Tamika Davis
{{Short description|Jamaican politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| office = MP for Hanover Western
| birth_date =
| termstart = 7 September 2020
| party = Jamaica Labour Party
| predecessor = Ian Hayles
}}
Tamika Y. Davis is a Jamaican politician and attorney-at-law who is a current sitting MP. She defeated Ian Hayles in Hanover Western at the 2020 general election.{{Cite web|title=Tamika Davis {{!}} The Jamaica Labour Party|url=https://www.jamaicalabourparty.com/content/tamika-davis|access-date=2020-11-20|website=www.jamaicalabourparty.com}}{{Cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Kalilah|date=2019-10-07|title=Attorney Tamika Davis Elected as JLP Caretaker for Hanover Western|url=https://nationwideradiojm.com/attorney-tamika-davis-elected-as-jlp-caretaker-for-hanover-western/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Nationwide 90FM|language=en-US}}
Early life
Education
Davis attended the Middlesex Corner Primary School and then Montego Bay High School for Girls in St James before being transferred to Rusea’s High School. She graduated from the University of the West Indies
Electoral history
{{Election box begin||title=General Election 2020: Hanover Western{{cite news|url=https://ecj.com.jm/general-election-2020-preliminary-results/|title=General Election 2020 – Preliminary Results |publisher=Electoral Commission of Jamaica|accessdate=2020-09-04}}{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-elections.com/general/2020/info/constituency.php?constituencyid=35 |title=Hanover Western |publisher=Jamaica elections (Jamaica Gleaner) |accessdate=2020-09-04}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jamaica Labour Party|candidate=Tamika Davis|votes=6,008|percentage=54.6|change={{increase}} 11.1|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=People's National Party|candidate=Ian Hayles|votes=4,987|percentage=45.4|change={{decrease}} 10.1|}}
{{Election box turnout no change||votes=10,995|percentage=|change={{decrease}}}}
{{Election box registered electors no change||reg. electors=|change={{increase}}}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing||winner=Jamaica Labour Party|loser=People's National Party}}
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References
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Category:Jamaican women lawyers
Category:21st-century Jamaican women politicians
Category:University of the West Indies alumni
Category:People from Hanover Parish
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica
Category:Jamaica Labour Party politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Jamaican lawyers
Category:Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica
Category:21st-century women lawyers
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