List of political parties in Barbados
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This article lists political parties in Barbados.
Barbados has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Occasionally various members of political parties in Barbados have used an option of crossing the floor.
The parties
[edit]Major parties
[edit]| Party | Abbr. | Leader | Political position | Ideology | Senators | Assembly members | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados Labour Party | BLP | Mia Mottley | Centre-left | Social democracy Republicanism |
12 / 21
|
28 / 30
| |
| Democratic Labour Party | DLP | Ralph Thorne | Centre-left | Social democracy Republicanism |
2 / 21
|
1 / 30
| |
| People’s Party for Democracy and Development | PdP | Joseph Atherley | Centre-left | Christian democracy Christian socialism |
0 / 21
|
0 / 30
| |
Others
[edit]- Alliance Party for Progress (APP)
- Bajan Free Party (BFP)
- Barbados Integrity Movement (BIM)
- Barbados Sovereignty Party (BSP)
- Clement Payne Movement (CPM)
- Conservative Barbados Leadership Party (CBLP)
- Kingdom Government of Barbados (KGB)
- New National Party (NNP) [1]
- New Barbados Kingdom Alliance (NBKA)
- Pan-Caribbean Congress (PCP)
- People's Democratic Congress (Barbados) (PDC)
- People's Empowerment Party[2] (PEP)
- Solutions Barbados (SB)
- United Progressive Party (Barbados) (UPP)
Defunct
[edit]- Barbados National Party (BNP)
- National Democratic Party (NDP)
- People's Political Alliance (PPA)
- People's Progressive Movement (PPM)
- Workers Party of Barbados (WPB)
- Barbados Electors Association (BEA)
- West Indian National Congress Party (CP)
- Citizens Action Partnership (CAP)
- Progressive Conservative Party (PCP)
- Coalition of United Parties (CUP)
Names in italics denote Electoral Alliances
References
[edit]- ^ Desk, Nationnews (2025-04-28). "Kemar Stuart announces formation of new political party". nationnews.com. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "The Nation Newspaper | PEP: Power to the people". Archived from the original on March 13, 2006. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
