Barbuda People's Movement

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Barbuda People's Movement
AbbreviationBPM
Leader Trevor Walker
Founded1978 [1]
Youth wing BPM Youth Foundation [2]
Ideology Social democracy
Barbudan nationalism
Political position Centre-left
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 17
Seats in the Barbuda Council
9 / 11
Election symbol
Deer
Website
http://barbudapeoplesmovement.org
In Barbuda (Antigua-Barbuda) the Barbuda Peoples Movement pushes for independence. A Venezuelan newspaper published an independentist flag of Barbuda, but it did not clarify if this flag is that of the BPM (Barbuda Peoples Movement). Barbuda People's Movement Flag.svg
In Barbuda (Antigua-Barbuda) the Barbuda Peoples Movement pushes for independence. A Venezuelan newspaper published an independentist flag of Barbuda, but it did not clarify if this flag is that of the BPM (Barbuda Peoples Movement).

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]

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History

The party first contested a general election in 1989, in which they won a single seat. [7] They held the seat in the 1994 and 1999. In the 2004 elections the candidates of the BPM (Trevor Walker) and the Barbuda People's Movement for Change both won 400 votes. In a rerun of the election on 20 April Walker received 408 votes, whilst BPMC candidate Arthur Nibbs won only 394. The party retained the seat again in the 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

ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
1989 Hilbourne Frank 3041.37
1 / 17
New4thOpposition
1994 3671.35
1 / 17
Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 3rdOpposition
1999 4181.26
1 / 17
Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 3rdOpposition
2004 Trevor Walker 4001.01
1 / 17
Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 3rdCoalition
2009 4741.14
1 / 17
Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 3rdCoalition
2014 4841.13
0 / 17
Decrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 3rdExtra-parliamentary
2018 5581.43
1 / 17
Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4thOpposition
2023 6241.46
1 / 17
Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 3rdOpposition

Barbuda Council

ElectionLeadersVotesSeatsPositionGovernment
No.%±No.±
1979 [8] Hilbourne Frank [9] New1stMajority
1981Steady2.svg1stMajority
1983Steady2.svg1stMajority
1985 ONR [10]
1987Steady2.svg1stMajority
1989Steady2.svg1stMajority
1991/1992Steady2.svg1stMajority
1993/1994Steady2.svg1stMajority
1996 [9] [9] Decrease2.svg2nd ABLP
1997Increase2.svg1stMajority
1999Steady2.svg1stMajority
2001Steady2.svg1stMajority
2003Steady2.svg1stMajority
2005 Trevor Walker 1,988 [11] 53.96 [11] Steady2.svg1stMajority
2007 [12] [13] Steady2.svg1stMajority
2009 [14] [15] [9] Steady2.svg1stMajority
20111,679 [16] 48.78 [16] [9] Steady2.svg1stMajority
20131,994 [17] 46.49
5 / 11
[17] [15]
Decrease2.svg2nd ABLP
2015
3 / 11
[18]
Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg2nd ABLP
20172,983 [19] 51.66
5 / 11
[20]
Increase2.svg2Steady2.svg2nd ABLP
2019
9 / 11
Increase2.svg4Increase2.svg1stMajority
2021 2,303 [21] [22] [23] 63.18
9 / 11
Steady2.svg0Steady2.svg1stMajority

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