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Barbuda Barbuda (), is an island located in the eastern Caribbean forming part of the sovereign state of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located north of the island of Antigua and is part of the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. The island is a popular ...
People's Movement is a
centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...
Barbudan nationalist
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
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History

The party first contested a general election in
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, in which they won a single seat.Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp69-70 They held the seat in the
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and
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. In the
2004 elections 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
the candidates of the BPM (
Trevor Walker Trevor Myke Walker is a Barbudan politician and former Cabinet Minister under the Baldwin Spencer administration. Early life Walker was educated at the Holy Trinity School in Barbuda, that was destroyed in the 2017 Hurricane Irma, but reope ...
) and the
Barbuda People's Movement for Change The Barbuda People's Movement for Change is a political party in Barbuda, part of Antigua and Barbuda. At their last elections, 23 March 2004, the party contested the sole seat allotted to Barbuda (in total there are 17 seats in the parliament) ...
both won 400 votes. In a rerun of the election on 20 April Walker received 408 votes, whilst BPMC candidate
Arthur Nibbs Arthur Nibbs is a politician from Antigua and Barbuda. He represents the Antigua Labour Party in the Antiguan Senate. Born in Barbuda, he was educated at the Holy Trinity School and the Antigua Grammar School. Political career He first stood, u ...
won only 394. The party retained the seat again in the
2009 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2009. * Electoral calendar 2009 * 2009 United Nations Security Council election Caribbean * 2009 Antiguan general election * 2009 Aruban general election * 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendu ...
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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 The Barbuda Council is a local authority that manages the internal affairs on the island of Barbuda. History and electoral system The Barbuda Council was established in 1976 by the Barbuda Local Government Act. It is an 11-member body consistin ...
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 The Barbuda Council is a local authority that manages the internal affairs on the island of Barbuda. History and electoral system The Barbuda Council was established in 1976 by the Barbuda Local Government Act. It is an 11-member body consistin ...
wished to secede from Antigua in order to determine a separate future for Barbuda and its people.


Electoral results


House of Representatives


Barbuda Council


References

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