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The Barbados Labour Party is the main opposition party
Opposition (parliamentary)

Parliamentary opposition is a form of opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster System-based parliamentary system. Note that this article uses the term Executive as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e....
 of Barbados
Barbados

Barbados , situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Continental Island-island nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. Located at roughly 13? North of the equator and 59? West of the prime meridian, it is considered a part of the Lesser Antilles....
. Led by Hon.Mia Mottley
Mia Mottley

Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., Barbados House of Assembly, Bachelor of Laws is the Leader of the Barbados Labour Party and the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament....
, the BLP holds 9 out of 30 seats in the House of Assembly
Barbados House of Assembly

The House of Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. It has 30 members, elected for a five-year-term in single-seat constituency....
 as of January 2008. It is a member of the Socialist International
Socialist International

Socialist International is a worldwide organization of Democratic socialism, social democracy and labour party political parties. It was formed in 1951....
 and considered as “moderate left of centre.”

Originally called The Barbados Progressive League, the Barbados Labour Party was founded on March 31, 1938 at the home of James Martineau. During the first meeting, Chrissie Brathwaite and Grantley Adams were elected as Chairman and Vice-Chairman.






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The Barbados Labour Party is the main opposition party
Opposition (parliamentary)

Parliamentary opposition is a form of opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster System-based parliamentary system. Note that this article uses the term Executive as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e....
 of Barbados
Barbados

Barbados , situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Continental Island-island nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. Located at roughly 13? North of the equator and 59? West of the prime meridian, it is considered a part of the Lesser Antilles....
. Led by Hon.Mia Mottley
Mia Mottley

Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., Barbados House of Assembly, Bachelor of Laws is the Leader of the Barbados Labour Party and the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament....
, the BLP holds 9 out of 30 seats in the House of Assembly
Barbados House of Assembly

The House of Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. It has 30 members, elected for a five-year-term in single-seat constituency....
 as of January 2008. It is a member of the Socialist International
Socialist International

Socialist International is a worldwide organization of Democratic socialism, social democracy and labour party political parties. It was formed in 1951....
 and considered as “moderate left of centre.”

Originally called The Barbados Progressive League, the Barbados Labour Party was founded on March 31, 1938 at the home of James Martineau. During the first meeting, Chrissie Brathwaite and Grantley Adams were elected as Chairman and Vice-Chairman. The party was the organization vehicle for the political movement brought on by the unrest of 1937 and which ultimately resulted in a peaceful transfer of power. The objectives of the founders included adult suffrage, free education, and better housing and health care. It first participated in general elections in 1940. In 1994 Owen Arthur became the Prime Minister as leader of the Barbados Labour Party.

In the 2003 elections, the BLP won 23 out of the 30 seats, (75,313 out of 135,083 total votes cast or 55.75% of the vote). The number increased to 24 in 2006 when in an almost unprecedented development, the then leader of the opposition, after a bitter and tumultuous internal battle within his own party resigned the post and joined the governing party.

The party lost power in the January 2008 general election, winning 10 seats against 20 for the Democratic Labour Party
Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

The Democratic Labour Party is the social democracy ruling party in Barbados.The DLP was founded in 1955, by Errol Barrow. Once a member of the Barbados Labour Party, Barrow broke away to form this more left-leaning alternative....
. After the election, Arthur stepped down as BLP leader and was replaced by former Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley
Mia Mottley

Mia Amor Mottley, Q.C., Barbados House of Assembly, Bachelor of Laws is the Leader of the Barbados Labour Party and the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament....
, who also became Opposition Leader.

In the summer of 2008 M.P. for St. Michael South East, Hamilton Lashley, resigned from the party to become an Independent candidate in the House of Assembly
House of Assembly

House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral legislature, in some countries, often at subnational level....
. He was thereafter given a job by the Democratic Labour Party
Democratic Labour Party

The Democratic Labour Party is a name used by many political parties:* Barbados' Democratic Labour Party * Brazilian Democratic Labour Party ...
 as a consultanton poverty. This move by the member reduced the number of seats the Barbados Labour Party had in the House to 9.

The BLP is associated with the colours red and yellow.

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