KNOW YOUR MEMBERS FACT SHEET 23
REVISION 1, 20 March 2020
General elections take place every five years. South Africa’s electoral system is based on a system of proportional representation: the number of seats in the national parliament and the provincial legislatures are allocated in direct proportion to the number of votes a political party receives during the election. The WCPP consists of 42 elected Members who represent seven political parties. These are the Members of the Sixth Parliament of the Western Cape and the political parties they represent:
Reagan Allen Derrick America Deidré Baartman Ntombezanele Ayanda Bans Gillion Bosman DA DA DA Bakubaku-Vos ANC DA ANC
Lorraine Botha Anton Bredell Galil Brinkhuis Ferlon Christians Cameron Dugmore Sharna Fernandez DA DA Al Jama-ah ACDP ANC DA
Albert Fritz Brett Herron Mesuli Kama Pat Lekker Andile Lili Ricardo Mackenzie DA GOOD ANC ANC ANC DA
Bonginkosi Madikizela Nosipho Makamba-Botya Anroux Marais Peter Marais Pat Marran Matlhodi Maseko DA EFF DA FFP ANC DA
David Maynier French Mbombo Ivan Meyer Daylin Mitchell Masizole Mnqasela Lulama Mvimbi DA DA DA DA DA ANC
Ntomi Nkondlo Wendy Philander Khalid Sayed Beverley Schäfer Debbie Schäfer Tertuis Simmers ANC DA ANC DA DA DA
Danville Smith Andricus vd Westhuizen Mireille Wenger Alan Winde Rachel Windvogel Melikhaya Xego ANC DA DA DA ANC EFF
Democratic Alliance (24 seats) African National Congress (12 seats) Economic Freedom Fighters (2 seats) Tel 021 481 4300 Cell 078 087 8800 Cell 078 174 3900
GOOD (1 seat) African Christian Democratic Party (1 seat) Freedom Front Plus (1 seat) Al Jama-ah (1 seat) Tel 021 518 0890 Cell 078 340 4574 Tel 021 487 1811 Tel 021 487 1832