Barbados General Election Results 1971

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Barbados General Election Results - 9 September 1971

General elections were held in Barbados on 9 September 1971. Elections were held to renew all the members of the House of Assembly on the normal expiration of their mandate, using a first-past-the-post system. These had been elected in 1966, prior to the country's gaining independence.

Electoral System

The 24 members of the House of Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. There was no fixed election date in effect in Barbados at this time; hence, the choice of election date is the prerogative of the Prime Minister.

Background

In 1971, the system of double member constituencies based on the boundaries of the 11 parishes and of the City of Bridgetown was abolished. Twenty-four single member constituencies were established on the basis of an average electorate per constituency within a permitted percentage variation 90% - 110% by the Representation of the People Act, 1971.

On the 16 August 1971, the Governor-General issued a proclamation dissolving Parliament and issued Writs appointing Wednesday, 25 August 1971 as Nomination Day and Thursday, 9 September 1971 as Election Day.

There were 115,189 registered electors.

Political Parties & Candidates

Two parties contested the 1971 General Election: the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) , led by Prime Minister Errol Barrow; and the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), led by Bernard St. John. There were 50 candidates with the BLP and DLP both presenting a full slate of 24 candiates. There were also 2 independent candidates.

Results

The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 18 of the 24 seats.

The Prime Minister Errol Barrow, leader of the victorious DLP , was re-elected for a third 5-year term and formed a new Cabinet.

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout was 81.64%.

ELECTORAL SYSTEM

System	First-past-the-post

Elected Members	24 single-member constituencies

VOTER TURNOUT

Total Valid Votes

92,872

Invalid Votes

1,174

Total Votes Cast

94.046

Registered Voters

115,189

Voter Turnout

81.64%

CRITICAL DATES

Dissolution of House	Mon, 16 Aug 1971

Nomination Day	Wed, 25 Aug 1971

Polling Day	Thu, 9 Sep 1971

First Meeting of Parliament	-

POLITICAL LEADERS

		Harold Bernard ST. JOHN Barbados Labour Party (BLP)

		Errol Walton BARROW Democratic Labour Party (DLP)

BY THE NUMBERS

BLP
	24 candidates
	6 seats
	39,376 votes (42.4%)

DLP
	24 candidates
	18 seats
	53,322 votes (57.4%)

OTHERS

Minor
Parties & Independent Candidates

2 candidates

0 seats

174 votes
(0.2%)

SEATS

13 seats for a majority

BLP

6 seats (-2)

18 seats (+4)

DLP

PARTY MANIFESTOS

BLP 1971 Manifesto

SUMMARY RESULTS

Party	Code	Votes			Candidates	Seats
Party	Code	Total	% votes	Change	Candidates	Number	Change
Barbados Labour Party	BLP	39,376	42.40%	+9.80%	24	6	-2

Democratic Labour Party	DLP	53,322	57.41%	+7.85%	24	18	+4

Independent Candidates	IND	174	0.19%	-7.11%	2	0	-
Total Valid Votes		92,872	100%	11%	50	24	-

ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

Constituency	Representative	Party
City of Bridgetown	MOTTLEY, Elliott D.	Barbados Labour Party

St Michael North West	GREAVES, Phillip M.	Democratic Labour Party

St Michael West	WALCOTT, Frank L.	Democratic Labour Party

St Michael North East	EASTMOND, Gertude L.	Democratic Labour Party

St Michael South West	FERGUSSON, George G.	Democratic Labour Party

St Michael South East	SPRINGER, J.B.	Democratic Labour Party

St Michael North Central	CADDLE, Rameses B.	Democratic Labour Party

St Michael South Central.	SMITH, Frederick G.	Democratic Labour Party

St Michael South	SANDIFORD, Lloyd Erskine	Democratic Labour Party

Christ Church West	FORDE, Henry deBoulay	Barbados Labour Party

Christ Church North Central	MORGAN, Peter G.	Democratic Labour Party

Christ Church South Central	MORRISON, Anderson	Democratic Labour Party

Christ Church East	TALMA, Cuthbert Edwy	Democratic Labour Party

St Philip North	MAXWELL, Neville G.A.	Democratic Labour Party

St Philip South	WEEKES, Reynold St. C.	Democratic Labour Party

St George North	HOPPIN, C.A. Eyre	Democratic Labour Party

St George South	LOWE, W.R.	Democratic Labour Party

St James	CRAIG, Lionel S.	Barbados Labour Party

St Andrew	EDWARDS, Arlington DaCosta	Democratic Labour Party

St John	BARROW, Errol Walton	Democratic Labour Party

St Thomas	ADAMS, J.M.G.M.	Barbados Labour Party

St Peter	HINDS, W. Burton	Barbados Labour Party

St Lucy	GREAVES, Edward Evelyn	Democratic Labour Party

St Joseph	BOLDEN, Lindsay	Barbados Labour Party

SUMMARY BY CONSTITUENCY, CANDIDATE, AND PARTY

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes	%Votes
City of Bridgetown	ELLIOT D. MOTTLEY	BLP	1,977	52.69%
City of Bridgetown	Lyle Carmichael	DLP	1,775	47.31%

St. Michael North West	PHILLIP M. GREAVES	DLP	2,925	57.69%
St. Michael North West	Lester Whitehead	BLP	2,145	42.31%

St. Michael West	FRANK L. WALCOTT	DLP	2,499	54.53%
St. Michael West	Elton D. Mottley	BLP	2,084	45.47%

St. Michael North East	GERTUDE L. EASTMOND	DLP	2,803	51.99%
	Gilmore Rocheford	BLP	2,478	45.97%
	C. Hackett	IND	110	2.04%

St. Michael South West	GEROGE FERGUSSON	DLP	1,613	57.83%
St. Michael South West	Neville Weekes	BLP	1,176	42.17%

St. Michael South East	JAMES B. SPRINGER	DLP	3,005	61.73%
St. Michael South East	Mencea E. Cox	BLP	1,863	38.27%

St. Michael North Central	RAMACES B. CADDLE	DLP	2,464	63.78%
St. Michael North Central	Jack Oddle	BLP	1,399	36.22%

St. Michael South Central	FREDERICK G. SMITH	DLP	1,983	59.93%
St. Michael South Central	Ronald Mapp	BLP	1,326	40.07%

St. Michael South	LLOYD E. SANDIFORD	DLP	2,048	58.12%
	Randolph Fields	BLP	1,412	40.07%
	St.A. Haddock	IND	64	1.82%

Christ Church West	HENRY D. FORDE	BLP	1,693	52.22%
Christ Church West	Maurice King	DLP	1,549	47.78%

Christ Church North Central	PETER G. MORGAN	DLP	2,543	66.45%
Christ Church North Central	Maurice Ward	BLP	1,284	33.55%

Christ Church South Central	ANDERSON MORRISON	DLP	1,570	51.27%
Christ Church South Central	Harold .B. St. John	BLP	1,492	48.73%

Christ Church East	C. EDWY TALMA	DLP	2,010	58.14%
Christ Church East	Richard Cheltenham	BLP	1,447	41.86%

St. Philip North	NEVILLE MAXWELL	DLP	2,831	80.56%
St. Philip North	David A.C. Simmons	BLP	683	19.44%

St. Philip South	REYNOLD WEEKES	DLP	2,647	78.27%
St. Philip South	DeLisle Bradshaw	BLP	735	21.73%

St. George North	EYRIE HOPPIN	DLP	1,856	55.84%
St. George North	Nigel Barrow	BLP	1,468	44.16%

St. George South	R. LOWE	DLP	1,800	51.27%
St. George South	Louis R. Tull	BLP	1,711	48.73%

St. James	LIONEL S. CRAIG	BLP	2,641	54.30%
St. James	George Moe	DLP	2,223	45.70%

St. Andrew	A. DACOSTA EDWARDS	DLP	2,036	54.66%
St. Andrew	Lloyd B. Brathwaite	BLP	1,689	45.34%

St. John	ERROL W. BARROW	DLP	3,570	84.94%
St. John	Evans McG. Webster	BLP	633	15.06%

St. Thomas	J.M.G.M. ADAMS	BLP	2,126	50.76%
St. Thomas	Neville Boxill	DLP	2,062	49.24%

St. Peter	W.C. BURTON HINDS	BLP	2,544	56.42%
St. Peter	A. Phillips	DLP	1,965	43.58%

St. Lucy	EDWARD E. GREAVES	DLP	2,197	59.15%
St. Lucy	Roy Brathwaite	BLP	1,517	40.85%

St. Joseph	CHARLES L. BOLDEN	BLP	1,853	58.38%
St. Joseph	L. Smith	DLP	1,321	41.62%

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POLITICAL PARTIES

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Solutions Barbados

United Progressive Party

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SUMMARY BY CONSTITUENCY AND PARTY

Constituency	Registered	BLP	DLP	IND	Total Valid	Invalid Votes	Total Votes	Turnout
City of Bridgetown	5,188	1,977	1,775	-	3,752	44	3,796	73.17%

St Michael North West	6,496	2,145	2,952	-	5,097	45	5,142	79.16%

St Michael West	5,922	2,084	2,499	-	4,583	47	4,630	78.18%

St Michael North East	6,958	2,478	2,803	110	5,391	89	5,480	78.76%

St Michael South West	3,688	1,176	1,613	-	2,789	46	2,835	76.87%

St Michael South East	6,213	1,863	3,005	-	4,868	54	4,922	79.22%

St Michael North Central	5,094	1,399	2,464	-	3,863	67	3,930	77.15%

St Michael South Central.	4,363	1,326	1,983	-	3,309	54	3,363	77.08%

St Michael South	4,661	1,412	2,048	64	3,524	55	3,579	76.79%

Christ Church West	4,086	1,693	1,549	-	3,242	34	3,276	80.18%

Christ Church North Central	4,782	1,284	2,543	-	3,827	63	3,890	81.35%

Christ Church South Central	3,789	1,492	1,570	-	3,062	42	3,104	81.92%

Christ Church East	4,290	1,447	2,010	-	3,457	42	3,499	81.56%

St Philip North	4,164	683	2,831	-	3,514	63	3,577	85.90%

St Philip South	4,070	735	2,647	-	3,382	25	3,407	83.71%

St George North	3,944	1,468	1,856	-	3,324	51	3,375	85.57%

St George South	4,178	1,711	1,800	-	3,511	52	3,563	85.28%

St James	5,787	2,641	2,223	-	4,864	31	4,895	84.59%

St Andrew	4,290	1,689	2,036	-	3,725	34	3,759	87.62%

St John	4,997	633	3,570	-	4,203	69	4,272	85.49%

St Thomas	4,897	2,126	2,062	-	4,188	54	4,242	86.62%

St Peter	5,197	2,544	1,965	-	4,509	44	4,553	87.61%

St Lucy	4,317	1,517	2,197	-	3,714	40	3,754	86.96%

St Joseph	3,818	1,853	1,321	-	3,174	29	3,203	83.89%
Total	115,189	39,376	53,322	174	92,872	1,174	94,046	81.64%

Key

Bajan Free Party	NDP = National Democratic Party	United Progressive Party
Barbados Integrity Movement	People's Democratic Congress	WPB = Workers Party of Barbados
Barbados Labour Party	PEP = People's Empowerment Party	Independent Candidate
Democratic Labour Party	PPA = People's Political Alliance	*incumbent
Kingdom Government of Barbados	Solutions Barbados	** Political Leader

Sources

Barbados Electoral and Boundaries Commission

Bajan Free Party (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/Bajan-Free-Party-BFP-HonAlex-MitchellEl-1767331239973521/

Barbados Integrity Movement (2018). Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/barbdaosintegritymovement/?ref=py_c

Barbados Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.blp.org.bb/

Coalition of United Party. (2018) Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/alexmitchell.el/

Democratic Labour Party. (2018). Retrieved from http://dlpbarbados.org/site/

Solutions Barbados. (2018). Retrieved from https://solutionsbarbados.com/

United Progressive Party. (2018). Retrieved from https://uppbarbados.org/

Inter-Parliamentary Union. (2018). Barbados. Retrieved from http://archive.ipu.org/parline/reports/2025_E.htm

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