Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP), colloquially known as the "Dems", is a political party in Barbados, established in 1955. It was the ruling party from 15 January 2008 to 24 May 2018 but faced an electoral wipeout in the 2018 general election which left it with no MPs.
Democratic Labour Party | |
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| Leader | Ralph Thorne |
| President | Ronnie Yearwood |
| Founded | 27 April 1955 |
| Split from | Barbados Labour Party |
| Headquarters | St. George Street |
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| Political position | Centre-left |
| International affiliation | West Indies Democratic Labour Party (1957–1961) |
| House of Assembly | 1 / 30 |
| Senate | 2 / 21 |
| Website | |
| www.dlpbds.org | |
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In common with Barbados' other major party, the Barbados Labour Party, the DLP has been broadly described as centre-left social-democratic party, with local politics being largely personality-driven and responsive to contemporary issues and the state of the economy. Historically, the BLP claims a heritage from British liberalism, while the DLP was founded 11 years afterwards as a more left-leaning breakaway group.
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