Barbuda_People's_Movement

Barbuda People's Movement

Political party in Antigua and Barbuda

The Barbuda People's Movement is a centre-left Barbudan nationalist political party in Antigua and Barbuda active only on the island of Barbuda. The party's symbol is the European fallow deer, national animal of Barbuda.^[4]^[5] The party seeks the secession of Barbuda from Antigua and Barbuda.^[6]

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Barbuda People's Movement

Abbreviation	BPM
Leader	Trevor Walker
Founded	1978^[1]
Youth wing	BPM Youth Foundation^[2]
Ideology	Social democracy Barbudan nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
Seats in the House of Representatives	1 / 17
Seats in the Barbuda Council	9 / 11
Election symbol
Deer
Party flag
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Website
http://barbudapeoplesmovement.org
Politics of Antigua and Barbuda Political parties Elections

History

The party first contested a general election in 1989, in which they won a single seat.^[7] They held the seat in the 1994 and 1999. In the 2004 elections the candidates of the BPM (Trevor Walker) and the Barbuda People's Movement for Change both won 400 votes. In a rerun of the election on 20 April Walker received 408 votes, whilst BPMC candidate Arthur Nibbs won only 394. The party retained the seat again in the 2009 elections.^{[citation needed]}

Barbuda’s secession request

The government is taking the unprecedented step of presenting the matter to the Parliament after it received a letter from the Barbuda Council requesting that discussions commence on the separation of Barbuda from Antigua.

In the letter dated 31 August 2020, Council Secretary Paul Nedd informed Cabinet Secretary Konata Lee that the Barbuda Council wished to secede from Antigua in order to determine a separate future for Barbuda and its people.^[6]

Electoral results

House of Representatives

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Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1989	Hilbourne Frank	304	1.37	1 / 17	New	4th	Opposition
1994		367	1.35	1 / 17	0	3rd	Opposition
1999		418	1.26	1 / 17	0	3rd	Opposition
2004	Trevor Walker	400	1.01	1 / 17	0	3rd	Coalition
2009		474	1.14	1 / 17	0	3rd	Coalition
2014		484	1.13	0 / 17	1	3rd	Extra-parliamentary
2018		558	1.43	1 / 17	1	4th	Opposition
2023		624	1.46	1 / 17	0	3rd	Opposition

Barbuda Council

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Election		Leaders	Votes			Seats		Position	Government
Election		Leaders	No.	%	±	No.	±	Position	Government
	1979^[8]	Hilbourne Frank				^[9]	New	1st	Majority
	1981							1st	Majority
	1983							1st	Majority
	1985								ONR^[10]
	1987							1st	Majority
	1989							1st	Majority
	1991/1992							1st	Majority
	1993/1994							1st	Majority
	1996^[9]					^[9]		2nd	ABLP
	1997							1st	Majority
	1999							1st	Majority
	2001							1st	Majority
	2003							1st	Majority
	2005	Trevor Walker	1,988^[11]	53.96		^[11]		1st	Majority
	2007					^[12]^[13]		1st	Majority
	2009					^[14]^[15]^[9]		1st	Majority
	2011		1,679^[16]	48.78		^[16]^[9]		1st	Majority
	2013		1,994^[17]	46.49		5 / 11 ^[17]^[15]		2nd	ABLP
	2015					3 / 11 ^[18]	2	2nd	ABLP
	2017		2,983^[19]	51.66		5 / 11 ^[20]	2	2nd	ABLP
	2019					9 / 11	4	1st	Majority
	2021		2,303^[21]^[22]^[23]	63.18		9 / 11	0	1st	Majority

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