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Besides ABLP, the United Progressive Party (UPP), Democratic National Alliance, Barbuda People's Movement (BPM), and three independent politicians filed candidacies for the 2023 general election. During the election campaign, UPP proposed to raise the minimum wage and expressed support for small businesses, while ABLP pledged to construct more ...
The party was founded in 1946, during the first national elections, as the Antigua Labour Party (ALP). Its founders included Vere Bird, father of Lester. The ABLP later came to be seen as a political arm of the Bird family. With the exception of five years in the 1970s, the ABLP ruled Antigua and Barbuda for over four decades leading up to 2004.
The first elections held under this system resulted in a victory for the Antigua Labour Party, which won all eight seats. The ALP dominated Antiguan politics, winning every seat in elections held in 1956, 1960 and 1965. During this period voter turnout remained low, dropping to just 38% for the 1960 elections. [4]
Dwayne George sworn in on 3 August 2023; replacing Caleb Gardiner. [5]Dwayne George resigns on 29 September 2023. Dwayne George sworn in on 26 October 2023. Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst announced on 21 August 2024 that she would be stepping down from the Senate for personal reasons. [6]
The mounting number of legal challenges against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is adding yet another tally mark.. In a fresh complaint, filed Thursday on behalf of an unnamed Jane Doe accuser and ...
This article lists political parties in Antigua and Barbuda.Antigua and Barbuda 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.
After the presidential race was called Wednesday morning, Americans are awaiting the final results of races in the U.S. House of Representatives.. All 435 U.S. House of Representatives seats were ...
A total of 53 candidates contested the elections, representing seven parties. The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party nominated a full slate of 17 candidates. The United Progressive Party nominated candidates only on the island of Antigua due to an electoral pact with the Barbuda People's Movement which stood only on the island of Barbuda.