Barbuda People's Movement

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Barbuda People's Movement
AbbreviationBPM
LeaderTrevor Walker
Founded1978[1]
Youth wingBPM Youth Foundation[2]
IdeologyBarbudan Nationalism
Political positionCentre-left
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 17
Seats in the Barbuda Council
11 / 11
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In Barbuda (Antigua-Barbuda) the Barbuda Peoples Movement pushes for independence. A Venezuelan newspaper published an independentist flag of Barbuda, but it did not clarify if this flag is that of the BPM (Barbuda Peoples Movement).[3]

The Barbuda People's Movement is a centre-left Barbudan nationalist political party in Antigua and Barbuda.

History[]

The party first contested a general election in 1989, in which they won a single seat.[4] 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.

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 Antigua from Barbuda.

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.[5]

Electoral results[]

House of Representatives[]

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1989 Hilbourne Frank 304 1.37
1 / 17
 New 4th Opposition
1994 367 1.35
1 / 17
 Steady 0 Increase 3rd Opposition
1999 418 1.26
1 / 17
 Steady 0 Steady 3rd Opposition
2004 Trevor Walker 400 1.01
1 / 17
 Steady 0 Steady 3rd Opposition
2009 474 1.14
1 / 17
 Steady 0 Steady 3rd Opposition
2014 484 1.13
0 / 17
 Decrease 1 Steady 3rd Opposition
2018 588 1.43
1 / 17
 Increase 1 Decrease 4th Opposition

Barbuda Council[]

Election Leaders Votes Seats Position Government
No. % ± No. ±
1979[6] Hilbourne Frank [7] New 1st Majority
1981 Steady1st Majority
1983 Steady1st Majority
1985 Steady1st Majority
1987 Steady1st Majority
1989 Steady1st Majority
1991/1992 Steady1st Majority
1993/1994 Steady1st Majority
1996[7] [7] Decrease2nd ABLP
1997 Increase1st Majority
1999 Steady1st Majority
2001 Steady1st Majority
2003 Steady1st Majority
2005 Trevor Walker 1,988[8] 53.96 [8] Steady1st Majority
2007 [9][10] Steady1st Majority
2009 [11][12][7] Steady1st Majority
2011 1,679[13] 48.78 [13][7] Steady1st Majority
2013 1,994[14] 46.49
5 / 11
[14][12] 		Decrease2nd ABLP
2015
3 / 11
[15] 		Decrease2 Steady2nd ABLP
2017 2,983[16] 51.66
5 / 11
[17] 		Increase2 Steady2nd ABLP
2019
9 / 11
 Increase4 Increase1st Majority
2021 2,303[18][19][20] 63.18
11 / 11
 Increase2 Steady1st Majority

References[]

  1. ^ "Barbuda People's Movement (BPM)".
  2. ^ "Caribbean Elections | Barbuda People's Movement".
  3. ^ "Island of Barbuda". Archived from the original on 2003-04-23.
  4. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp69-70 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  5. ^ "Barbuda's secession request goes to Parliament". Antigua News Room. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  6. ^ "THE BARBUDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT CHAPTER 44" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  7. ^ a b c d e Pat (2012-08-19). "ALP candidates announced for March 2013 Council election". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-24. The Barbuda Council has been controlled by the BPM since the first election was held around 35 years ago. The ALP gained control for a brief period in 1996.
  8. ^ a b pj67admin (2005-03-23). "Barbuda Council Election Day". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  9. ^ pj67admin (2007-03-01). "Barbuda Council elections". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  10. ^ pj67admin (2007-03-23). "Barbudan Council Election Results". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  11. ^ pj67admin (2013-01-08). "Result of the BPM Primaries". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  12. ^ a b "Caribbean Elections | Members of the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda 2009 - 2014". www.caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  13. ^ a b pj67admin (2011-04-04). "Barbuda Council Election Results". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  14. ^ a b pj67admin (2013-02-18). "The Results". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  15. ^ "BPM are back - two more seats in Council". Barbudaful. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  16. ^ barbudaful (2017-03-30). "BPM bring back Council". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  17. ^ "It's done … time to move on". Antigua Observer Newspaper. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  18. ^ "Clean Sweep for BPM". 30 March 2021.
  19. ^ barbudaful (2021-03-18). "Council elections March 29th 2021". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  20. ^ "Barbuda Council Elections 2021 Results". www.abec.gov.ag. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-04.


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