List of political parties in Barbados
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This article lists political parties in Barbados.
Barbados has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Occasionally various members of political parties in Barbados have used an option of crossing the floor.
The parties[]
Major parties[]
Party | Abbr. | Leader | Political position | Ideology | Senators | Assembly members | |
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Barbados Labour Party | BLP | Mia Mottley | Centre-left | Social democracy Republicanism |
12 / 21
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29 / 30
| |
People’s Party for Democracy and Development | PdP | Joseph Atherley | Centre-left | Christian democracy Christian socialism |
2 / 21
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1 / 30
| |
Democratic Labour Party | DLP | Verla De Peiza | Centre-left | Social democracy Republicanism |
0 / 21
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0 / 30
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Others[]
- People's Empowerment Party[1] (PEP)
- Clement Payne Movement (CPM)
- Pan-Caribbean Congress (PCP)
- (BFP)
- Solutions Barbados (SB)
- United Progressive Party (Barbados) (UPP)
- (PDC)
- (KGB)
- (NBKA)
- Progressive Conservative Party (PCP)
- (BIM)
- (BSP)
Defunct[]
- Barbados National Party (BNP)
- National Democratic Party (NDP)
- People's Political Alliance (PPA)
- People's Progressive Movement (PPM)
- Worker's Party of Barbados (WPB)
- Barbados Electors Association (BEA)
- West Indian National Congress Party (CP)
- (CAP)
References[]
- ^ "The Nation Newspaper | PEP: Power to the people". Archived from the original on March 13, 2006. Retrieved 2013-04-22.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
See also[]
- Politics of Barbados
- List of political parties by country
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