30 seats in the House of Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
63.54% (6.66%)
First party
Second party
Leader
David Thompson
Owen Arthur
Party
DLP
BLP
Leader's seat
St. John
St. Peter
Last election
7 seats
23 seats
Seats won
20
10
Seat change
13
13
Popular vote
77,681
69,720
Percentage
52.55%
47.16%
Swing
8.46%
8.64%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election
Owen Arthur
Barbados Labour Party
Elected Prime Minister
David Thompson
DLP
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Human rights
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President (list)
Dame Sandra Mason
Prime Minister (list)
Mia Mottley
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Speaker: Arthur Holder
Senate
President: Reginald Farley
Leader
Opposition
Leader: Bishop Joseph J. S. Atherley
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Chief Justice: Marston Gibson
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Minister: Kerrie Symmonds
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General elections were held in Barbados on 15 January 2008.[1] A concurrent referendum to determine whether or not to become a republic was initially planned but vote was postponed.[2][3]
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which had been in opposition since 1994, won with 20 seats to 10 seats for the Barbados Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Recounts were held in some constituencies due to close results.[4]
On 11 September 2008 Hamilton Lashley MP, for St. Michael South-East announced he would cross the floor and no longer be a member of the Barbados Labour Party, but would instead become an independent. His defection brought the BLP as Opposition down to nine seats for the remainder of the Parliamentary session.[5] He later decided to join the ruling DLP party.
DLP chairman David Thompson was sworn in as Prime Minister on 16 January.[1] After David Thompson died in October 2010 a by-election was held in January 2011 to fill his vacant seat for St. John.
^ abThompson sworn in as Barbados PM Xinhua, 17 January 2008
^Elections in Barbados Archived January 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, The Jamaica Gleaner, 13 January 2008
^"Barbados: parliamentary elections House of Representatives, 2008". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^BARBADOS ELECTION: Ruling party defeated Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, The Nation, 16 January 2008
^BLP move? Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Daily Nation, 5 October 2008
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