Ives confident Chin's track record won't hurt his chances in Manchester Southern

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Manchester Southern, Ian Ives, says he has spent the last few months uniting supporters in the constituency and is expecting a strong showing in the polls today.

“We are well united and we are 100 per cent ready for the election,” he said shortly after casting his vote at New Forest High School in the constituency this morning,

Ives was selected to represent the constituency in March after an internal poll led to the ousting of the then member of parliament Robert Chin, whose performance had left many party supporters dissatisfied.

But Ives, who is an engineer by profession, does not foresee Chin's track record in the constituency having any impact on his chances of beating former cabinet member, Peter Bunting.

“I wouldn’t say that it was a lack of performance, but there was a few concerns that we had, and we would have addressed these concerns and now I am the candidate for south Manchester, and we did the work that is necessary to make sure that the Jamaica Labour Party retains the seat,” he said.

Chin defeated the People’s National Party’s Michael Stewart in the 2020 general election, polling 6,826 votes to Stewart’s 5,936.

- Sashana Small

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