislative Assembly 6 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 82.67%[1] | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
 Map of constituencies of the Falkland Islands | |||||||||||||
 |
|---|
General elections were held in the Falkland Islands on 11 December 2025 to elect the eight elected members of the Legislative Assembly (five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency)[2] through universal suffrage using block voting, with the Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands acting as returning officer. It was the fifth election since the new constitution came into force replacing the Legislative Council (which had existed since 1845) with the Legislative Assembly.
Timing and procedure
[edit]Under the Constitution of the Falkland Islands, the Legislative Assembly must be dissolved by the Governor four years after the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly following the last election (unless the Executive Council advises the Governor to dissolve the Legislative Assembly sooner). An election must then take place within 70 days of the dissolution.[3]
With the first meeting of the current Legislative Assembly taking place on 8 November 2021,[4] the Legislative Assembly had to be dissolved by midnight on 7 November 2025 and an election take place before 17 January 2026. However, on 7 August 2025, the Executive Council announced an early dissolution of the Legislative Assembly and an election to take place on Thursday 11 December 2025.[2]
Incumbent members
[edit]| Member | Constituency | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Leona Vidal Roberts | Stanley | 839 |
| Roger Spink | Stanley | 691 |
| Pete Biggs | Stanley | 570 |
| Mark Pollard | Stanley | 550 |
| Gavin Short | Stanley | 486 |
| Teslyn Barkman | Camp | 184 |
| Jack Ford | Camp | 122[A] |
| John Birmingham | Camp | 122 |
Candidates
[edit]Incumbent members are in italics.
Stanley constituency
[edit]| Stanley[5][6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | Lewis Clifton | 844 | 14.10% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Dean Dent | 701 | 11.71% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Cheryl Roberts | 694 | 11.59% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Stacy Bragger | 635 | 10.61% |  0.41
| |
| Nonpartisan | Roger Spink | 555 | 9.27% |  5.30
| |
| Nonpartisan | Leona Vidal | 520 | 8.69% | 9.00
| |
| Nonpartisan | Lee Summers | 422 | 7.05% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Glenn Ross | 406 | 6.78% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Pollard | 323 | 5.40% | 6.20
| |
| Nonpartisan | Gary Webb | 243 | 4.06% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Gavin Short | 228 | 3.81% | 6.44
| |
| Nonpartisan | Clovis Kilmartin | 136 | 2.27% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Grant Budd | 128 | 2.14% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Pete Biggs | 93 | 1.55% | 10.47
| |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher Clarke | 58 | 0.97% | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 5,987 | 99.98% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 1 | 0.02% | |||
| Turnout | 1,295 | 81.4% | 3.8
| ||
| Registered electors | 1590[1] | ||||
Camp constituency
[edit]| Camp[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Nonpartisan | Jack Ford | 185 | 30.99% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Dot Gould | 171 | 28.64% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Goss | 126 | 21.11% | N/A | |
| Nonpartisan | Andy Watson | 115 | 19.26% | N/A | |
| Total valid votes | 597 | 100% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 0 | 0% | |||
| Turnout | 217 | 90.8% | 4.2
| ||
| Registered electors | 239[1] | ||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Elected at the 2023 Camp by-election.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c David Boothroyd [@220_d_92_20] (11 December 2025). "Falkland Islands general election update
Camp: Electorate 239, Ballots verified 217, turnout 90.8%
Stanley: Electorate 1,590, Ballots verified 1,295, turnout 81.4%" (Tweet) – via Twitter. - ^ a b "Falklands General Election will take place 11 December". MercoPress. 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Official text of the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
33.—(1) A general election shall be held at such time after every dissolution of the Legislative Assembly as the Governor shall appoint by proclamation published in the Gazette; but the date so appointed shall not be more than 70 days after the date of dissolution... (2) The Governor shall dissolve the Legislative Assembly at the expiration of four years from the date when the Assembly first meets after any general election, unless it has been sooner dissolved.
- ^ "Legislative Assembly Order Paper 08 November 2021". falklands.gov.fk. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "General Election 2025". FITV. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Newton, Hannah (12 December 2025). "Falkland Islands General Election 2025 Election Night Updates". Falkland Islands TV.
- ^ "General Election 2025". FITV. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
 | This Falkland Islands-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This South American election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |