House of Representatives (Belize)

House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker	Valerie Woods, PUP since 11 December 2020
Prime Minister	Johnny Briceño, PUP since November 12, 2020
Leader of the Opposition	Shyne Barrow, UDP since February 1, 2022
Structure
Seats	31
Political groups	HM Government   People's United Party (26) HM Most Loyal Opposition   United Democratic Party (5)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	11 November 2020
Meeting place
National Assembly Building of Belize Independence Hill Belmopan Belize
Website
National Assembly of Belize

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The House of Representatives of Belize is the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the other being the Senate. It was created under the 1981 constitution. Members are commonly called "Area Representatives".

Area Representatives are elected by winning a majority of votes in their respective constituencies under the first-past-the-post system. The body is directly descended from the British Honduras Legislative Assembly created in 1954 with nine elected members. It has been expanded several times since: to 18 in 1961, 28 in 1984, 29 in 1993 and finally to 31 in 2008. The leader of the majority party in the Belize House typically becomes Prime Minister of Belize.