Barbados Labour Party

Barbados Labour Party
Barbados Labour Party
Leader	Mia Mottley MP
Founder	Sir Grantley Adams
Founded	31 March 1938 (As the Barbados Progressive League)
Headquarters	Grantley Adams House,; 111 Roebuck Street,; Bridgetown
Youth wing	League of Young Socialists
Ideology	Social democracy; Republicanism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red and Gold
House of Assembly	29 / 30
Senate	12 / 21
Website
	www.blp.org.bb
	Politics of Barbados; Political parties; Elections;

The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. It has been in power in 1954–1961, 1976–1986, 1994–2008, and 2018–present. Its leaders have included Grantley Adams and Owen Arthur.

Now led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, it is the governing party of Barbados, holding 29 out of 30 seats.

In common with Barbados' other major party, the Democratic Labour Party or the "Dems", the BLP has been broadly described as a centre-left social-democratic party, with local politics being largely personality-driven and responsive to contemporary issues and the state of the economy. However, the party distinguishes itself by being rooted in Asquithian Liberal policies, including a focus on trade as a way of bolstering economic growth over the creation of social services.^[1]

The BLP is a former observer member of the Socialist International.^[2]

^ Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Vol. 44 (1998).
^ "Member Parties of the Socialist International". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

[1] Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Vol. 44 (1998).

[2] "Member Parties of the Socialist International". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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