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| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Nevis]]ian interests<ref>{{cite web |title=Politics and democracy in microstates : a comparative analysis of the effects of size on contestation and inclusiveness -PhD Thesis Wouter Veenendaal |url=https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2930834/view |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref><br />[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br />[[Federalism]]<br />[[Fiscal conservatism]]<ref>{{cite news |title=NIA contains public debt despite COVID-ravaged revenues |url=https://nia.gov.kn/nia-contains-public-debt-despite-covid-ravaged-revenues/ |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=NIA - Nevis Island Administration |date=9 December 2020 |language=en-CA}}</ref><br />[[Economic liberalism]]<br />[[Republicanism]]}}
| ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Nevis]]ian interests<ref>{{cite web |title=Politics and democracy in microstates : a comparative analysis of the effects of size on contestation and inclusiveness -PhD Thesis Wouter Veenendaal |url=https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2930834/view |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref><br />[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br />[[Federalism]]<br />[[Fiscal conservatism]]<ref>{{cite news |title=NIA contains public debt despite COVID-ravaged revenues |url=https://nia.gov.kn/nia-contains-public-debt-despite-covid-ravaged-revenues/ |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=NIA - Nevis Island Administration |date=9 December 2020 |language=en-CA}}</ref><br />[[Economic liberalism]]<br />[[Republicanism]]}}
| position = [[Centre-right]]
| position = [[Centre-right]]
| national = One Movement (2022-)<ref>{{cite web |title=MOVING PEOPLE FORWARD (Manifesto 2022) |url=https://pamskn.org/media/attachments/2022/07/26/moving_people_forward_manifesto_2022.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1C01sH39KPgCiFdy3QnwiQA9TG9ZnxbGHR-CP-Hv3JY7meACIukDxtWiE |website=PAM People's Action Movement |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> <br /> [[Team Unity (Saint Kitts and Nevis)|Team Unity]] (2015-2022)
| national = One Movement (2022-)<ref>{{cite web |title=MOVING PEOPLE FORWARD (Manifesto 2022) |url=https://pamskn.org/media/attachments/2022/07/26/moving_people_forward_manifesto_2022.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1C01sH39KPgCiFdy3QnwiQA9TG9ZnxbGHR-CP-Hv3JY7meACIukDxtWiE |website=PAM People's Action Movement |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref><br />[[Team Unity (Saint Kitts and Nevis)|Team Unity]] (2015-2022)
| headquarters =
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| website = [https://www.ccmnevis.com/ ccmnevis.com]
| website = [https://www.ccmnevis.com/ ccmnevis.com]
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==History==
==History==
The party was established in 1987 and first contested national elections in [[1989 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|1989]], when they received 6.4% of the vote and won a single seat.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp577-578 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> In the [[1993 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|1993 elections]] their vote share rose to 10.9% and they won two seats. Although their vote share fell to 7.0% in [[1995 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|1995]] they retained both seats. The party retained both seats in elections in [[2000 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|2000]], [[2004 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|2004]] and [[2010 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|2010]].
The party was established in 1987 and first contested national elections in [[1989 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|1989]], when they received 6.4% of the vote and won a single seat.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp577-578 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> In the [[1993 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|1993 elections]] their vote share rose to 10.9% and they won two seats. Although their vote share fell to 7.0% in [[1995 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|1995]] they retained both seats. The party retained both seats in elections in [[2000 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|2000]], [[2004 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|2004]] and [[2010 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election|2010]].
On October 30, 2017, Premier of Nevis [[Vance Amory]] handed over party leadership to Mark Brantley. An unprecedented move with this becoming the first time in St Kitts-Nevis politics, that an elected representative has passed on the leadership of a party without being unseated.
On October 30, 2017, Premier of Nevis [[Vance Amory]] handed over party leadership to Mark Brantley. An unprecedented move with this becoming the first time in St Kitts-Nevis politics, that an elected representative has passed on the leadership of a party without being unseated.


In the [[Nevis Island Assembly#Election results|December 2017 Nevis Island election]], Mark Brantley remained Premier after leading the CCM to victory, winning 4 out of 5 available seats (an increase of one).
In the [[Nevis Island Assembly#Election results|December 2017 Nevis Island election]], Mark Brantley remained Premier after leading the CCM to victory, winning 4 out of 5 available seats (an increase of one).
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== Leadership ==
== Leadership ==
[[Vance Amory]] led the party from 1987<ref>{{cite web |title=CCM - About the Party |url=http://www.myccmparty.com/about_the_party.php |website=web.archive.org |date=14 April 2008 |access-date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=14 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414004508/http://www.myccmparty.com/about_the_party.php |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> to 2017,<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Nevis Premier, Vance Amory is dead |url=https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/caribbean-breaking-news-featured/former-nevis-premier-vance-amory-is-dead/ |website=CNW Network |date=3 April 2022}}</ref> and was followed by [[Mark Brantley]].
[[Vance Amory]] led the party from 1987<ref>{{cite web |title=CCM - About the Party |url=http://www.myccmparty.com/about_the_party.php |website=web.archive.org |date=14 April 2008 |access-date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=14 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414004508/http://www.myccmparty.com/about_the_party.php |url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> to 2017,<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Nevis Premier, Vance Amory is dead |url=https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/caribbean-breaking-news-featured/former-nevis-premier-vance-amory-is-dead/ |website=CNW Network |date=3 April 2022}}</ref> and was followed by [[Mark Brantley]].


==Election results==
==Election results==
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[[Category:Conservative parties]]
[[Category:Conservative parties]]
[[Category:Republican parties]]
[[Category:Republican parties]]
[[Category:Republicanism in the Commonwealth realms]]
[[Category:Republicanism in Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
[[Category:Anti-communist parties]]
[[Category:Anti-communist parties]]


Revision as of 18:21, 10 September 2022

Concerned Citizens' Movement
LeaderMark Brantley
FounderVance Amory
Founded1987
IdeologyNevisian interests[1]
Regionalism
Federalism
Fiscal conservatism[2]
Economic liberalism
Republicanism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationOne Movement (2022-)[3]
Team Unity (2015-2022)
National Assembly (Nevisian Seats)
3 / 3
Nevis Island Assembly
4 / 5
Website
ccmnevis.com

The Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) is a Nevis-based political party in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Led by Mark Brantley, it is currently the largest party in Nevis, holding all three seats Nevisian seats in the National Assembly and four out of five seats in the Nevis Island Assembly. The CCM operates only in Nevis and for the 2022 general election is in a One Movement alliance with the People's Action Movement (PAM) operating in Saint Kitts, following the breakdown of the governing Team Unity alliance.

History

The party was established in 1987 and first contested national elections in 1989, when they received 6.4% of the vote and won a single seat.[4] In the 1993 elections their vote share rose to 10.9% and they won two seats. Although their vote share fell to 7.0% in 1995 they retained both seats. The party retained both seats in elections in 2000, 2004 and 2010. On October 30, 2017, Premier of Nevis Vance Amory handed over party leadership to Mark Brantley. An unprecedented move with this becoming the first time in St Kitts-Nevis politics, that an elected representative has passed on the leadership of a party without being unseated.

In the December 2017 Nevis Island election, Mark Brantley remained Premier after leading the CCM to victory, winning 4 out of 5 available seats (an increase of one).

Among their current executive members is Alexis Jeffers.[5]

Leadership

Vance Amory led the party from 1987[6] to 2017,[7] and was followed by Mark Brantley.

Election results

Election year Party leader # of
votes 		% of
vote 		# of
Nevisian seats won 		+/– Govt?
1989 Vance Amory 1,135 6.4 (#4)
1 / 3
 Increase1 Opposition
1993 2,100 10.9 (#3)
2 / 3
 Increase1 Opposition
1995 1,777 8.2 (#3)
2 / 3
 Steady Official Opposition
2000 1,901 8.7 (#3)
2 / 11
 Steady Official Opposition
2004 1,982 8.8 (#3)
2 / 3
 Steady Official Opposition
2010 2,860 11.0 (#3)
2 / 3
 Steady Opposition
2015 3,951 13.0 (#3)
2 / 3
 Steady Coalition
2020 Mark Brantley 3,510 12.58 (#4)
3 / 3
 Increase1 Coalition (2020−22)
Opposition (2022)
2022 3,473 11.82 (#4)
3 / 3
 Steady Opposition

References

  1. ^ "Politics and democracy in microstates : a comparative analysis of the effects of size on contestation and inclusiveness -PhD Thesis Wouter Veenendaal". Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "NIA contains public debt despite COVID-ravaged revenues". NIA - Nevis Island Administration. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "MOVING PEOPLE FORWARD (Manifesto 2022)" (PDF). PAM People's Action Movement. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp577-578 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  5. ^ "Alexis JEFFERS". caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  6. ^ "CCM - About the Party". web.archive.org. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Former Nevis Premier, Vance Amory is dead". CNW Network. 3 April 2022.
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