Caribbean Women in Leadership
TRACKING WOMEN
CANDIDATES IN
BARBADOS ’
2018 ELECTIONS 1
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TRACKING WOMEN CANDIDATES IN BARBADOS’S 2018 ELECTIONS
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Table of Contents
1.0 Total Candidates Disaggregated By Sex ...... 5
2.0 New National Party ...... 6
3.0 National Democratic Congress ...... 8
4.0 Other/Independent Candidates ...... 10
5.0 References ...... 19
4 1.0 Total Candidates Disaggregated By Sex
Key Statistics
Number of Candidates 135 (37 Women 98 Men)
Table 1: Political Parties & Candidates Political Party Women Men Total 2013 2018 2013 2018 2013 2018 Barbados Labour Party (BLP) 2 6 13 24 15 15 Democratic Labour Party (DLP) 5 4 10 26 15 15 Solutions Barbados (SB) 1 13 14 15 15 15 United Progressive Party (UPP) 9 9 14 Coalition of United Party (CUP) 1 6 Barbados Integrity Movement (BIM) 2 6 Independent Candidates (IND) 2 7 Total 8 37 36 98 45 135
2013 & 2018 Women Candidates Election Year Number of % of Female 2013 to 2018 Women Candidates Status Candidates 2018 14 31.11% 2013 8 17.77%
No change regression advancement 2013 & 2018 Women Elected Election Year Number of % of Women 2013 to 2018 Women Elected Elected Status 2018 7 41.17% 2013 5 29.41%
2013 Elected Women 2018 Elected Women
men Women men Women
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2.0 Barbados Labour Party
Number of Candidates: 15 (7 Women & 8 Men)
Picture of Women Candidate Candidate’s Name & Election Outcome Constituency Marsha Caddle
St. Michael South Central ✓
Sanita O. Bradshaw
St. Michael South East ✓
Mia A. Mottley
St. North East ✓
6 Sonia Brown
St. Michael North ✓
Cynthia Y. Forde
St. Thomas ✓
Sandra Husbands
St. Jamaes South ✓
NNP 2018 Candidates NNP 2013 Candidates women women
men men
0 5 10 15 0 5 10 15
7 3.0 Democratic Labour Party
Number of Candidates: 15 (3 Women & 12 Men) Picture of Women Candidate Candidate’s Name & Election Outcome Constituency Kim Tudor
St. Michael North
Verla Depeiza
Christ Church West
Esther Byer-Suckoo St. George South
8 Irene V. Sandiford-Garner St. Andrew
NDC 2013 Candidates NDC 2018 Candidate women women
men men
0 5 10 15 0 5 10 15
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4.0 Solutions Barbados
Number of Candidates: 15 (4 Women & 11 Men)
Picture of Women Candidate Candidate’s Name & Election Outcome Constituency Betty Howell
St. Michael East
Francina Bourne
St. Michael South East
Angela Gibbs St. Michael North
10 Lana Toussaint St. Michael West
Angela Edey St. Michael West Central
Julie Chalbaud Christ Church South
Ann Marie Weatherhead Christ Church East
11 Roseline Corbin St. Philip North
Cherone Martindale St. John
Jennifer Highland St. Joseph
Susan Corbin St. Thomas
12 Jacqueline Alleyne-Worrell St. James South
Cherie Pounder St. Andrew
Minor Parties 2013 Candidates Minor Parties 2018 Candidates
women women
men men
0 5 10 15 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
13 4.0 United Progressive Party
Picture of Women Candidate Candidate’s Name & Election Outcome Constituency Lynette Eastmond
City of Bridgetown
Sandra G. Corbin
St. Michael South
Veronica Price
St. Michael South East
Maria Phillips
St. Michael North
14 Patsi M. Nurse St. Michael West
Ria Riley Christ Church West Central
Nadja Willis Christ Church South
Christal P. Austin St. James South
15 Roli Roachford St. Andrew
16 5.0 Coalition of United Party
Picture of Women Candidate Candidate’s Name & Election Outcome Constituency Catherine Yarde St. Michael East
Enlou Frere
St. Michael North East
Doris Ramratty Barrow
St. George South
17 7.0 Other/Independent Candidates
Picture of Women Candidate Candidate’s Name & Election Outcome Constituency Natallie Harewood City of Bridgetown
Rosie Daisley
St. Michael East
Nicole Howell St. James South
18 8.0 References
Caribbean Elections . (2018). caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018
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