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 three out of five seats in the Nevis Island Assembly. The CCM operates only in Nevis and for the

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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

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, when they received 6.4% of the vote and won a single seat. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp577-578 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

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they retained both seats. The party retained both seats in elections in

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and

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. 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

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Leadership

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

Election results

References

External links

Official websiteDefunct website
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