General election in Barbados 2018
The 2018 parliamentary election in Barbados for the House of Assembly , the lower house of the Barbados Parliament , took place on May 24, 2018 and resulted in an overwhelming victory for the previously opposition Barbados Labor Party (BLP).
Election results
- BLP : 30
The Barbados Labor Party (BLP), led by Mia Mottley , managed to win all 30 seats in the House of Assembly and ousted the Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of former Prime Minister Freundel Stuart , which had ruled the country since 2008. On May 25, 2018, Mia Mottley was sworn in as the new Prime Minister, becoming the first woman in Barbados to take this office.
The 2018 elections took place at a time of slow recovery from the global economic crisis of 2008. In its election campaign, the DLP referred to the increasing economic growth in eight consecutive quarters. She promised to improve food self-sufficiency to 50% by 2026. The BLP criticized the government for taxes and the cost of living. She pledged to rebuild foreign currency reserves, lower taxes, ensure regular garbage collection and provide more buses for public transport, as well as repair the country's roads.
| Political party | Stize |
|---|---|
| Barbados Labor Party | 30th |
Remarks
- ↑ a b Inter-Parliamentary Union: IPU PARLINE database: BARBADOS (House of Assembly), Last elections. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .