Speightstown ( / ˈ s p aɪ t s t aʊ n / ), also known as Little Bristol , is the second largest town in Barbados . It is situated 12 miles (19 km) north of the capital city of Bridgetown , in the northern parish of Saint Peter .
13-540: The area is named after William Speight, a member of Barbados' first Assembly during the Settlement years, and the former owner of the land where the town is located. Speightstown was formally settled around 1630 and in the earliest days of settlement was Barbados's busiest port ( AMS Seaport Code : 27213 , -- UN/LOCODE : BB SPT ). Ships laden with sugar and other commodities left Speightstown bound directly for London and especially Bristol . For this reason Speightstown
26-545: Is sometimes known as Little Bristol. The "quaint town" has now become the centre of a tourist area as well as a northerly shopping district. The town itself is currently the subject of an archaeological research project, the Speightstown Community Archaeology Project (SCAP), which was established in 2010 and involves a collaboration between archaeologists and students of the University of Winchester ,
39-404: Is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados . It has 30 Members of Parliament (MPs), who are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple-majority (or first-past-the-post ) system for a term of five years. The House of Assembly sits roughly 40–45 days a year and is presided over by a Speaker . The Barbadian House of Assembly chamber is located in
52-814: Is therefore due to be held in 2027, but can be held sooner if the President of Barbados so directs. In previous elections the National Democratic Party (NDP), the Barbados National Party (BNP) (which previously was known as the Voter's Association, Barbados Electors Association and the Progressive Conservative Party in prior years), the West Indian National Congress Party (WINCP) and Independents also won seats besides
65-566: The University of the West Indies ( Cave Hill ) and Barbados Museums . To date work has focused upon an historic buildings categorisation of the town, graveyard memorial survey and excavations at the eighteenth-century coastal fort at Maycock's Bay to the north. Through Statutory Instrument (S.I) 1984 No. 141, Road Traffic Act, CAP. 295, ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, and under Schedule Section # 6: The Boundaries of Bridgetown, Speightstown, Holetown and Oistin are cited as follows: 2) "Speightstown: (a)
78-609: The closest elections Barbados has ever seen. On 24 May 2018, the BLP returned to power under Mia Mottley with a historic landslide victory that saw them win all 30 seats in parliament and Mottley becoming the first female prime minister and the 8th prime minister overall. This occurred once again on the 19 January 2022 when the Mottley Administration won all 30 seats again in another landslide victory. West Indian National Congress Party The West Indian National Congress Party
91-551: The death of Prime Minister Thompson, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2010. Two months later in May he became ill when the then acting prime minister Freundel Stuart had started, and five months later he was sworn in on 23 October as the 7th prime minister of Barbados. On 23 February 2013 he was sworn in as the 7th prime minister of Barbados by obtaining sixteen out of thirty seats. The general elections of 21 February were one of
104-557: The east-wing of The Public Buildings on Broad Street, in Bridgetown , Barbados . The genesis of a legislature in Barbados was introduced by Governor Henry Hawley , creating a structure of governance to Barbados, itself patterned after the Parliament of England ). The then unicameral Parliament originally was tasked with establishing a system of laws and was completely under the domination of
117-604: The first under universal suffrage, the party was reduced to two seats. It did not run in subsequent elections. Crawford contested the next elections in 1956 as a candidate of the Democratic Labour Party , another breakaway from the Progressive League (now renamed the Barbados Labour Party). This Barbados -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
130-782: The island's planter-class. The first meeting of the Barbados Assembly was held in 22 June 1639 making it the third oldest legislature in the Americas (behind the Virginia General Assembly and Bermuda House of Assembly ), and is among the oldest in the Commonwealth of Nations . Under section 59 of the constitution, before entering upon the functions of his office, the MPs must take the oath of allegiance to Barbados. The Constitution of Barbados reads, in part: The next election
143-585: The section of Highway 1 from the entrance of the Alexandra School to Scantleburys Drive; (b) the section of Church Street from its junction with Highway 1 to its junction with Round the Town Road; (c) the section of Chapel Street from its junction with Highway 1 to its junction with Round the Town Road; (d) the whole section of Gooding Alley. Speightstown has been twinned with: Barbados House of Assembly Opposition The House of Assembly of Barbados
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#1732844976076156-574: The two big parties - the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) (earlier known as the Barbados Progressive League (BPL)) and the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). The DLP had been in opposition since 6 September 1994. Fourteen years later when they won a surprise victory of 20 seats to 10 on 15 January 2008, DLP Leader David Thompson was sworn in as the 6th Prime Minister of Barbados . Freundel Stuart was sworn in on 23 October 2010 because of
169-587: Was a political party in Barbados . The party was established in 1944 by Wynter Crawford as a breakaway from the Barbados Progressive League . In the November 1944 elections it was one of the three parties that won eight of the 24 seats each, and formed a coalition government with the Progressive League. The party won seven seats in the 1946 elections and three seats in 1948 . In the 1951 elections ,
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