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Mottley and Bradshaw win early BLP seats

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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and former deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw were both returned to the House of Assembly.

Mottley swept the St Michael North East constituency with 3 570 votes. Her nearest challenger, newcomer Jamal Sandiford of the Democratic Labour Party, earned 391.

Over in St Michael South East, Bradshaw was the first candidate to be declared with 3 015 votes to 734 for the DLP’s Pedro Shepherd and 50 for Roy Turner of the Barbados Sovereign Party.

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