2025 Barbuda Council Election
Elections for five of the nine elected seats in the Barbuda Council were held on 26 March 2025. The election was a landslide for the Barbuda People's Movement, who hold all eleven seats on the council, including the two ''ex officio'' seats. Important issues in this election were land rights, the environment, and infrastructure. Background After the landslide victory for the BPM in 2023, calls for Barbudan independence movement, Barbudan independence re-emerged, with the pro-independence Barbuda Land Rights and Resources Committee launching a plan for a new waterfront area in Codrington, Barbuda, Codrington and criticising the Barbuda Council for not meeting enough. In October 2024, the controversial Burton–Nibbs International Airport opened, replacing the Barbuda Codrington Airport. The airport is located in a sensitive environmental area and in 2023, attempts were made to demolish the airport before construction was completed. In January 2025, the land adjudication process w ...
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2023 Barbuda Council Election
On March 29, 2023, elections for the Barbuda Council were held, resulting in a victory for the Barbuda People's Movement (BPM). Candidates were nominated on 19 March 2023. Results By candidate and polling station References {{Antigua and Barbuda elections Elections in Antigua and Barbuda Barbuda Barbuda (; ) is an island and dependency located in the eastern Caribbean forming part of the twin-island state of Antigua and Barbuda as an autonomous entity. Barbuda is located approximately north of Antigua. The only settlements on the i ... 2023 in Antigua and Barbuda March 2023 in Antigua and Barbuda ...
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