[1] The party was announced in February, 2017 to coincide with the May 2018 general election cycle.
[2] The lead chairperson is the Attorney-at-Law and former Senator and Minister with the Barbados Labour Party, Ms. Lynette Eastmond.
[3][4] On 27 December 2021, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley dissolved parliament and called elections for 19 January 2022.
[13][14] The BLP had a historic landslide election securing 74.58 per cent of the 150,141 total votes.
For 2022 Barbadian general election, the UPP formed an electoral alliance with the People's Party for Democracy and Development (PdP) and formed the Alliance Party for Progress and ran under that banner.