General election in Antigua and Barbuda 2014

The parliamentary elections in Antigua and Barbuda 2014 for the representatives of the House of Representatives (Antigua and Barbuda) took place on June 12, 2014. 41 candidates from six different parties ran for this.

Election result

The Antigua and Barbuda Labor Party (ABLP, formerly Antigua Labor Party ) came back to power after 10 years in the opposition and was able to win 14 of the 17 seats. The United Progressive Party (UPP) of the previous Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer only had three seats out of the previous nine. The ABLP had dominated the country's politics from independence from the UK in 1981 until the 2004 elections. The spouse of the granddaughter of former Prime Minister Vere Bird , Gaston Browne , led the ABLP on in the elections, 2014.

The country's economy had shrunk in the previous five years. In 2010, the UPP government sought a stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stabilize the country's debt. The unemployment rate rose from 5 to 25 percent in 10 years. The ABLP promised to abolish personal income tax , create more jobs and attract more investment into the country. The UPP, which was seeking a third term, pledged to revitalize the economy by building a new port and a modern center for the performing arts, as well as research into space technologies.

On June 13, Gaston Browne was sworn in as Prime Minister, making him the country's youngest ever incumbent.

Elected MPs

Surname	Political party	Constituency	Votes (absolute)	Votes in%	Remarks
Benjamin, Steadroy	ABLP	St. John's City South	828	62.92	Attorney General
Bird, Lester Bryant	ABLP	St. John's Rural East	2.144	57.95
Browne, Gaston	ABLP	St. John's City West	1,394	65.57	prime minister
Browne, Michael	ABLP	All Saints West	1.931	54.49
Daniel, Willmoth	UPP	St. Phillip South	523	54.37
Fernandez, Charles Henry	ABLP	St. John's Rural North	1,860	60.55
Greene, Everly Paul Chet	ABLP	St. Paul	1,453	59.28
Jonas, Dean	ABLP	St. George	2,182	54.51	Deputy Speaker of the House
Joseph, Molwyn	ABLP	St. Mary's North	2,089	56.80
Lake, Eustace	ABLP	St. John's Rural South	1,548	59.84
Marshall, Samantha	ABLP	St. Mary's South	1.009	52.09
Massiah, Joanne	UPP	All Saints East & St. Luke	1,624	52.83
Michael, Asot	ABLP	St. Peter	1,730	69.09
Nibbs, Arthur	ABLP	Barbuda	485	50.05
Nicholas, Melford	ABLP	St. John's City East	794	53.79
Spencer, Winston Baldwin	UPP	St. John's Rural West	1.993	50.38	Opposition leader
Watts, Gerald	-	-	-	-	Speaker of the House
Yearwood, Robin	ABLP	St. Phillip North	951	66.23

Remarks

1. ↑ Article in the Election Portal of the Caribbean ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA House of Representatives, ELECTIONS IN 2014. INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION, accessed September 15, 2018 .