| |||||||||||||||||
4 of 11 seats in the Barbuda Council | |||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
| |||||||||||||||||
 |
|---|
On March 29, 2023, elections for the Barbuda Council were held, resulting in a victory for the Barbuda People's Movement (BPM). [1] [2]
Candidates were nominated on 19 March 2023. [3]
 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| Ex officio | Not up | Up | Won | Total | ||||
| Barbuda People's Movement | 1,683 | 63.85 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party | 828 | 31.41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Independent | 125 | 4.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,636 | 100.00 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Source: Observer | ||||||||
| Party | Name | Polling Station A | Polling Station B | Polling Station C | Polling Station D | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKBAR - CUFFY | DANIEL - IBRAHIM | J - OSCAR | PARKER - YEARWOOD | ||||
| Barbuda People's Movement | Devon Warner | 87 | 133 | 95 | 123 | 438 | |
| Barbuda People's Movement | John Mussington | 87 | 132 | 87 | 127 | 433 | |
| Barbuda People's Movement | Sharima Deazle | 80 | 122 | 92 | 123 | 417 | |
| Barbuda People's Movement | Fitzroy Warner | 72 | 117 | 88 | 118 | 395 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party | Mackeisha Desouza | 42 | 58 | 69 | 53 | 222 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party | Orlando Morris | 46 | 57 | 64 | 53 | 220 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party | Bentham Lewis | 33 | 54 | 60 | 46 | 193 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party | Zaria Nedd | 29 | 58 | 61 | 45 | 193 | |
| Independent | Jermaine Desouza | 28 | 40 | 26 | 19 | 113 | |
| Independent | Ordrick Samuel | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| Total | 509 | 775 | 643 | 709 | 2,636 | ||
| Source: Observer | |||||||
The history of Antigua and Barbuda covers the period from the arrival of the Archaic peoples thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Antigua and Barbuda were inhabited by three successive Amerindian societies. The island was claimed by England, who settled the islands in 1632. Under English/British control, the islands witnessed an influx of both Britons and African slaves migrate to the island. In 1981, the islands were granted independence as the modern state of Antigua and Barbuda.
The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. The current leader of the party is Gaston Browne, who serves as the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. The party had previously been led by Lester Bird, who was chairman of the party since 1971, and was Prime Minister and political leader in 1994.
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 23 March 2004. The result was a victory for the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), which defeated the incumbent Antigua Labour Party. Baldwin Spencer, leader of the UPP, replaced Lester Bird as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, with Bird being one of eight Labour MPs to lose his seat. Spencer became only the second Prime Minister from outside the Bird family or the Labour Party.
Elections in Antigua and Barbuda take place in the framework of a parliamentary democracy.
The Barbuda People's Movement is a left-wing 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. The party seeks the secession of Barbuda from Antigua and Barbuda. The party is allied with the United Progressive Party.
The Barbuda People's Movement for Change was a political party in Barbuda, part of Antigua and Barbuda.
Sir Thomas Hilbourne Frank was a politician from Antigua and Barbuda. He was a political leader of the Barbuda People's Movement, which favours greater independence of Barbuda from Antigua and supports the United Progressive Party.
Asot Anthony Emmanuel Michael was an Antiguan politician who was a member of the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda, elected from Saint Peter Constituency. He was also the Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy under Prime Minister Gaston Browne. He had previously been a member of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party.
Sir Ronald Michael Sanders is an Antiguan Barbudan diplomat, academic, former broadcast-journalist, and the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States and to the Organization of American States (OAS) since 2015. He holds the unique distinction of being the first person, since the OAS enlarged its membership in 1962, to serve as Chairman of the Permanent Council of the OAS for an unprecedented three terms. He completed his highly successful third term on December 31, 2023, having played a widely recognized role in guiding the work of the Permanent Council in the peaceful transition of government in Guatemala on 14 January 2024.
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 21 March 2018 to elect members to House of Representatives of the 15th Antigua and Barbuda Parliament. Each of the 17 constituencies elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
Trevor Myke Walker is a Barbudan politician, current member of parliament for Barbuda, and former Cabinet Minister under the Baldwin Spencer administration. He is a member of the Barbuda People's Movement, a party that seeks the independence of Barbuda from Antigua and Barbuda.
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 18 January 2023 to elect members of the House of Representatives. The Labour Party (ABLP) has held an absolute majority of 15 seats in the House of Representatives after the 2018 general election, with Gaston Browne remaining as prime minister. Browne initiated a constitutional referendum after the 2018 election, which was rejected by voters, and following the death of Elizabeth II in 2022, he announced his intention to organise a referendum for the transition of Antigua and Barbuda to a republican system. Besides ABLP, the United Progressive Party (UPP), Democratic National Alliance, Barbuda People's Movement (BPM), and three independent politicians filed candidacies for the 2023 general election.
Council elections were held in Barbuda on March 29, 2021. The elections were won by the Barbuda People's Movement. Voter turnout was 64%.
Gail Christian is an Antiguan and Barbudan politician and senator. She is a senator of the Upper House of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda. She was appointed senator by Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
On October 24, 2023, a by-election was conducted in the Antiguan seat of St. Mary's South in response to the resignation of Kelvin Simon, the sitting UPP member of parliament, due to challenges to his candidacy. It was Antigua and Barbuda's second election since Prime Minister Gaston Browne emerged victorious in the country's general election in 2023 with a narrow win.
Rawdon Turner is an Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party politician, who was appointed to the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda for the government on 23 January 2023. He was sworn in as deputy Senate president on 19 November 2024.
The Barbudan independence movement is a political movement that seeks the independence of Barbuda from Antigua. Proponents state that Barbudan independence would allow Barbudans to exercise their right to self-determination, especially after the start of the Barbuda land crisis, while opponents state that this movement would set a precedent for other small islands in the region to secede, and would deprive Antigua of critical resources.
The history of Antigua and Barbuda since 2014 began with the election of Gaston Browne as prime minister. Since then, the Barbudan independence movement has resurged and the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party has cemented control over the country. Relations between the two islands have largely deteriorated.
Elections for five of the nine elected seats in the Barbuda Council are scheduled to be held in late March 2025. The previous two elections resulted in landslides for the Barbuda People's Movement, who currently hold all eleven seats on the council, including the two ex officio seats. Important issues in this election include land rights, the environment, and infrastructure.
