Mia Mottley aims for historic third term in Barbados electionVoters across Barbados headed to the polls on Wednesday to cast ballots in the Caribbean island nation’s general election in which Prime Minister Mia Mottley will seek a third term, facing off against opposition leader Ralph Thorne. Barbados, the Caribbean’s easternmost country, is home to around 283,000 people and is a little over half the size of Singapore. Mottley has built one of the strongest global profiles of any Caribbean leader, and was rumoured to be a potential candidate for the next United Nations chief. Only one other leader has ever served more than two terms in a row in Barbados, which has no term limits, and Mottley would be the first woman to do so. Thorne’s centrist Democratic Labour Party (DLP) currently holds one seat versus the 29 held by Mottley’s Barbados Labour Party (BLP).

Source: Daily Nation February 11, 2026 18:08 UTC