Barbuda People's Movement
Barbuda People's Movement | |
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Centre-left | |
Seats in the House of Representatives | 1 / 17
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Seats in the Barbuda Council | 9 / 11
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Election symbol | |
Deer | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
http://barbudapeoplesmovement.org | |
The Barbuda People's Movement is a
centre-left 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.[4][5] The party seeks the secession of Barbuda from Antigua and Barbuda.[6]
History
The party first contested a general election in
2009 elections.[citation needed
]
Barbuda’s secession request
The government is taking the unprecedented step of presenting the matter to the Parliament after it received a letter from the Barbuda Council requesting that discussions commence on the separation of Barbuda from Antigua.
In the letter dated 31 August 2020, Council Secretary Paul Nedd informed Cabinet Secretary Konata Lee that the Barbuda Council wished to secede from Antigua in order to determine a separate future for Barbuda and its people.[6]
Electoral results
House of Representatives
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989
|
Hilbourne Frank | 304 | 1.37 | 1 / 17
|
New | 4th | Opposition |
1994
|
367 | 1.35 | 1 / 17
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0 | 3rd | Opposition | |
1999
|
418 | 1.26 | 1 / 17
|
0 | 3rd | Opposition | |
2004
|
Trevor Walker | 400 | 1.01 | 1 / 17
|
0 | 3rd | Coalition |
2009
|
474 | 1.14 | 1 / 17
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0 | 3rd | Coalition | |
2014
|
484 | 1.13 | 0 / 17
|
1 | 3rd | Extra-parliamentary | |
2018
|
558 | 1.43 | 1 / 17
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1 | 4th | Opposition | |
2023
|
624 | 1.46 | 1 / 17
|
0 | 3rd | Opposition |
Barbuda Council
This section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2022) |
Election | Leaders | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | ||||
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No. | % | ± | No. | ± | |||||
1979[8] | Hilbourne Frank | [9] | New | 1st | Majority | ||||
1981 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
1983 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
1985 | ONR[10] | ||||||||
1987 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
1989 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
1991/1992 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
1993/1994 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
1996[9] | [9] | 2nd | ABLP | ||||||
1997 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
1999 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
2001 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
2003 | 1st | Majority | |||||||
2005 | Trevor Walker | 1,988[11] | 53.96 | [11] | 1st | Majority | |||
2007 | [12][13] | 1st | Majority | ||||||
2009 | [14][15][9] | 1st | Majority | ||||||
2011 | 1,679[16] | 48.78 | [16][9] | 1st | Majority | ||||
2013 | 1,994[17] | 46.49 | 5 / 11 [17][15]
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2nd | ABLP | ||||
2015 | 3 / 11 [18]
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2 | 2nd | ABLP | |||||
2017 | 2,983[19] | 51.66 | 5 / 11 [20]
|
2 | 2nd | ABLP | |||
2019 | 9 / 11
|
4 | 1st | Majority | |||||
2021 | 2,303[21][22][23] | 63.18 | 9 / 11
|
0 | 1st | Majority |
References
- ^ "Barbuda People's Movement (BPM)".
- ^ "Caribbean Elections | Barbuda People's Movement".
- ^ "Island of Barbuda". Archived from the original on 2003-04-23.
- ^ "From Icon of Empire to National Emblem: the Fallow Deer of Barbuda".
- ^ "Antigua Election 2023: ABEC releases party symbols for Jan 18 polls | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News.
- ^ a b "Barbuda's secession request goes to Parliament". Antigua News Room. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ "THE BARBUDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT CHAPTER 44" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ a b c d e Pat (2012-08-19). "ALP candidates announced for March 2013 Council election". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
The Barbuda Council has been controlled by the BPM since the first election was held around 35 years ago. The ALP gained control for a brief period in 1996.
- ISBN 9781349149513.
- ^ a b pj67admin (2005-03-23). "Barbuda Council Election Day". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ pj67admin (2007-03-01). "Barbuda Council elections". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ pj67admin (2007-03-23). "Barbudan Council Election Results". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ pj67admin (2013-01-08). "Result of the BPM Primaries". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Caribbean Elections | Members of the Senate of Antigua and Barbuda 2009 - 2014". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ a b pj67admin (2011-04-04). "Barbuda Council Election Results". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b pj67admin (2013-02-18). "The Results". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "BPM are back - two more seats in Council". Barbudaful. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ barbudaful (2017-03-30). "BPM bring back Council". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "It's done … time to move on". Antigua Observer Newspaper. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Clean Sweep for BPM". 30 March 2021.
- ^ barbudaful (2021-03-18). "Council elections March 29th 2021". Barbudaful. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Barbuda Council Elections 2021 Results". www.abec.gov.ag. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-04.