2020 St George North by-election

2020 St George North constituency by-election

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Turnout	47.97% (18.74pp)
Candidate Toni Moore Floyd Reifer Party BLP DLP Popular vote 3,154 1,327 Percentage 66.60% 28.02%
Boundary of St George in Barbados.
MP before election Gline Clarke BLP Elected MP Toni Moore BLP

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St George North on November 11, 2020 following the resignation of incumbent BLP Member of Parliament Gline Clarke, who had represented the constituency for the prior twenty-six years, to accept the post of Barbados High Commissioner to Canada. It was the first election to take place since Prime Minister Mia Mottley's governing Barbados Labour Party won all seats in the House of Assembly in the 2018 Barbadian general election. ^[1]

Previous election

General election 2018: St George North ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Gline Arley Clarke	4,779	80.8	+21.3
	DLP	Jepter Ince	745	12.6	−27.9
	SB	Grenville Walter Phillips II	264	4.5
	UPP	Everton Ricardo Holligan	124	2.1
Majority			4,034	84.4	+49.3
Turnout			3,944	66.7	+1.2
Registered electors			5,912
	BLP hold		Swing	+21.37

Campaign

Contesting parties

Party		Position	Ideology	Leader (since)
	Barbados Labour Party	Centre-left	Social democracy Republicanism	Mia Mottley (February 2013) [4]
	Democratic Labour Party	Centre-left	Social democracy Democratic socialism Republicanism	Verla De Peiza (August 2018) [5]
	Solutions Barbados	Centre	Manifesto [6]	Grenville Phillips II (July 2015) [7]
	United Progressive Party	Centre-left	Labourism Progressivism Social democracy Third Way	Everton Holligan (March 2019) [8]
	Bajan Free Party		Political transparency [9]	Alex Mitchell (October 2012) [10]
	People's Party for Democracy and Development	Centre-left	Social democracy Christian democracy Christian left	Joseph Atherley (June 2019) [11]

Result

Toni Moore won the election, keeping the seat in BLP hands. ^[12] Shortly after the election, Grenville Phillips II, the leader of the Solutions Barbados party, announced that he was retiring from further political activity. ^[13]

Turnout was over 14% lower in the district than in 2018, with less than half of eligible voters participating.

2020 St George North by-election ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLP	Toni Moore	3,154	66.60	−14.24
	DLP	Floyd Reifer	1,327	28.02	+15.42
	SB	Grenville Phillips II	95	2.01	−2.46
	PdP	David Walrond	80	1.69
	UPP	Ambrose Grosvenor	70	1.48	−0.62
	BFP	Alex Mitchell	10	0.21
Majority			1,827	57.93
Total valid votes			4,736	99.75
Turnout			4,748	47.97	−18.74
Registered electors			9,897
	BLP hold		Swing	-14.24

See also

• 2018 Barbadian general election
• List of parliamentary constituencies of Barbados

References

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4. "Mottley replaces Arthur as opposition leader in Barbados". Caribbean360 . 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014.
5. Greaves, Natalie (2018-08-14). "Barbados opposition party selects new leader". Caribbean News. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
6. "#BTColumn - Dear People of St George North". Barbados Today. 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
7. "Caribbean Political Parties | Solutions Barbados". www.caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
8. "UPP elects new leader". www.nationnews.com. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
9. "Alex Mitchell and the Bajan Free Party are back for Elections 2022 | Loop Barbados". Loop News. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
10. "Caribbean Political Parties | Bajan Free Party". caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
11. King, Katrina (8 June 2019). "Atherley launches People's Party for Democracy and Development". Barbados Today. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
12. "Nation Update: BLP retains St George North in by-election". www.nationnews.com. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
13. "Grenville Phillips II announces political exit". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
14. "Update: St. George North By-election Results". STARCOM Network. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.