Since 2020, the NRP has been led by businesswoman and environmental consultant Janice Daniel-Hodge, the first woman to lead a political party in the country and daughter of former Premier of Nevis Simeon Daniel.
After winning 16.0% of the vote in the 1980 elections they won two seats and became part of the People's Action Movement-led coalition government.
In 2010 NRP representative Patrice Nisbett joined the federal cabinet as Attorney General of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
[9] In 2006, the party won the Nevis Island Assembly elections, taking three of the five seats and ending the 14-year rule of the Concerned Citizens' Movement.
Until 2020, the party has had four leaders:[10] Simeon Daniel (1970–1992), Joseph Parry (1992–2018), Robelto Hector (2018–2020)[11] and Janice Daniel-Hodge (since 2020).