2022_Barbadian_general_election

2022 Barbadian general election
30 seats in the House of Assembly; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election; Mia Mottley; BLP	Elected Prime Minister ; Mia Mottley; BLP

2022 Barbadian general election

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General elections were held in Barbados on 19 January 2022 to elect the 30 members of the House of Assembly. The ruling Barbados Labour Party won all 30 seats for the second consecutive election.

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This was the 12th national election held since independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, the 16th since the institution of universal suffrage in 1950, and the first since Barbados became a republic in 2021.^[1] For the first time, both the ruling Barbados Labour Party and its historical rival the Democratic Labour Party were led by women.^[2]

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Results by constituency

Source for votes:^[18]

Aftermath

Prime Minister Mottley and attorney-general Dale Marshall were both sworn in for a second term by president Sandra Mason on 20 January 2022.^[30]

On 21 January, as the DLP had not regained any seats in the House of Assembly, DLP president Verla De Peiza resigned.^[31] Ronnie Yearwood was then subsequently elected leader of the party on 1 May 2022.^[32] APP leader Joseph Atherley announced that the alliance would begin preparing for the next election. Both APP^[33] and DLP drew attention to the low voter turnout rate.^[34]

The Solutions Barbados party congratulated the BLP and announced its willingness to work with the government.^[35] Prime Minister Mottley received congratulations from foreign countries and organisations such as Caricom and the OECS.^[36]^[37]

The newly re-elected Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, announced the following Cabinet of Ministers on 24 January 2022, and subsequently added William Duguid the next day:

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Cabinet of Ministers after the 2022 Barbadian general election
Ministerial Office	Office Holder	Constituency	Political Party
Prime Minister Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, with responsibility for Culture, Security, Public Service, Caricom and Development Commissions	Mia Mottley	St. Michael North East	Barbados Labour Party
Deputy Prime Minister Senior Minister Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources	Sanita Bradshaw	St. Michael South East
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Senior Minister Governance	Dale Marshall	St. Joseph
Minister of Energy and Business Development Senior Minister	Kerrie Symmonds	St. James Central
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senior Minister, Social and Environmental Policy	Jerome Walcott	N/A (Senator)
Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, with responsibility for Infrastructure and Town Planning Matters	William Duguid	Christ Church West
Minister of Homes Affairs and Information	Wilfred Abrahams	Christ Church East
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security	Indar Weir	St. Philip South
Minister of Tourism and International Transport	Ian Gooding Edghill	St. Michael West Central
Minister for the Public Service, Home Affairs, Labour and Gender Affairs	Lisa Cummings	N/A (Senator)
Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training	Kay McConney	St. Philip West
Minister of Housing, lands and Maintenance	Dwight Sutherland	St. George South
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs	Kirk Humphrey	St. Michael South
Minister of the Environment and National Beautification and Blue Economy	Adrian Forde	Christ Church West Central
Minister of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector	Colin Jordan	St. Peter
Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology	Davidson Ishmael	St. Michael North
Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment	Charles Griffith	St. John
Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development	Ryan Straughn	Christ Church East Central
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister	Chantal Munroe Knight	N/A (Senator)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness	Sonia Browne	St. Philip North
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Ministry of Business Development	Sandra Husbands	St. James South

Source: St.Lucia Times

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Party		Position	Ideology	Leader	Leader since	Leader's seat	2018 election		Seats at dissolution	Contested seats
Party		Position	Ideology	Leader	Leader since	Leader's seat	%	Seats	Seats at dissolution	Contested seats
	Barbados Labour Party	Centre-left	Social democracy Republicanism	Mia Mottley	26 February 2013^[19]	St. Michael North East	73.47	30	29	30 seats
	Democratic Labour Party	Centre-left	Social democracy Republicanism	Verla De Peiza	12 August 2018^[20]	Standing in St. Lucy	21.82	0	0	30 seats
	Alliance Party for Progress (PdP–UPP)	Centre-left	Social democracy Christian left	Joseph Atherley	30 December 2021	St. Michael West Standing in St. Michael Central	1.24	0	1	20 seats
	Solutions Barbados	Centre	Third Way	Grenville Phillips II	1 July 2015^[21]	None	2.45	0	0	11 seats
	Bajan Free Party		Government transparency Anti-corruption	Alex Mitchell	1 October 2012^[22]	Standing in St. Michael South	0.07	0	0	4 seats
	New Barbados Kingdom Alliance		Apostolic Governance	Apostle Lynroy Scantlebury	July 2017^[23]	Standing in St Peter	New party		0	2 seats
	Barbados Sovereignty Party			Michael Thompson^[24]		Standing in St. Peter	New party		0	2 seats

Name	Contested Constituency
Melissa Taitt	St George North
Omar Smith	St Philip North
Wayne Beckles	St Philip North
Buddy Larrier	Christ Church South
Donald Leacock	Christ Church South
Brian Talma	Christ Church East
Samuel Maynard	St Thomas
Erskine Alleyne	St James Central
Joseph Jordan	St James Central
Fallon Best	City of Bridgetown


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Barbados Labour Party	78,720	69.03	–4.44	30	0
	Democratic Labour Party	30,273	26.55	+4.73	0	0
	Alliance Party for Progress	3,205	2.81	+1.57	0	0
	Solutions Barbados	699	0.61	–1.84	0	0
	Bajan Free Party	191	0.17	+0.10	0	0
	New Barbados Kingdom Alliance	122	0.11	New	0	New
	Barbados Sovereignty Party	120	0.11	New	0	New
	Independents	705	0.62	–0.04	0	0
Total		114,035	100.00	–	30	0

Registered voters/turnout		266,330	–
Source: Nation News^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Wilfred Abrahams	3,302	73.7	-0.2
	DLP	Denis Lowe	958	21.4	-1.1
	APP	Victor Knight	80	1.8	+0.9
	SB	Pauline Corbin	79	1.8	-0.9
	Independent	Brian Talma	60	1.3	New
Majority			2,344	52.3	+0.9
Turnout			4,479
	BLP hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Ryan Straughn	2,969	65.7	-5.5
	DLP	Rasheed Belgrave	1,294	28.7	+5.3
	APP	Shawn Tudor	180	4.0	+2.4
	BFP	Janette Ifil	73	1.6	New
Majority			1,675	37.1	-10.7
Turnout			4,516
	BLP hold		Swing	-5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Ralph Thorne	2,229	70.1	-0.3
	DLP	Marc Laurent	722	22.7	-2.8
	Independent	Donald Leacock	148	4.7	New
	Independent	Buddy Larrier	79	2.5	+2.2
Majority			1,507	47.4	+2.5
Turnout			3,178
	BLP hold		Swing	+1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	William Duguid	2,473	79.6	+10.0
	DLP	Andrew Cave	633	20.4	+3.3
Majority			1,840	59.2	+6.8
Turnout			3,106
	BLP hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Adrian Forde	2,673	71.9	-2.4
	DLP	Rennette Dimmott	695	18.7	-2.9
	APP	Belfield Belgrave	184	5.0	+4.1
	SB	Kenneth Lewis	164	4.4	+1.2
Majority			1,978	53.2	+0.5
Turnout			3,716
	BLP hold		Swing	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Corey Lane	2,089	77.5	+3.9
	DLP	Kemar Stuart	459	17.0	-4.0
	APP	Marva Lashley Todd	79	2.9	+1.2
	Independent	Fallon Best	69	2.6	New
Majority			1,630	60.5	+7.9
Turnout			2,696
	BLP hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Colin Jordan	2,994	75.9	-5.6
	DLP	Alwyn Babb	855	21.7	+5.7
	NBKA	Lynroy Scantlebury	75	1.9	-0.5
	BSP	Michael Thompson	22	0.6	New
Majority			2,139	54.2	-11.3
Turnout			3,946
	BLP hold		Swing	-5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Dale Marshall	2,344	67.1	-3.5
	DLP	Randall Rouse	1,034	29.6	+17.4
	APP	Paula Bradshaw	67	1.9	New
	NBKA	Antonio Gittens	47	1.3	New
Majority			1,310	37.5	-18.5
Turnout			3,492
	BLP hold		Swing	-10.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Peter Phillips	2,693	59.8	-6.6
	DLP	Verla De Peiza	1,688	37.5	+7.5
	APP	Wayne Griffith	124	2.8	+1.6
Majority			1,005	22.3	-14.1
Turnout			4,505
	BLP hold		Swing	-7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Sonia Browne	2,393	50.5	-10.5
	DLP	Michael Lashley	2,158	45.5	+11.5
	APP	Nigel Newton	88	1.9	+0.3
	Independent	Omar Smith	64	1.4	New
	Independent	Wayne Beckles	39	0.8	New
Majority			235	5.0	-22.0
Turnout			4,742
	BLP hold		Swing	-11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Indar Weir	3,175	62.3	-8.8
	DLP	Neil Marshall	1,585	31.1	+8.4
	APP	Bruce Hennis	225	4.4	+2.5
	SB	Ronald Lorde	109	2.1	-1.5
Majority			1,590	31.2	-17.2
Turnout			5,094
	BLP hold		Swing	-8.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Kay McConney	2,580	50.1	-16.8
	DLP	David Estwick	2,140	41.5	+11.7
	APP	Lynette Eastmond	328	6.4	New
	SB	Karina Goodridge	104	2.0	-1.3
Majority			440	8.5	-28.6
Turnout			5,152
	BLP hold		Swing	-14.2

St. Andrew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Romel Springer	3,201	74.8	+0.3
	DLP	Oldwin Skeete	965	22.5	+0.3
	APP	Jacqueline Alleyne	116	2.7	+1.6
Majority			2,236	52.2	-0.1
Turnout			4,282
	BLP hold		Swing	0.0

St. George North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Toni Moore	3,295	70.2	-10.6
	DLP	Herbert Harewood	1,159	24.7	+12.1
	APP	Ferdinand Nicholls	196	4.2	+2.1
	Independent	Melissa Taitt	44	0.9	New
Majority			2,136	45.5	-22.7
Turnout			4,694
	BLP hold		Swing	-11.3

St. George South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Dwight Sutherland	3,673	72.8	-6.5
	DLP	Dawn Marie Armstrong	1,143	22.7	+6.4
	APP	Everton Holligan	151	3.0	+2.0
	SB	Alison Weekes	76	1.5	-1.4
Majority			2,530	50.2	-12.9
Turnout			5,043
	BLP hold		Swing	-6.4

St. James North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Edmund Hinkson	2,536	80.7	-3.0
	DLP	Charles Worrell	608	19.3	+6.0
Majority			1,928	61.3	-9.1
Turnout			3,144
	BLP hold		Swing	-4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Kerrie Symonds	2,421	70.3	-7.9
	DLP	Paul Gibson	911	26.4	+10.4
	Independent	Erskine Alleyne	62	1.8	New
	Independent	Joseph Jordan	52	1.5	+0.4
Majority			1,510	43.8	-18.4
Turnout			3,446
	BLP hold		Swing	-9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Sandra Husbands	2,879	63.8	-4.3
	DLP	Ronnie Yearwood	1,633	36.2	+7.8
Majority			1,246	27.6	-12.1
Turnout			4,512
	BLP hold		Swing	-6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Charles Griffith	2,349	58.1	+0.2
	DLP	Andre Worrell	1,547	38.3	+7.3
	APP	Philippe Aimey	148	3.7	-2.3
Majority			802	19.8	-7.1
Turnout			4,044
	BLP hold		Swing	-3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Arthur Holder	2,014	67.8	-5.8
	DLP	Courie Cox	670	22.6	0.0
	APP	Joseph Atherley	267	9.0	+7.3
	SB	Robert Toussaint	18	0.6	-0.9
Majority			1,344	45.3	-5.7
Turnout			2,969
	BLP hold		Swing	-2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Trevor Prescod	2,167	64.3	-7.2
	DLP	Nicholas Alleyne	1,019	30.2	+6.1
	APP	Erskine Branch	186	5.5	+4.5
Majority			1,148	34.0	-13.4
Turnout			3,372
	BLP hold		Swing	-6.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Davidson Ishmael	2,394	71.5	-0.8
	DLP	Ricardo Harrison	754	22.5	-0.8
	APP	Maria Phillips	201	6.0	+4.0
Majority			1,640	49.0	-0.1
Turnout			3,349
	BLP hold		Swing	0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Mia Mottley	3,216	86.0	-1.2
	DLP	Damien Griffith	476	12.7	+3.1
	BFP	Roy Turney	48	1.3	+0.6
Majority			2,740	73.3	-4.3
Turnout			3,740
	BLP hold		Swing	-2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Neil Rowe	1,914	64.1	+8.5
	DLP	Ryan Walters	1,072	35.9	-8.5
Majority			842	28.2	+17.1
Turnout			2,986
	BLP hold		Swing	+8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Kirk Humphrey	2,200	74.3	+4.3
	DLP	Kevin Miller	605	20.4	-5.1
	BFP	Alex Mitchell	59	2.0	+1.3
	APP	Irvin Belgrave	58	2.0	+0.7
	SB	Patricia Cox	41	1.4	-1.1
Majority			1,595	53.8	+9.8
Turnout			2,963
	BLP hold		Swing	+4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Marsha Caddle	1,936	63.2	-4.4
	DLP	Richard Sealy	932	30.4	+4.6
	APP	David Gill	195	6.4	+1.8
Majority			1,004	32.8	-9.0
Turnout			3,063
	BLP hold		Swing	-4.5

2022_Barbadian_general_election

Background

Electoral system

Candidates

Parties

Independents

Results

Results by constituency

Christ Church East

Christ Church East Central

Christ Church South

Christ Church West

Christ Church West Central

City of Bridgetown

St. Peter

St. Joseph

St. Lucy

St. Philip North

St. Philip South

St. Philip West

St. Andrew

St. George North

St. George South

St. James Central

St. James North

St. James South

St. John

St. Michael Central

St. Michael East

St. Michael North

St. Michael North East

St. Michael North West

St. Michael South

St. Michael South Central

St. Michael South East

St. Michael West

St. Michael West Central

St. Thomas

Aftermath

See also

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Santia Bradshaw	2,786	76.0	+0.4
	DLP	Pedro Shepherd	699	19.1	-2.7
	APP	Patrick Tannis	180	4.9	+4.4
Majority			2,087	56.9	+3.2
Turnout			3,665
	BLP hold		Swing	+1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Christopher Gibbs	2,434	80.1	+3.3
	DLP	Ricardo Williams	439	14.5	-5.5
	APP	Patsie Nurse	122	4.0	+2.9
	SB	Victorine Wilson	44	1.5	+0.2
Majority			1,995	65.6	+8.8
Turnout			3,039
	BLP hold		Swing	+4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Ian Gooding-Edghill	2,420	72.9	-2.7
	DLP	Curtis Cave	795	23.9	+4.0
	SB	Angela Edey	64	1.9	-1.0
	APP	Veronica Price	30	0.9	+0.2
	BFP	David Roberts	11	0.3	New
Majority			1,625	48.9	-6.8
Turnout			3,320
	BLP hold		Swing	-3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Cynthia Forde^[28]	2,971	78.6	-7.1
	DLP	Rolerick Hinds	625	16.5	+5.7
	BSP	Philip Catlyn	98	2.6	New
	Independent	Samuel Maynard^[29]	88	2.3	New
Majority			2,346	62.0	-12.9
Turnout			3,782
	BLP hold		Swing	-6.4

Office	Office Holder	Constituency	Political party
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources, with responsibility for Water Resources	Rommel Springer	St. Andrew	Barbados Labour Party
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs	Corey Layne	City of Bridgetown	Barbados Labour Party