Barbados Leader Mia Mottley Re-Elected in Another Landslide

  • Preliminary results show Mottley’s BLP sweeping all 30 seats
  • Opposition leader says vote timing amid pandemic was reckless
Mia Amor Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, speaks in Bridgetown on Nov. 30, 2021.Photographer: Randy Brooks/AFP/Getty Images
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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley won a second term in office by a landslide after pulling the island’s economy back from the brink and restoring economic stability during her first government.

Preliminary results from Wednesday’s election showed Mottley’s Barbados Labour Party winning all 30 seats in parliament and shutting out the rival Democratic Labour Party, the Nation newspaper reported.