Barbados General Election Results 1991

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Barbados General Election Results - 22 January 1991

General elections were held in Barbados on 22 January 1991. Elections were held for all 28 seats in the House of Assembly using a first-past-the-post system.

In 1990, the Electoral and Boundaries Commission in its review of constituency boundaries increased the number of seats in the House of Assembly from 27 to 28.

Electoral System

The 28 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

Following the May 1986 General Election, Prime Minister Errol Barrow (Democratic Labour Party - DLP) died in June 1987 and was succeeded by Erskine Sandiford (hitherto the Deputy Prime Minister), who pledged to continue Barrow’s economic and social policies, particularly tax reforms. In February 1989, four DLP members left the party to form a new one known as the National Democratic Party (NDP); Richard Haynes, its head, was subsequently appointed as leader of the parliamentary opposition.

On 29 December 1990, the Governor-General issued a proclamation dissolving Parliament and Writs appointing Monday, 7 January 1991 as Nomination Day and Tuesday, 22 January 1991 as Election Day.

There were 191,000 registered electors, 89,354 males and 101, 646 females.

Political Parties & Candidates

In the 1991 poll, the ruling DLP’s main challenge once again came from the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which had been in office until 1986.

A total of 91 candidates from three political parties contested the election. The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) - led by Henry Forde, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) - led by David Thompson, and the National Democratic Party (NDP) - led by Richard Haynes - all presented full slates of 28 candidates each. There were also seven independent candidates.

Campaign

The Sandiford-led DLP ran on a platform of "economic justice" and Caribbean cooperation.

Results

On polling day, Sandiford won his first full term of office as Prime Minister as the DLP captured 18 of the enlarged House of Assembly’s 28 seats. The BLP won the remaining 10. The National Democratic Party, formed in 1989 by former finance minister Richie Haynes, lost all four of its seats.

A new Cabinet was announced on 26 January 1991.

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout was 63.72%.

ELECTORAL SYSTEM

System	First-past-the-post

Elected Members	28 single-member constituencies

VOTER TURNOUT

Total Valid Votes

120,352

Invalid Votes

1,344

Total Votes Cast

121,696

Registered Voters

191,000

Voter Turnout

63.72%

CRITICAL DATES

Dissolution of House	Sat, 29 Dec 1990

Nomination Day	Mon, 7 Jan 1991

Polling Day	Tue, 22 Jan 1991

First Meeting of Parliament	-

POLITICAL LEADERS

		Henry FORDE Barbados Labour Party (BLP)

		Erskine SANDIFORD Democratic Labour Party (DLP)

		Richard HAYNES National Democratic Party (NDP)

BY THE NUMBERS

BLP
	28 candidates
	10 seats
	51,172 votes (42.5%)

DLP
	28 candidates
	18 seats
	60,517 votes (50.3%)

NDP
	28 candidates
	0 seats
	8,218 votes (6.8%)

IND

Independent Candidates

7
candidates

0 seats

445
votes (0.4%)

SEATS

15 seats for a majority

BLP

10 seats (+7)

2 seats (-6)

DLP

PARTY MANIFESTOS

BLP 1991 Manifesto

DLP 1991 Manifesto

SUMMARY RESULTS

Party	Code	Votes			Candidates	Seats
Party	Code	Total	% votes	Change	Candidates	Number	Change
Barbados Labour Party	BLP	51,172	42.52%	+2.13%	28	10	+7

Democratic Labour Party	DLP	60,517	50.28%	-9.18%	28	18	-6

National Democratic Party	NDP	8,218	6.83%	+6.83%	28	0	-

Independent Candidates	IND	445	0.37%	+0.28%	7	0	-
Total Valid Votes		120,352	100%	0%	91	28	+1

ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

Constituency	Representative	Party
City of Bridgetown	MILLER, Billie Antoinette	Barbados Labour Party

St. Michael South	SANDIFORD, Lloyd Erskine	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael East	TUDOR, Joseph O.	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael South Central	BOWEN, David W.	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael Central	TROTMAN, Cardinal LeRoy	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael South East	BRADSHAW, Delisle O.	Barbados Labour Party

St. Michael North East	BRATHWAITE, Leroy L.	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael North	GREAVES, Philip M.	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael North West	WEEKES, Lawson A.	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael West	TAITT, Branford M.	Democratic Labour Party

St. Michael West Central	HALL, Wesley W.	Democratic Labour Party

Christ Church West	FORDE, Henry deBoulay	Barbados Labour Party

Christ Church West Central	KING, Maurice A.	Democratic Labour Party

Christ Church South	MORRIS, Robert L.	Democratic Labour Party

Christ Church East Central	ST. JOHN, Harold Bernard	Barbados Labour Party

Christ Church East	ESTWICK , Tyrone Cecil	Democratic Labour Party

St. Philip North	FRANKLIN, Warwick O.	Democratic Labour Party

St. Philip South	BLACKMAN, Harold A.	Democratic Labour Party

St. George North	WALKER, Cyril Valentine	Democratic Labour Party

St. George South	TULL, Louis Randall	Barbados Labour Party

St. John	THOMPSON, David John Howard	Democratic Labour Party

St. Joseph	CHELTENHAM, Richard L.	Barbados Labour Party

St. Thomas	SIMMONS, David A.C.	Barbados Labour Party

St. James North	EASTMOND, Rawle C.	Barbados Labour Party

St. James South	SIMMONS, Neville Keith	Democratic Labour Party

St. Peter	ARTHUR, Owen Seymour	Barbados Labour Party

St. Andrew	PAYNE, George Walton	Barbados Labour Party

St. Lucy	GREAVES, Edward Evelyn	Democratic Labour Party

SUMMARY BY CONSTITUENCY, CANDIDATE, AND PARTY

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes	%Votes
City of Bridgetown	BILLIE A. MILLER	BLP	1,630	45.94%
	John A. Connell	DLP	1,569	44.22%
	Peter J.M. Miller	NDP	349	9.84%

St. Michael South	LLOYD E. SANDIFORD	DLP	2,416	61.30%
	Ian C. A. Bishop	BLP	1,312	33.29%
	Vernon O. Smith	NDP	173	4.39%
	David McD. Smith	IND	40	1.01%

St. Michael East	JOSEPH O. TUDOR	DLP	2,752	67.82%
	Hugh D. Harper	BLP	953	23.48%
	Grenvllle S. Barrow	NDP	353	8.70%

St. Michael South Central	DAVID W. BOWEN	DLP	1,733	40.57%
	Philip C. Goddard	BLP	1,430	33.47%
	Richard C. Haynes	NDP	1,109	25.96%

St. Michael Central	CARDINAL L. TROTMAN	DLP	1,961	53.19%
	Aaron Truss	BLP	1,577	42.77%
	William W. Skinner	NDP	149	4.04%

St. Michael South East	DELISLE O. BRADSHAW	BLP	1,881	47.49%
	Erskine A. Simmons	DLP	1,799	45.42%
	Cranston C. Browne	NDP	268	6.77%
	Anthony T. Wiggins	IND	13	0.33%

St. Michael North East	LEROY L. BRATHWAITE	DLP	1,767	49.61%
	Mia A. Mottley	BLP	1,580	44.36%
	Harold A. Eastmond	NDP	215	6.04%

St. Michael North	PHILIP M. GREAVES	DLP	2,335	53.99%
	Ronald St.C. Toppin	BLP	1,673	38.68%
	Vere P. Brathwaite	NDP	317	7.33%

St. Michael North West	LAWSON A. WEEKES	DLP	2,139	62.00%
	Leroy F. Callender	BLP	1,065	30.87%
	Sally M.S. Cools	NDP	246	7.13%

St. Michael West	BRANFORD M. TAITT	DLP	2,569	68.71%
	Muhammad A. Nassar	BLP	1,003	26.83%
	Alfred W.A. McClean	NDP	167	4.47%

St. Michael West Central	WESLEY W. HALL	DLP	2,139	54.19%
	Victor L. Johnson	BLP	1,556	39.42%
	Rommell D. Marshall	NDP	252	6.38%

Christ Church West	HENRY DEB. FORDE	BLP	2,764	66.51%
	John N. Daniel	DLP	1,115	26.83%
	Harold C.D. Hinds	NDP	277	6.67%

Christ Church West Central	MAURICE A. KING	DLP	1,773	48.15%
	Joseph M. Edghill	BLP	1,611	43.75%
	Harold L. Russell	NDP	298	8.09%

Christ Church East Central	ROBERT L. MORRIS	DLP	2,521	55.68%
	Duncan Carter	BLP	1,740	38.43%
	Jeannette E. Layne-Clark	NDP	267	5.90%

Christ Church South	HAROLD B. ST. JOHN	BLP	2,378	53.79%
	Carl D. Clarke	DLP	1,761	39.83%
	George S. Bispham	NDP	282	6.38%

Christ Church East	TYRONE C. ESTWICK	DLP	2,333	47.65%
	Calvin D. Harris	BLP	2,101	42.91%
	Edgar Bourne	NDP	462	9.44%

St. Philip North	WARWICK O. FRANKLIN	DLP	2,822	55.50%
	George S. Griffith	BLP	2,001	39.35%
	Joseph E. Goddard	NDP	247	4.86%
	Henderson L. Linton	IND	15	0.29%

St. Philip South	HAROLD A. BLACKMAN	DLP	2,798	59.60%
	Clyde A. D. Holder	BLP	1,686	35.91%
	Gertrude L. Eastmond	NDP	211	4.49%

St. George North	CYRIL V. WALKER	DLP	2,215	48.52%
	Gline A. Clarke	BLP	2,024	44.34%
	Granville O. Cox	NDP	326	7.14%

St. George South	LOUIS R. TULL	BLP	2,686	58.06%
	Leroy H. McClean	DLP	1,384	29.92%
	Richard P. Byer	NDP	556	12.02%

St. John	DAVID J. H. THOMPSON	DLP	3,564	81.54%
	Steven G.W. ConiIffe	BLP	640	14.64%
	Litchfield Morgan	NDP	115	2.63%
	Evans McG. Webster	IND	52	1.19%

St. Joseph	RICHARD L. CHELTENHAM	BLP	2,203	49.22%
	Malzle I. Barker-Welch	DLP	1,860	41.55%
	Randall I.E. Worrell	NDP	380	8.49%
	Hamilton T.E. Roachford	IND	33	0.74%

St. Thomas	DAVID A.C. SIMMONS	BLP	3,029	64.74%
	Enrol E. Niles	DLP	1,445	30.88%
	Ruth Taylor	NDP	205	4.38%

St. James North	RAMLE C. EASTMOND	BLP	2,505	52.76%
	Joseph J. Payne	DLP	2,038	42.92%
	Dennis L. Bailey	NDP	183	3.85%
	Gordon S. Price	IND	22	0.46%

St. James South	NEVILLE K. SIMMONS	DLP	2,818	60.23%
	Henrietta E. Thompson	BLP	1,505	32.16%
	Cora C. Cumberbatch	NDP	356	7.61%

St. Peter	OWEN S. ARTHUR	BLP	2,810	55.52%
	Yvonne V. Walkes	DLP	2,159	42.66%
	George B. Rock	NDP	92	1.82%

St. Andrew	GEORGE N. PAYNE	BLP	2,217	53.31%
	Clifton A. Neblett	DLP	1,407	33.83%
	Halton G. Martin	IND	270	6.49%
	Carl W. Power	NDP	265	6.37%

St. Lucy	EDWARD E. GREAVES	DLP	2,712	53.82%
	Roy E. Brathwalte	BLP	2,229	44.23%
	George W. Edghlll	NDP	98	1.94%

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SUMMARY BY CONSTITUENCY AND PARTY

Constituency	Registered	BLP	DLP	NDP	IND	Total Valid	Invalid Votes	Total Votes	Turnout
City of Bridgetown	6,208	1,630	1,569	349	-	3,548	65	3,613	58.20%

St. Michael South	6,528	1,312	2,416	173	40	3,941	19	3,960	60.66%

St. Michael East	6,397	953	2,752	353	-	4,058	64	4,122	64.44%
St. Michael South Central	6,597	1,430	1,733	1,109	-	4,272	55	4,327	65.59%

St. Michael Central	6,009	1,577	1,961	149	-	3,687	50	3,737	62.19%

St. Michael South East	6,304	1,881	1,799	268	13	3,961	23	3,984	63.20%

St. Michael North East	6,235	1,580	1,767	215	-	3,562	60	3,622	58.09%

St. Michael North	7,352	1,673	2,335	317	-	4,325	45	4,370	59.44%

St. Michael North West	6,242	1,065	2,139	246	-	3,450	54	3,504	56.14%

St. Michael West	6,279	1,003	2,569	167	-	3,739	63	3,802	60.55%

St. Michael West Central	6,461	1,556	2,139	252	-	3,947	34	3,981	61.62%

Christ Church West	6,853	2,764	1,115	277	-	4,156	26	4,182	61.02%

Christ Church West Central	6,299	1,611	1,773	298	-	3,682	27	3,709	58.88%

Christ Church South	7,208	1,761	2,521	267	-	4,549	46	4,595	63.75%

Christ Church East Central	6,895	1,740	2,378	282	-	4,400	50	4,450	64.54%

Christ Church East	7,568	2,101	2,333	462	-	4,896	81	4,977	65.76%

St. Philip North	7,375	2,001	2,822	247	15	5,085	32	5,117	69.38%

St. Philip South	7,560	1,686	2,798	211	-	4,695	54	4,749	62.82%

St. George North	6,805	2,024	2,215	326	-	4,565	77	4,642	68.21%

St. George South	6,980	2,686	1,384	556	-	4,626	127	4,753	68.09%

St. John	7,054	640	3,564	115	52	4,371	19	4,390	62.23%

St. Joseph	7,086	2,203	1,860	380	33	4,476	19	4,495	63.43%

St. Thomas	7,246	3,029	1,445	205	-	4,679	28	4,707	64.96%

St. James North	7,428	2,505	2,036	183	22	4,746	19	4,765	64.15%

St. James South	7,534	1,505	2,816	356	-	4,677	21	4,698	62.36%

St. Peter	7,180	2,810	2,159	92	-	5,061	55	5,116	71.25%

St. Andrew	6,379	2,217	1,407	265	270	4,159	22	4,181	65.54%

St. Lucy	6,938	2,229	2,712	98	-	5,039	109	5,148	74.20%
Total	191,000	51,172	60,517	8,218	445	120,352	1,344	121,696	63.72%

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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