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

Major parties

Party Abbr. Leader Political position Ideology Senators Assembly members
Barbados Labour Party BLP Mia Mottley Centre-left Social democracy
Republicanism
12 / 21
30 / 30
Democratic Labour Party DLP Verla De Peiza Centre-left Social democracy
Republicanism
0 / 21
0 / 30
People’s Party for Democracy and Development PdP Joseph Atherley Centre-left Christian democracy
Christian socialism
0 / 21
0 / 30

Others

Defunct

Names in italics denote Electoral Alliances

References

  1. ↑ "The Nation Newspaper | PEP: Power to the people". Archived from the original on March 13, 2006. Retrieved 2013-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

See also

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