2020 St George North by-election

A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St George North on November 11, 2020 following the resignation of incumbent BLP Member of Parliament Gline Clarke, who has represented the constituency for the past 26 years, to accept the post of Barbados High Commissioner to Canada. It was the first election to take place since Prime Minister Mia Mottley's governing Barbados Labour Party won all seats in the House of Assembly in the 2018 Barbadian general election.[1]

2020 St George North constituency by-election
11 November 2020
Turnout47.97% (Decrease18.74pp)
 
Candidate Toni Moore Floyd Reifer
Party BLP DLP
Popular vote 3,154 1,327
Percentage 66.60% 28.02%
Boundary of St George in Barbados.
MP before election

Gline Clarke
BLP

 Elected MP

Toni Moore
BLP

Previous election
General election 2018: St George North[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Gline Arley Clarke 4,779 80.8 +21.3
DLP Jepter Ince 745 12.6 -27.9
SB Grenville Walter Phillips II 264 4.5
UPP Everton Ricardo Holligan 124 2.1
Majority 4,034 84.4 +49.3
Turnout 3,944 66.7 +1.2
Registered electors 5,912
BLP hold Swing +21.37

Campaign

Contesting parties
Party Position Ideology Leader

(since)

Barbados Labour Party Centre-left Social democracy
Republicanism		 Mia Mottley
(February 2013)[4]
Democratic Labour Party Centre-left Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Republicanism		 Verla De Peiza
(August 2018)[5]
Solutions Barbados Centre Manifesto[6] Grenville Phillips II
(July 2015)[7]
United Progressive Party Centre-left Labourism
Progressivism
Social democracy
Third Way		 Everton Holligan
(March 2019)[8]
Bajan Free Party Political transparency[9] Alex Mitchell
(October 2012)[10]
People's Party for Democracy and Development Centre-left Social democracy
Christian democracy
Christian left		 Joseph Atherley
(June 2019)[11]

Result

Toni Moore won the election, keeping the seat in BLP hands.[12] Shortly after the election, Grenville Phillips II, the leader of the Solutions Barbados party, announced that he was retiring from further political activity.[13]

Turnout was over 14% lower in the district than in 2018, with less than half of eligible voters participating.

2020 St George North by-election[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BLP Toni Moore 3,154 66.60 -14.24
DLP Floyd Reifer 1,327 28.02 +15.42
SB Grenville Phillips II 95 2.01 -2.46
PdP David Walrond 80 1.69
UPP Ambrose Grosvenor 70 1.48 -0.62
BFP Alex Mitchell 10 0.21
Majority 1,827 57.93
Total valid votes 4,736 99.75
Turnout 4,748 47.97 -18.74
Registered electors 9,897
BLP hold Swing -14.24

See also

References
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  2. "Barbados General Election Results 2013". caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. "Barbados General Election Results 2018". www.caribbeanelections.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. "Mottley replaces Arthur as opposition leader in Barbados". Caribbean360. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014.
  5. Greaves, Natalie (2018-08-14). "Barbados opposition party selects new leader". Caribbean News. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  6. "#BTColumn - Dear People of St George North". Barbados Today. 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  7. "Caribbean Political Parties | Solutions Barbados". www.caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  8. "UPP elects new leader". www.nationnews.com. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  9. "Alex Mitchell and the Bajan Free Party are back for Elections 2022 | Loop Barbados". Loop News. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  10. "Caribbean Political Parties | Bajan Free Party". caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  11. King, Katrina (8 June 2019). "Atherley launches People's Party for Democracy and Development". Barbados Today. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. "Nation Update: BLP retains St George North in by-election". www.nationnews.com. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  13. "Grenville Phillips II announces political exit". Loop News. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  14. "Update: St. George North By-election Results". STARCOM Network. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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