Английская Википедия:2022 Barbadian general election

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General elections were held in Barbados on 19 January 2022 to elect the 30 members of the House of Assembly. The ruling Barbados Labour Party won all 30 seats for the second consecutive election.

This was the 12th national election held since independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, the 16th since the institution of universal suffrage in 1950, and the first since Barbados became a republic in 2021. For the first time, both the ruling Barbados Labour Party and its historical rival the Democratic Labour Party were led by women. Шаблон:TOC limit

Background

According to the Constitution of Barbados, the Parliament shall stand dissolved no later than every five years from the first sitting of Parliament. The previous general elections were held on 24 May 2018, and the first sitting of the new session of Parliament was held on 5 June 2018. After the dissolution of Parliament, the President of Barbados must issue a writ for a general election of members to the House of Assembly and for appointment of Senators to the Senate within 90 days.

Despite a commanding 29–1 BLP majority in the House of Assembly and elections not being required until 2023, on 27 December 2021 Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that an early election would be held on 19 January the following year. Mottley's announcement came within a month of the country becoming a republic. She described the election as a "refuelling stop" for the nation, while opposition leaders criticised the early elections as an attempt by her to consolidate power.

On 30 December 2021 Joseph Atherley, who served as the official Leader of the Opposition of the House of Assembly and leader of the People's Party for Democracy and Development, announced an alliance with the United Progressive Party for the election under the name Alliance Party for Progress (APP).

Early voting was held for police officers and election day workers on 12 January.

On 18 January, Philip Catlyn, a member of the Barbados Sovereignty Party (BSP), filed for an injunction against the President and the Attorney General to stop the election. He argued that the home isolation requirements for those testing positive for COVID-19 would prevent close to 5,000 people from voting. Barbados does not allow absentee voting. After hearing the legal arguments. High Court justice Cicely Chase dismissed the case as being out of her jurisdiction. She said that the case should have been filed in an election court.

Electoral system

The 30 members of the House of Assembly are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.

Candidates

Seven political parties nominated candidates for this election. Including 10 independents, there were a total of 109 candidates.

Parties

Party		Position	Ideology	Leader	Leader since	Leader's seat	2018 election		Seats at dissolution	Contested seats
							%	Seats
bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color|	Barbados Labour Party	Centre-left	Social democracy Republicanism	Mia Mottley	26 February 2013	St. Michael North East	73.47	30	29	30 seats
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|	Democratic Labour Party	Centre-left	Social democracy Republicanism	Verla De Peiza	12 August 2018	Standing in St. Lucy	21.82	0	0	30 seats
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|	Alliance Party for Progress (PdP–UPP)	Centre-left	Social democracy Christian left	Joseph Atherley	30 December 2021	St. Michael West Standing in St. Michael Central	1.24	0	1	20 seats
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|	Solutions Barbados	Centre	Third Way	Grenville Phillips II	1 July 2015	None	2.45	0	0	11 seats
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|	Bajan Free Party		Government transparency Anti-corruption	Alex Mitchell	1 October 2012	Standing in St. Michael South	0.07	0	0	4 seats
bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|	New Barbados Kingdom Alliance		Apostolic Governance	Apostle Lynroy Scantlebury	July 2017	Standing in St Peter	New party		0	2 seats
	Barbados Sovereignty Party			Michael Thompson		Standing in St. Peter	New party		0	2 seats

Independents

Name	Contested Constituency
Melissa Taitt	St George North
Omar Smith	St Philip North
Wayne Beckles	St Philip North
Buddy Larrier	Christ Church South
Donald Leacock	Christ Church South
Brian Talma	Christ Church East
Samuel Maynard	St Thomas
Erskine Alleyne	St James Central
Joseph Jordan	St James Central
Fallon Best	City of Bridgetown

Results

Results by constituency

Source for votes:

Aftermath

Шаблон:See also Prime Minister Mottley and attorney-general Dale Marshall were both sworn in for a second term by president Sandra Mason on 20 January 2022.

On 21 January, as the DLP had not regained any seats in the House of Assembly, DLP president Verla De Peiza resigned. Ronnie Yearwood was then subsequently elected leader of the party on 1 May 2022. APP leader Joseph Atherley announced that the alliance would begin preparing for the next election. Both APP and DLP drew attention to the low voter turnout rate.

The Solutions Barbados party congratulated the BLP and announced its willingness to work with the government. Prime Minister Mottley received congratulations from foreign countries and organisations such as Caricom and the OECS.

The newly re-elected Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, announced the following Cabinet of Ministers on 24 January 2022, and subsequently added William Duguid the next day:

Cabinet of Ministers after the 2022 Barbadian general election

Ministerial Office	Office Holder	Constituency	Political Party
Prime Minister Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, with responsibility for Culture, Security, Public Service, Caricom and Development Commissions	Mia Mottley	St. Michael North East	Barbados Labour Party
Deputy Prime Minister Senior Minister Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources	Sanita Bradshaw	St. Michael South East
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Senior Minister Governance	Dale Marshall	St. Joseph
Minister of Energy and Business Development Senior Minister	Kerrie Symmonds	St. James Central
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senior Minister, Social and Environmental Policy	Jerome Walcott	N/A (Senator)
Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, with responsibility for Infrastructure and Town Planning Matters	William Duguid	Christ Church West
Minister of Homes Affairs and Information	Wilfred Abrahams	Christ Church East
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security	Indar Weir	St. Philip South
Minister of Tourism and International Transport	Ian Gooding Edghill	St. Michael West Central
Minister for the Public Service, Home Affairs, Labour and Gender Affairs	Lisa Cummings	N/A (Senator)
Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training	Kay McConney	St. Philip West
Minister of Housing, lands and Maintenance	Dwight Sutherland	St. George South
Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs	Kirk Humphrey	St. Michael South
Minister of the Environment and National Beautification and Blue Economy	Adrian Forde	Christ Church West Central
Minister of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector	Colin Jordan	St. Peter
Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology	Davidson Ishmael	St. Michael North
Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment	Charles Griffith	St. John
Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development	Ryan Straughn	Christ Church East Central
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister	Chantal Munroe Knight	N/A (Senator)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness	Sonia Browne	St. Philip North
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Ministry of Business Development	Sandra Husbands	St. James South

Source: St.Lucia Times

Parliamentary Secretaries

Office	Office Holder	Constituency	Political party
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources, with responsibility for Water Resources	Rommel Springer	St. Andrew	Barbados Labour Party
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs	Corey Layne	City of Bridgetown

Source: St.Lucia Times

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Barbados