[4] Barbudan electors were required to travel to Antigua to vote as a result of the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

The Antigua Barbuda True Labour Party and Go Green for Life both had two candidates, while the Barbuda People's Movement (affiliated to the United Progressive Party) and Missing Link VOP had a single candidate.

A single independent candidate, Attorney-at-law Ralph Francis, contested the seat of Barbuda.

[6][7] Prime Minister Gaston Browne dissolved parliament fifteen months early.

The main issues were the re-building and response to the 2017 Hurricane season, the Barbudan communal land ownership law, tourism resorts notably the Sandals Resorts, and a bribery scandal involving Browne.