# Freetown (Belize House constituency)

Freetown is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2003 by Francis Fonseca of the People's United Party. Fonseca served as PUP leader and Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2016.

## Profile

The Freetown constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The constituency hugs the Caribbean Sea shoreline on the northwest outskirts of Belize City, also taking in some of the city center. It borders the Belize Rural Central, Lake Independence, Pickstock, Fort George and Caribbean Shores constituencies.
Freetown was represented by longtime People's United Party leader and Prime Minister George Cadle Price from 1961 to 1984, when he was upset by the United Democratic Party's Derek Aikman, a relative political newcomer. Aikman was one of two UDP area representatives who defected to the newly created National Alliance for Belizean Rights party in early 1992.
A by-election was held in January 1993 after Aikman was expelled from the House for bankruptcy. At that election the seat returned to PUP control.

## Area representatives

| Election | Area representative | Party |
| 1961 | George Cadle Price | PUP |
| 1965 | George Cadle Price | PUP |
| 1969 | George Cadle Price | PUP |
| 1974 | George Cadle Price | PUP |
| 1979 | George Cadle Price | PUP |
| 1984 | Derek Aikman | UDP |
| 1992 | Derek Aikman | NABR |
| 1993 by-election | Jorge Espat | PUP |
| 1993 | Jorge Espat | PUP |
| 1998 | Jorge Espat | PUP |
| 2003 | Francis Fonseca | PUP |
| 2008 | Francis Fonseca | PUP |
| 2012 | Francis Fonseca | PUP |
| 2015 | Francis Fonseca | PUP |
| 2020 | Francis Fonseca | PUP |

## Elections

| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% |
| 2012 general election Electorate: 4,230 Turnout: 2,031 (62.63%) −12.25 | PUP hold Majority: 150 (5.0%) +4.42 | Francis Fonseca | PUP | 1,558 | 51.95 | +2.37 |
| 2012 general election Electorate: 4,230 Turnout: 2,031 (62.63%) −12.25 | PUP hold Majority: 150 (5.0%) +4.42 | Lee Mark Chang | UDP | 1,408 | 46.95 | −2.05 |
| 2008 general election Electorate: 3,687 Turnout: 2,761 (74.88%) −1.82 | PUP hold Majority: 16 (0.58%) −19.42 | Francis Fonseca | PUP | 1,369 | 49.58 | −10.42 |
| 2008 general election Electorate: 3,687 Turnout: 2,761 (74.88%) −1.82 | PUP hold Majority: 16 (0.58%) −19.42 | Michael Peyrefitte | UDP | 1,353 | 49.0 | +9.0 |
| 2008 general election Electorate: 3,687 Turnout: 2,761 (74.88%) −1.82 | PUP hold Majority: 16 (0.58%) −19.42 | Jorge Ernesto "Prophet" Babb | NRTCP | 19 | 0.69 | - |
| 2003 general election Electorate: 2,509 Turnout: 1,925 (76.7%) −12.69 | PUP hold Majority: 383 (20.0%) −25.3 | Francis Fonseca | PUP | 1,154 | 60.0 | −11.81 |
| 2003 general election Electorate: 2,509 Turnout: 1,925 (76.7%) −12.69 | PUP hold Majority: 383 (20.0%) −25.3 | Dough Singh | UDP | 771 | 40.0 | +13.49 |
| 1998 general election Electorate: 1,988 Turnout: 1,777 (89.39%) +17.78 | PUP hold Majority: 805 (45.3%) +22.3 | Jorge Espat | PUP | 1,276 | 71.81 | +10.31 |
| 1998 general election Electorate: 1,988 Turnout: 1,777 (89.39%) +17.78 | PUP hold Majority: 805 (45.3%) +22.3 | Marisa Marisol Quan | UDP | 471 | 26.51 | −11.99 |
| 1998 general election Electorate: 1,988 Turnout: 1,777 (89.39%) +17.78 | PUP hold Majority: 805 (45.3%) +22.3 | Abel J. Rodriguez | PDP | 21 | 1.18 | - |
| 1993 general election Electorate: 2,758 Turnout: 1,975 (71.61%) +11.38 | PUP hold Majority: 453 (23.0%) −18.43 | Jorge Espat | PUP | 1,214 | 61.5 | −6.36 |
| 1993 general election Electorate: 2,758 Turnout: 1,975 (71.61%) +11.38 | PUP hold Majority: 453 (23.0%) −18.43 | Owen Morrison | UDP | 761 | 38.5 | +12.07 |
| January 1993 by-election Electorate: 3,166 Turnout: 1,907 (60.23%) −2.71 | PUP gain from NABR Majority: 790 (41.43%) +31.23 | Jorge Espat | PUP | 1,294 | 67.86 | +22.96 |
| January 1993 by-election Electorate: 3,166 Turnout: 1,907 (60.23%) −2.71 | PUP gain from NABR Majority: 790 (41.43%) +31.23 | Howell Longsworth | UDP | 504 | 26.43 | −28.67 |
| January 1993 by-election Electorate: 3,166 Turnout: 1,907 (60.23%) −2.71 | PUP gain from NABR Majority: 790 (41.43%) +31.23 | Adelma Broaster | NABR | 102 | 5.35 | - |
| 1989 general election Electorate: 2,771 Turnout: 1,744 (62.94%) −5.49 | UDP hold Majority: 178 (10.2%) −10.6 | Derek Aikman | UDP | 961 | 55.1 | −4.4 |
| 1989 general election Electorate: 2,771 Turnout: 1,744 (62.94%) −5.49 | UDP hold Majority: 178 (10.2%) −10.6 | Araceli Krohn | PUP | 783 | 44.9 | +6.2 |
| 1984 general election Electorate: 2,151 Turnout: 1,472 (68.43%) −19.96 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 306 (20.8%) +17.2 | Derek Aikman | UDP | 876 | 59.5 | +11.6 |
| 1984 general election Electorate: 2,151 Turnout: 1,472 (68.43%) −19.96 | UDP gain from PUP Majority: 306 (20.8%) +17.2 | George Cadle Price | PUP | 570 | 38.7 | −12.8 |
| 1979 general election Electorate: 3,576 Turnout: 3,161 (88.39%) +18.01 | PUP hold Majority: 3.6% (−17.9) | George Cadle Price | PUP | | 51.5 | −8.7 |
| 1979 general election Electorate: 3,576 Turnout: 3,161 (88.39%) +18.01 | PUP hold Majority: 3.6% (−17.9) | Manuel Esquivel | UDP | | 47.9 | +9.2 |
| 1974 general election Electorate: 2,242 Turnout: 1,578 (70.38%) −8.4 | PUP hold Majority: 21.5% (+6.0) | George Cadle Price | PUP | | 60.2 | +3.3 |
| 1974 general election Electorate: 2,242 Turnout: 1,578 (70.38%) −8.4 | PUP hold Majority: 21.5% (+6.0) | Henry Fairweather | UDP | | 38.7 | - |
| 1969 general election Electorate: 1,951 Turnout: 1,537 (78.78%) +10.46 | PUP hold Majority: 15.5% (−6.2) | George Cadle Price | PUP | | 56.9 | −3.2 |
| 1969 general election Electorate: 1,951 Turnout: 1,537 (78.78%) +10.46 | PUP hold Majority: 15.5% (−6.2) | Henry Fairweather | NIP | | 41.4 | +3.0 |
| 1965 general election Electorate: 2,898 Turnout: 1,980 (68.32%) −19.52 | PUP hold Majority: 21.7% (−20.6) | George Cadle Price | PUP | | 60.1 | −7.0 |
| 1965 general election Electorate: 2,898 Turnout: 1,980 (68.32%) −19.52 | PUP hold Majority: 21.7% (−20.6) | Tharine Rudon | NIP | | 38.4 | +13.6 |
| 1961 general election Electorate: 1,850 Turnout: 1,625 (87.84%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 42.3% (n/a) | George Cadle Price | PUP | | 67.1 | - |
| 1961 general election Electorate: 1,850 Turnout: 1,625 (87.84%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 42.3% (n/a) | Sabino Savery | NIP | | 24.8 | - |
| 1961 general election Electorate: 1,850 Turnout: 1,625 (87.84%) n/a | PUP win Majority: 42.3% (n/a) | Ernest Cain | CDP | | 7.6 | - |