Mia Mottley Elected Barbados PM For Third Time period

[ad_1] by Sharelle B. McNair February 13, 2026

As Barbados marks 75 years of common voting rights, Mottley vowed to guard democracy and strengthen the economic system.

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottle was elected for a 3rd time period as a part of a historic sweep, together with her Barbados Labour Social gathering (BLP) taking all 30 seats within the Home of Meeting, The Guardian experiences.

Unseating opposition chief, Ralph Thorne, Mottley’s BLP secured all of the accessible seats after grabbing voter assist by constructing one of many strongest world profiles of any Caribbean chief.

With Barbados celebrating 75 years of getting the precise to vote with out being property house owners, Mottley assured to deal with the island’s democracy and promised to focus on the economic system, the price of dwelling, and the nation’s place on the world stage.

“Our mission at the beginning is to cease poor folks from being poor and to take away injustice wherever it exists to create alternatives for folks,” she mentioned.

Based on Caribbean Nationwide Weekly, Mottley, 60, is the second chief in Barbados historical past to serve over two consecutive phrases. Thorne, who was elected in 2022 first as a member of BLP earlier than shifting to the Democratic Labour Social gathering (DLP), labeled the outcomes as disappointing however mentioned, “folks have spoken, and we respect their voices.”

Thorne was one in every of them. He did not solid a poll since he was not registered within the district the place he was dwelling and competing.

Because the Caribbean’s easternmost nation and residential to roughly 283,000 folks, voting officers have highlighted discrepancies within the voting register previous to elections. The top of the Caribbean Group’s electoral remark mission and opposing candidates felt it might push for a delay, however the electoral fee maintained that residents had sufficient time to right any points and that the method was reliable.

Mottley took the oath of workplace throughout an intimate ceremony attended by President Jeffrey Bostic, relations, and different invited visitors Feb. 12. On X, she continued her celebration.

“As we speak I used to be sworn in as Prime Minister by President Lt. Col. The Most Hon. Jeffrey Bostic. I settle for this mandate with humility, dedicated to each Bajan. I thank God, the BLP, my constituents, household & the folks on your belief,” she wrote.

“Now's the time to return collectively as one nation.”

As we speak I used to be sworn in as Prime Minister by President Lt. Col. The Most Hon. Jeffrey Bostic.

I settle for this mandate with humility, dedicated to each Bajan. I thank God, the BLP, my constituents, household & the folks on your belief.

Now's the time to return collectively as one nation. pic.twitter.com/eU794aqT0W

— Mia Amor Mottley (@miaamormottley) February 12, 2026

Her management appears to be supported worldwide, with nicely needs coming from social media customers in Nigeria, Uganda, and Liberia.. She thanked her supporters on Fb, saying she is “totally dedicated to hono[u]ring it by service and arduous work.”