Editing Politics of Barbados (section)

===Political parties and elections===
{{elect|List of political parties in Barbados|Elections in Barbados}}
'''Summary of the 2022 Barbadian General Election'''
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Asemblee barbade 2018.svg]]
|party1=[[Barbados Labour Party]]|votes1=78720|seats1=30|sc1=0
|party2=[[Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)|Democratic Labour Party]]|votes2=30273|seats2=0|sc2=0
|party3=[[Alliance Party for Progress]]|votes3=3205|seats3=0|sc3=0|color3=#0E9345
|party4=[[Solutions Barbados]]|votes4=699|seats4=0|sc4=0
|party5=Bajan Free Party|votes5=191|seats5=0|sc5=0
|party6=New Barbados Kingdom Alliance|votes6=122|seats6=0|sc6=New|color6=#9A4EAE
|party7=Barbados Sovereignty Party|votes7=120|seats7=0|sc7=New|color7=white
|party8=Independents|votes8=705|seats8=0|sc8=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=
|electorate=266330
|source=[https://www.nationnews.com/2022/01/20/another-30-0/ Nation News] (seats); calculation based on [https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/8338633/ Nation News] (votes); {{citation needed|date=January 2022}} (turnout)
}}
The parishes of Barbados are usually further divided into one or more constituencies for candidates seeking election to the House of Assembly. As of 1967, there are no longer any Local Government Councils at the parish level, as issues such as schools, public works, government health facilities and other institutions are administered at the national level. However, local representatives to the House of Assembly will usually be responsible for local causes and may take up issues with the respective Ministers of the Crown.

There are two major and long-standing parties in [[Barbados]]: the [[Barbados Labour Party]] (BLP) and the [[Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)|Democratic Labour Party]] (DLP). The 1990s have seen the dissolution of a third party: the [[National Democratic Party (Barbados)|National Democratic Party]] (NDP), and in recent times the creation of other parties such as the [[People's Empowerment Party (Barbados)|People's Empowerment Party]] (PEP), [[United Progressive Party (Barbados)|United Progressive Party]] and the [[People's Party for Democracy and Development]].

Despite initial historical disparity (the BLP was once conservative and the DLP liberal), their modern incarnations are all moderate and largely have no major ideological differences. Electoral contests and political disputes often have personal overtones and voter sway tends to be based on tradition. The major political problems facing Barbados today are in promoting economic growth: creating jobs, encouraging [[agricultural diversification]], attracting small industry, and promoting tourism.

The BLP decisively returned to power, after the DLP ruled from 2008 to 2018, after winning [[2018 Barbadian general election]] in May, 2018. The BLP won all 30 seats in the Parliament, leaving the DLP for the first time since its creation as an [[Extra-parliamentary opposition|Extra-Parliamentary]] party, and [[Mia Mottley]] becoming the first female [[Prime Minister|prime minister]] of Barbados. This historic landslide victory occurred again for the [[2022 Barbadian general election]] with the BLP retaining power under the Mottley Administration, which was the first election following Barbados' transition to a [[Republicanism in Barbados|republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Mottley_wins_seconds_term_as_ruling_party_sweeps_Barbados_general_election|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref>